13 Fire-fighting appliances

13.1 Fire hydrants must be provided so that at least two jets of water from separate hydrants can be simultaneously directed to any part of a space or deck where livestock are located. One of those jets of water must be provided by a single length of hose. The hydrants must be connected to the fire main provided on the ship.[21]

13.2 A fire hose, together with the necessary connections and a nozzle capable of directing water in the form of a spray and a jet, must be provided:

(a) in an enclosed space—for each hydrant; and
(b) in any other space or on a deck—for each 50 metres length, or part thereof, of space or deck.
Each hose must be capable of being connected to any hydrant and to any other hose (other than hydrants and hoses within the engine room or accommodation spaces).

13.3 The master of the ship must ensure that each fire hose, with its connections and nozzle, is kept in a conspicuous position near the hydrant with, or close to the entrances or stairways leading to the space or deck in which it is intended to be used.

This is a penal provision.

13.4 If hay or straw is carried or used in a space where livestock is located, there must be provided:

(a) a portable fire extinguisher that uses water as the extinguishing medium, for every 18 metres or part thereof of the space, one of which must be placed adjacent to an entrance to the space; or
(b) an approved fire-fighting arrangement that uses water as the extinguishing medium.

13.5 If electrical equipment, other than for the purposes of lighting, is situated in an enclosed livestock space, an adequate number of portable fire extinguishers or a fixed fire-fighting installation suitable for use with electrical equipment, must be provided in that space.

13.6 Hydrants, hoses, hose connections and nozzles, portable fire extinguishers and fixed fire-fighting installations provided for the purposes of 13 must be of equivalent standard to fire appliances required to be carried for the issue of a Cargo Ship Safety Equipment Certificate.[22]

13.7 Notices must be prominently displayed prohibiting smoking or the use of naked lights in livestock spaces and any spaces used for the storage of fodder, hay, bedding or any other flammable material.

13.8 Fire extinguishers provided in compliance with 13.4 or 13.5 must be tested at intervals not exceeding five years in the same manner as they would be tested for the issue of a cargo ship safety equipment certificate.