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International shore connection
Schedule 5 International shore connection
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This Act has been repealed and is no longer in force. It is retained for historical reference.
The Navigation (Fire Appliances) Regulations 1968 prescribes mandatory fire‑safety equipment, installation standards, testing and crew duties for ships covered by Part IV of the Navigation Act. It sets technical minima (pumps, hoses, extinguishers, fixed systems), inspection and testing duties, strict‑liability offences and allows the maritime Authority to accept international certificates or grant exemptions. It primarily affects shipowners, masters, surveyors and equipment suppliers by imposing compliance, maintenance and survey obligations.
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Schedule 5 International shore connection
Schedule 6 Automatic water sprinkler systems
Notes
Part I Preliminary
1 Name of Regulations [see Note 1]
These Regulations are the Navigation (Fire Appliances) Regulations 1968.
3 Repeal
The Navigation (Fire Appliances) Regulations (being Statutory Rules 1959, No. 50) are repealed.
5 Interpretation
(1) In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears:
approved means approved by the Authority.
cargo space means the space used for cargo including cargo oil tanks and trunks to such spaces.
crew space means accommodation as defined in section 138B of the Act provided for the crew of a ship not being accommodation which is also used by or provided for the use of passengers.
length, in relation to a ship, means the length of the ship as measured from the fore edge of the stem to the after edge of the sternpost at the level of the upperdeck.
length, in relation to a fire hose, means the length of disconnected hose as measured between the terminal couplings.
passenger space means space provided for the use of passengers, or the passengers and crew, of a ship.
portable fire extinguisher means a fire extinguisher, weighing not more than 25 kilograms when fully charged, that:
(a) in the case of a fire extinguisher in which the fire extinguishing medium is liquid — has a capacity of not more than 131/2 litres, and not less than 9 litres, of liquid;
(b) in the case of a fire extinguisher in which the fire extinguishing medium is carbon-dioxide — has a capacity of not less than 3 kilograms of carbon-dioxide; or
(c) in the case of a fire extinguisher in which the fire extinguishing medium is dry powder:
(i) is of the kind in which a mixture of the dry powder and an expellant is stored under pressure; and
(ii) has a capacity of not less than 41/2 kilograms of dry powder.
tanker means a cargo ship constructed or adapted for the carriage in bulk of fluid cargoes of an inflammable nature.
the Act means the Navigation Act 1912.
water spray nozzle means a nozzle suitable for spraying water on burning oil.
(2) Where a word or phrase used in these Regulations is defined in section 187A of the Act, that word or phrase so used has, unless the contrary intention appears, the meaning given it in that section.
(3) In these Regulations, a reference to the tonnage of a ship shall be read as a reference to the gross registered tonnage of the ship.
(4) For the purposes of these Regulations, a ship shall be deemed to have reached a stage of construction similar to the laying of a keel when:
(a) construction identifiable with the particular ship has begun; and
(b) a portion of the ship, having a mass of not less than:
(i) 50 tonnes; or
(ii) one per cent of the estimated mass of all structural material of the ship as proposed to be completed;
whichever is the lesser, has been fabricated and finally assembled.
6 Application
(1) Subject to this regulation, these Regulations apply to all ships to which Part IV of the Act applies.
(2) These Regulations apply to a Safety Convention ship registered in a country other than Australia that is engaged in the coasting trade.
(3) Subject to subregulation (2), these Regulations do not apply to a Safety Convention ship, registered in a country other than Australia:
(a) in respect of which there is in force a valid Safety Convention certificate that, in the case of a passenger ship, corresponds with a passenger ship safety certificate or, in the case of a cargo ship, corresponds with a cargo ship safety equipment certificate; and
(b) which complies with the requirements of the Safety Convention relating to:
(i) the prevention, detection and extinction of fire on ships; and
(ii) fire appliances.
(4) These Regulations do not apply to a ship which is registered in a country other than Australia and is not a Safety Convention ship.
(5) A reference in subregulation (1) or (2) to a ship shall be read as not including a reference to a ship the keel of which is, or was, laid, or which reaches, or reached, a similar stage of construction, after 24 May 1980.
7 Power of Minister to exempt in certain cases
(1) Where a ship, other than a nuclear ship:
(a) is engaged on voyages other than international voyages;
(b) being a cargo ship of under 500 tons, is engaged on international voyages; or
(c) is a ship the keel of which was laid, or which reached a similar stage of construction, before the commencement of these Regulations;
the Authority may, if it is satisfied that the requirements of these Regulations are unreasonable having regard to the ship and its equipment, by instrument in writing exempt the ship from complying with the provisions of these Regulations to the extent specified by it.
(2) An exemption under subregulation (1) is subject to such conditions as are specified in the instrument granting the exemption.
Part II Passenger ships
8 References to ship
In this Part, unless the contrary intention appears, a reference to a ship shall be read as a reference to a passenger ship.
9 Fire patrol to be maintained
(1) The master of a ship must cause a fire patrol system to be maintained at all times in the ship sufficient to enable any outbreak of fire to be detected promptly.
10 Instructions to fire patrol
(1) The master of a ship must cause instructions to be issued to each person carrying out a fire patrol to ensure that the patrol is carried out efficiently at least once in each period of 2 hours and shall take all necessary action to ensure that his instructions are carried out.
11 Fire detection and fire alarm system
(1) A ship shall be furnished with manually operated fire alarms fitted throughout the passenger spaces and crew spaces in the ship for the purpose of enabling a member of a fire patrol or any other person to give the alarm immediately on the detection of fire.
(1A) A fire alarm fitted in a ship in accordance with subregulation (1) shall, when operated, activate aural and visual fire indicators on the navigating bridge or in a fire control station.
(2) A ship shall be furnished with an approved automatic fire detection and fire alarm system capable of:
(a) detecting the presence of fire in a part of the ship that is inaccessible to members of a fire patrol; and
(b) relaying the fact referred to in paragraph (a) to aural and visual fire indicators on the navigating bridge or in a fire control station.
(4) Where a fire detection and fire alarm system depends on electricity for its operation, the system shall be connected to 2 sources of supply, one of which shall be an emergency source.
11A Emergency internal communications and alarm systems
(1) No component of:
(a) an emergency internal communications system; or
(b) an emergency alarm system;
in a ship shall be located in an enclosed space in the ship comprising:
(c) a galley;
(d) a machinery space; or
(e) any other space in which there is, under the normal conditions of operation of the ship, a high risk of fire;
unless:
(f) the location of that component in that first-mentioned space is necessary to provide emergency communications to, or emergency alarm facilities in, that space; and
(g) the destruction of that component in a fire in the first-mentioned space would not render the systems referred to in paragraphs (a) and (b) inoperative in other areas of the ship.
(2) In subregulation (1), emergency internal communications system includes, in relation to a ship, an internal communications system used for normal communications within the ship but also intended to be used for internal communications within the ship in an emergency situation.
12 Fire pumps
(1) A ship of 4,000 tons or over shall be furnished with not less than 3 power driven fire pumps that are independently driven.
(2) A ship of under 4,000 tons shall be furnished with not less than 2 power driven fire pumps that are independently driven.
(3) In a ship of 500 tons or over, the fire pumps furnished in accordance with these Regulations, their sea connexions and their source of power shall be so arranged that all of those pumps cannot be put out of action by a fire in any one compartment of a ship.
(4) In a ship of under 500 tons, the fire pumps furnished in accordance with these Regulations, their sea connexions and their source of power shall be arranged in such manner as the Authority directs.
13 Water pressure
(1) The water pressure created by any 2 of the fire pumps with which a ship is furnished when those pumps are operating simultaneously shall be such that, when any of the fire hoses and nozzles with which the ship is furnished are coupled to any adjacent fire hydrants in the ship and the fire hoses so coupled are, between them, delivering water at a rate equal to the pumping capacity required by these Regulations for the 2 fire pumps, the water pressure at every fire hydrant in the ship is not less than:
(a) in a case of a ship of 4,000 tons or over — 310 kilopascals; and
(b) in the case of a ship of less than 4,000 tons — 275 kilopascals.
(2) The diameter of fire mains and water service pipes shall be sufficient for the effective distribution of the maximum discharge required by these Regulations from 2 fire pumps connected to those pipes and operating at the same time.
(3) The reference in subregulation (1) to the pumping capacity required by these Regulations for the 2 fire pumps shall be read as a reference to the sum of the minimum pumping capacities that the 2 fire pumps are required to have in accordance with regulation 23.
14 Fire hoses
Each hydrant in a ship shall be furnished with one fire hose and such other additional fire hoses as are necessary to comply with the provisions of these Regulations.
14A Nozzles for fire hoses in passenger ships
(1) In addition to any other requirement of these Regulations for the provision of nozzles for fire hoses furnished in a ship in accordance with these Regulations, there shall be provided in a ship a number of water spray nozzles or dual purpose nozzles of not less than, or amounting in the aggregate to not less than, one-quarter of the number of fire hoses furnished in the ship in accordance with these Regulations, other than the fire hoses referred to in subparagraph 54 (1) (b) (iii).
(2) For the purposes of subregulation (1), where the number of fire hoses referred to in subregulation (1) is not exactly divisible by 4, that first-mentioned number shall be deemed to be the next higher number that is exactly divisible by 4.
14B Fire hoses in the interior of a ship to be coupled to a fire hydrant
A fire hose furnished in a ship in accordance with these Regulations and located in an interior space shall be coupled to a fire hydrant at all times.
15 Portable fire extinguishers
(1) A ship shall be furnished with not less than 2 portable fire extinguishers in each part of the passenger space, and each part of the crew space (other than the galley), that is enclosed when all watertight doors, and all doors in the main fire-resisting bulkheads, are closed.
(2) Not less than one-half of the total number of fire extinguishers required to be furnished under subregulation (1) shall be fire extinguishers containing liquid.
(3) The portable fire extinguishers referred to in subregulation (1) shall be so placed that there is at least one extinguisher on each side of the space in which they are to be carried by virtue of that subregulation.
(4) The galley of a ship shall be furnished with 2 portable fire extinguishers.
17 Portable drilling machine
A ship shall be furnished with a portable drilling machine operated by electricity or compressed air, for cutting emergency means of access to fires through decks, casings or bulkheads.
18 Fire-smothering gas in cargo spaces
(1) Subject to this regulation, a ship of 1,000 tons or over shall be furnished with appliances by means of which fire-smothering gas can be readily conveyed by a permanent piping system into any cargo space in the ship.
(2) The appliances referred to in subregulation (1) shall be capable of supplying and conveying a minimum volume of free gas equal to 30 per cent of the gross volume of the largest cargo space in the ship that is capable of being effectively closed.
(a) there is available in a ship, whilst it is in commission, a boiler or boilers capable of evaporating one kilogram of steam per hour for each 0.75 cubic metre of the gross volume of the largest cargo space in the ship that is capable of being effectively closed; and
(b) the Authority is satisfied that:
(i) the steam will be available immediately and will not be dependent upon the lighting of the ship’s boiler or boilers;
(ii) sufficient steam for the fire-smothering installation will be supplied at all times together with the normal requirements of the ship; and
(iii) adequate arrangements have been made for the supply of the water to be used in the fire-smothering installation;
the ship may, instead of the appliances required to be furnished by subregulation (1), be furnished with appliances by means of which steam may be conveyed by a permanent piping system from the boiler or boilers into any cargo space in the ship.
(4) A cargo space of a ship of less than 1,000 tons shall be furnished with such fire appliances as the Authority directs.
19 Fire appliances for machinery spaces in ships with oil-fired boilers
(1) In this regulation, prescribed fire extinguisher means:
(a) a froth fire extinguisher of not less than 136 litres capacity; or
(b) a carbon-dioxide fire extinguisher of not less than 45 kilograms capacity.
(2) A ship fitted with a main or auxiliary oil-fired boiler shall:
(a) be furnished in each firing space with a receptacle (provided with a scoop for distributing the contents of the receptacle) containing not less than 0.3 cubic metre of sand, sawdust impregnated with soda or other dry material suitable for quenching oil fires;
(b) be furnished in each firing space, and in each compartment containing any part of the oil-fuel installation, with not less than 2 portable fire extinguishers; and
(c) be furnished in each boiler room with a prescribed fire extinguisher.
(3) For each prescribed fire extinguisher provided in accordance with this regulation, a reel of hose shall be furnished capable of reaching every part of the boiler room and of the spaces containing the oil-fuel installation.
(4) The portable fire extinguishers referred to in paragraph (2) (b) shall be of the froth, the carbon-dioxide or the dry powder type except that the number of the dry powder, fire extinguishers shall not exceed one half of the total number of fire extinguishers required to be provided in accordance with that paragraph.
20 Fire fighting systems for boiler rooms
(1) A space or spaces in a ship fitted with a main or auxiliary oil-fired boiler, an oil-fuel unit or a settling tank shall be furnished, in such manner as the Authority directs, with:
(a) a pressure water spraying system that complies with Schedule 6;
(b) a fire-smothering gas system that complies with these regulations; or
(c) a fixed froth system of the gravity type or the continuous-generator type that complies with the requirements for the type specified in Schedule 1.
(2) Where the engine room and boiler room are not separated from each other by a bulkhead so as to prevent fuel oil draining from the boiler room into the engine room, the engine room and boiler room shall, for the purposes of subregulation (1), be regarded as a single space.
(3) Where a space in a ship is furnished with a fixed froth system referred to in subregulation (1), the system shall be capable of discharging and distributing froth over the space it serves and over any main fire hazards that exist above the floor plates.
21 Fire extinguishers for spaces fitted with internal combustion machinery
(1) Where a space in a ship is fitted:
(a) with an internal combustion engine for the purpose of the main propulsion of the ship; or
(b) with an internal combustion engine or engines the total power output of which is 746 kilowatts or more;
the space shall be furnished with not less than:
(c) one of the systems referred to in regulation 20; and
(d) one froth fire extinguisher of not less than 45 litres capacity or one carbon-dioxide extinguisher of not less than 15 kilograms capacity.
(2) Without limiting the operation of subregulation (1), but subject to subregulation (4), where a space in a ship is fitted with an internal combustion engine, the space shall be furnished with not less than the number of portable fire extinguishers ascertained in accordance with the following table:
| Total power output in kilowatts ofengine or engines in any one space | Number of portable fire extinguishers to be supplied |
|---|---|
| Not exceeding 1,492 .................. | 2 |
| Exceeding 1,492 but not exceeding 2,238 .... | 3 |
| Exceeding 2,238 but not exceeding 2,984 .... | 4 |
| Exceeding 2,984 but not exceeding 3,730 .... | 5 |
| Exceeding 3,730 ..................... | 6 |
(3) The portable fire extinguishers referred to in subregulation (2) shall be of the froth, the carbon-dioxide or the dry powder type except that the number of the dry powder fire extinguishers shall not exceed one-half of the total number of fire extinguishers required to be provided in accordance with that subregulation.
(4) Where a space in a ship is fitted with an emergency generator or an emergency fire pump powered by an internal combustion engine, the space shall be furnished with a portable extinguisher of the froth, the carbon-dioxide or the dry powder type.
22 Fire appliances for spaces fitted with steam turbines
Where a steam turbine is fitted in a space in a ship that is separated from the boiler room by a watertight bulkhead, that space shall be furnished with such fire appliances as the Authority directs.
23 Fire pump capacity
(1) The fire pumps furnished in a ship in accordance with these Regulations shall, when operating in such a way as to create the pressure at a fire hydrant that is referred to in regulation 13, have a total pumping capacity that is not less than two-thirds of the total bilge pumping capacity of the ship ascertained in accordance with the Navigation (Construction) Regulations.
(2) Where a ship is furnished with the number of fire pumps prescribed by these Regulations, the pumping capacity of each fire pump furnished in the ship shall be not less than four-fifths of the total pumping capacity required for the ship by subregulation (1) divided by the number of the fire pumps.
(3) Where the number of pumps furnished in a ship is in excess of the number prescribed by these Regulations, the capacity of each pump shall be not less than that directed by the Authority.
Part III Cargo ships
24 References to ship
In this Part, unless the contrary intention appears, a reference to a ship shall be read as a reference to a cargo ship.
25 Fire pumps
(1) A ship of 500 tons or more shall be furnished with not less than 2 power driven fire pumps that are independently driven.
(2) A ship of less than 500 tons shall be furnished with not less than 2 power driven fire pumps one of which shall be independently driven.
(3) Where a fire in any one compartment in a ship might put out of action every fire pump furnished in accordance with this regulation, alternative means for providing water for fire fighting in the ship shall be furnished and:
(a) in the case of a ship of 500 tons or more the alternative means shall be by means of a fixed emergency power pump independently driven; and
(b) in the case of a ship of less than 500 tons, the alternative means shall be by means of a fixed emergency pump that may be manually operated.
(4) The water pressure created by the fixed emergency pump referred to in paragraph (3) (a) shall be such that, when any 2 fire hoses and nozzles with which the ship is furnished are delivering water from any 2 adjacent fire hydrants in the ship, the water pressure at every fire hydrant in the ship shall be not less than 200 kilopascals.
26 Water pressure
(1) The water pressure created by any 2 of the fire pumps with which a ship is furnished when those pumps are operating simultaneously shall be such that, when any of the fire hoses and nozzles with which the ship is furnished are coupled to any adjacent fire hydrants in the ship and the fire hoses so coupled are, between them, delivering water at a rate equal to the pumping capacity required by these Regulations for the 2 fire pumps or 140 tonnes per hour, whichever is the lesser rate, the water pressure at every fire hydrant in the ship is not less than:
(a) in the case of a ship of 6,000 tons or over — 275 kilopascals; and
(b) in the case of a ship of less than 6,000 tons — 255 kilopascals.
(2) The diameter of the fire mains and water service pipes shall be sufficient for the effective discharge of:
(a) 140 tonnes of sea water each hour; or
(b) the maximum discharge required by these Regulations from 2 fire pumps operating at the same time;
whichever is the less.
(3) The reference in subregulation (1) to the pumping capacity required by these Regulations for the 2 fire pumps shall be read as a reference to the sum of the minimum pumping capacities that the 2 fire pumps are required to have in accordance with regulation 38.
27 Fire hoses
(1) Subject to subregulation (2), a ship shall be furnished with:
(a) a fire hose for each hydrant in the machinery spaces; and
(b) one fire hose for each 30 metres and fraction thereof in the length of the ship and one additional fire hose except that the number furnished in accordance with this paragraph shall be not less than 5 in relation to a ship of 1,000 tons or over or not less than 3 in relation to a ship of less than 1,000 tons.
(2) Where a type of ship or the trade on which the ship is employed or both are such that the Authority is of the opinion that the number of hoses prescribed by subregulation (1) in relation to the ship is not sufficient, the ship shall be furnished with the number of hoses directed by the Authority.
(3) Each hose furnished for a fire hydrant in the machinery spaces shall have a water spray nozzle.
28 Portable fire extinguishers
(1) A ship shall be furnished with portable fire extinguishers so placed that at least one extinguisher is readily available for use in each compartment of the crew space (other than the galley) and passenger space, if any.
(2) The number of fire extinguishers furnished in respect of a ship in accordance with subregulation (1) shall be not less than:
(a) in the case of a ship of 1,000 tons or over — 5; or
(b) in any other case — 3.
(3) Not less than one-half of the total number of fire extinguishers required to be furnished under subregulations (1) and (2) shall be fire extinguishers containing liquid.
(4) The galley of a ship shall be furnished with 2 portable fire extinguishers.
29 Fire buckets
A ship of under 500 tons shall be furnished with not less than 4 fire buckets.
31 Portable drilling machine
A ship, other than a tanker, shall be furnished with a portable drilling machine operated by electricity or compressed air for cutting emergency means of access to fires through decks, casings or bulkheads.
32 Appliances for conveying fire-smothering gas into cargo spaces
(1) Subject to this regulation, a ship of 2,000 tons or over shall be furnished with appliances by means of which fire-smothering gas can be readily conveyed by a permanent piping system into any cargo space.
(2) The appliances shall be capable of supplying and conveying a minimum volume of free gas equal to 30 per cent of the gross volume of the largest cargo space in the ship that is capable of being effectively closed.
(a) there is available in a ship, whilst it is in commission, a boiler or boilers capable of evaporating one kilogram of steam per hour for each 0.75 cubic metre of the gross volume of the largest cargo space in the ship that is capable of being effectively closed; and
(b) the Authority is satisfied that:
(i) the steam will be available immediately and will not be dependent upon the lighting of the ship’s boiler or boilers;
(ii) sufficient steam for the fire-smothering installation will be supplied at all times together with the normal requirements of the ship; and
(iii) adequate arrangements have been made for the supply of the water to be used in the fire-smothering installation;
the ship may, instead of the appliances required to be furnished by subregulation (1), be furnished with appliances by means of which steam may be conveyed by a permanent piping system from the boiler or boilers into any cargo space in the ship.
(4) Subregulation (3) does not apply to and in relation to a compartment in which prescribed explosives are stowed.
(5) Where a ship is a tanker, the ship may, instead of the appliances required to be furnished by subregulation (1), be furnished with:
(a) the appliances referred to in subregulation (3) if it complies with the conditions specified in that subregulation; or
(b) a froth fire extinguishing installation of the gravity type or the continuous-generator type, fitted in such a manner as the Authority directs, that complies with the requirements for the type specified in Schedule 1.
(6) The Authority may exempt a ship, other than a nuclear ship or a tanker, from the requirements of subregulation (1) if it is satisfied that:
(a) the holds of the ship are provided with steel hatch covers and effective means are provided for closing all ventilators and other openings leading to the holds;
(b) the ship is contructed for, and employed solely in, the carriage of ore, coal or grain; or
(c) it is unreasonable, having regard to the short duration of the voyages on which the ship is engaged, to require compliance with those requirements.
(7) Where prescribed explosives are stowed in a compartment, that compartment and the adjoining cargo compartments shall be furnished with a fire or smoke detection system.
(8) For the purposes of this regulation:
(a) prescribed explosive means:
(i) more than 9 kilograms of explosives;
(ii) more than 1,016 kilograms of distress signals for use in ships or aircraft; or
(iii) fireworks that are likely to explode violently; and
(b) compartment includes:
(i) all the space contained between 2 adjacent permanent bulkheads and includes the lower hold and all the cargo spaces above it;
(ii) the whole of a shelter deck space that is not divided by steel bulkheads the openings of which can be closed by steel closing plates; and
(iii) in the case where steel bulkheads with openings closed by steel closing plates are fitted in the shelter deck space, that space together with the compartment or compartments immediately below that space.
33 Fire fighting systems for boiler rooms
(1) A space or spaces in a ship fitted with a main or auxiliary oil-fired boiler, an oil-fuel unit or a settling tank shall be furnished, in such a manner as the Authority directs, with:
(a) a pressure water spraying system specified in Schedule 6;
(b) a fire-smothering gas system that complies with these Regulations; or
(c) a fixed froth system of the gravity type or the continuous-generator type that complies with the requirements for the type specified in Schedule 1.
(2) Where the engine room and boiler room are not separated from each other by a bulkhead so as to prevent oil fuel draining from the boiler room into the engine room, the engine room and boiler room shall, for the purpose of subregulation (1), be regarded as a single space.
(3) Where a space in a ship is furnished with a fixed froth system referred to in subregulation (1), the system shall be capable of discharging and distributing froth over the space and over any main fire hazards that exist in the space.
34 Portable fire appliances for spaces fitted with oil‑fired boilers
(1) A ship fitted with main or auxiliary oil-fired boilers shall be furnished in each firing space, and in each space containing any part of the oil-fuel installation, with not less than 2 portable fire extinguishers and, in addition, one portable fire extinguisher for each burner.
(2) Subregulation (1) does not require a ship to be furnished with more than 5 additional fire extinguishers for any one firing space.
(3) The fire extinguishers referred to in subregulation (1) shall be of the froth, the carbon-dioxide or the dry powder type but the number of the dry powder type furnished in the spaces referred to in that subregulation shall not exceed one-half of the number required to be furnished under that subregulation.
35 Additional appliances for machinery spaces in ships with oil-fired boilers
A ship fitted with a main or auxiliary oil-fired boiler shall be furnished in the firing space with a receptacle (provided with a scoop for distributing the contents of the receptacle) containing not less than 0.3 cubic metre of sand, sawdust impregnated with soda or other dry material suitable for quenching oil fires.
36 Fire extinguishers for spaces fitted with internal combustion machinery
(1) Where a space in a ship is fitted:
(a) with an internal combustion engine for the purpose of the main propulsion of the ship; or
(b) with an internal combustion engine or engines the total power output of which is 746 kilowatts or more, the space shall be furnished with not less than:
(c) one of the systems referred to in subregulation 33 (1); and
(d) one froth fire extinguisher of not less than 45 litres capacity or one carbon-dioxide extinguisher of not less than 15 kilograms capacity.
(2) Without limiting the operation of subregulation (1), but subject to subregulation (4), where a space in a ship is fitted with an internal combustion engine, the space shall be furnished with not less than the number of portable fire extinguishers ascertained in accordance with the following table:
| Total power output in kilowatts ofengine or engines in any one space | Number of portable fire extinguishers to be supplied |
|---|---|
| Not exceeding 1,492 .................... | 2 |
| Exceeding 1,492 but not exceeding 2,238 ...... | 3 |
| Exceeding 2,238 but not exceeding 2,984 ...... | 4 |
| Exceeding 2,984 but not exceeding 3,730 ...... | 5 |
| Exceeding 3,730 ....................... | 6 |
(3) The portable fire extinguishers referred to in subregulation (2) shall be of the froth, the carbon-dioxide or the dry powder type except that the number of the dry powder fire extinguishers shall not exceed one-half of the total number of fire extinguishers required to be provided in accordance with that subregulation.
(4) Where a space in a ship is fitted with an emergency generator or an emergency fire pump powered by an internal combustion engine, the space shall be furnished with a portable extinguisher of the froth, the carbon-dioxide or the dry powder type.
37 Fire appliances for spaces fitted with steam turbines
Where a steam turbine is fitted in a space in a ship that is separated from the boiler room by a watertight bulkhead, that space shall be furnished with such fire appliances as the Authority directs.
38 Fire pump capacity
(1) The total pumping capacity of the fire pumps (other than the emergency pump, if any) furnished in a ship in accordance with these Regulations when operating in such a way as to create the pressure at a fire hydrant that is referred to in regulation 26 shall be:
(a) the capacity ascertained in accordance with the formula:
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where:
L is the length of the ship in metres;
B is the greatest moulded breadth of the ship in metres; and
D is the moulded depth of the ship in metres measured to the bulkhead deck at side amidships; or
(b) 180 tonnes per hour;
whatever is the less.
(2) Where a ship is furnished with the number of fire pumps prescribed by these Regulations, the pumping capacity of each fire pump (other than the emergency pump, if any) furnished in the ship shall be not less than four-fifths of the total pumping capacity required for the ship by subregulation (1) divided by the number of the fire pumps.
(3) Where the number of pumps furnished in a ship is in excess of the number prescribed by these Regulations, the capacity of each of the pumps shall be not less than that directed by the Authority.
Part IV Ships engaged in trading on the River Murray and its tributaries
39 References to ship
In this Part, unless the contrary intention appears, a reference to a ship shall be read as a reference to a ship engaged in trading only on the River Murray and its tributaries.
40 Fire pumps, fire hoses, fire buckets and fire extinguishers
(1) Subject to subregulation (2), a ship shall be furnished with:
(a) at least one fire pump;
(b) at least one hose in one or more lengths, to the satisfaction of a surveyor, fitted with a nozzle whereby a powerful jet of water may be rapidly directed upon any part of the ship;
(c) not less than 4 fire buckets;
(d) at least one portable fire extinguisher containing liquid of not less than 9 litres capacity placed in the machinery spaces; and
(e) in the case of a ship that, by its certificate of survey, is certified to carry passengers — at least one portable fire extinguisher, for use on deck or in the passenger space, for each 100 persons that the ship is so certified to carry.
(2) A ship that does not carry passengers, or, if it does carry passengers, does not carry more than 12 passengers, is not required under subregulation (1) to be furnished with a fire pump if the ship is furnished with not less than 6 fire buckets, including the fire buckets with which it is required to be furnished under that subregulation.
41 Fire appliances for motor ships
(1) Subject to subregulation (2), a ship that is equipped with internal combustion machinery consuming oil of a flash-point of not less than 61 Celsius shall be furnished in the engine room with:
(a) a receptacle containing a quantity of sand or other dry material approved by a surveyor as being suitable for quenching oil fires;
(b) a scoop for distributing the contents of the receptacle;
(c) at least one portable extinguisher of the carbon-dioxide or the dry powder type suitable for extinguishing electrical fires; and
(d) not less than 2 froth fire extinguishers of a capacity of not less than 9 litres.
(2) A ship that is less than 9 metres in length is not required under subregulation (1) to be furnished with more than one froth fire extinguisher.
42 Additional fire appliances
A ship that is equipped with internal combustion machinery consuming oil of a flash-point of less than 61 Celsius shall, in addition to the fire appliances furnished in accordance with the other provisions of this Part, be furnished with such fire appliances as the Authority may determine in respect of the ship.
Part V General
43 Fire pumps
(1) A fire pump furnished in a ship in accordance with these Regulations shall be provided with relief valves, wherever necessary, so placed and adjusted as to prevent excessive pressure in any part of the water pipes, hydrants, hoses and nozzles served by the pump.
(2) A fire pump furnished in a ship in accordance with these Regulations that is not a positive displacement pump shall be fitted with a non-return valve on the suction or discharge side of the pump.
44 Source of power for fire pumps
A power driven fire pump furnished in a ship that is to be independently driven shall have a source of power that is capable of operating the pump when the main engines are not in operation.
45 Arrangements for the use of other pumps as fire pumps
For the purposes of these Regulations, a sanitary, ballast, bilge or general service pump provided in a ship may be counted as a fire pump where:
(a) the pump is not used for the pumping of oil; or
(b) in the case of a pump used occasionally for the pumping of oil:
(i) the pump is furnished with flanges that are suitable for blanking the pipelines connected to the pump through which oil would pass when the pump is in use for the pumping of oil;
(ii) the pump is furnished with flanges that are suitable for blanking the pipelines connected to the pump which discharge to the fire main; and
(iii) means are furnished to clear the pump and its valve chests of oil;
and the pump is available for fire fighting purposes at all times other than when the pump is used for pumping oil.
46 Use of fire pumps
(1) The master of a ship must not permit the use of a fire pump to pump oil.
(1A) An offence against subregulation (1) is an offence of strict liability.
(2) It is a defence to a prosecution for an offence against subregulation (1) relating to the use of a sanitary, ballast, bilge or general service pump that is counted as a fire pump in accordance with regulation 45 if the person charged proves that:
(a) before oil was pumped, the blank flanges referred to in subparagraph 45 (b) (ii) were fitted and blanked the pipelines connected to the pump which discharge to the fire main; and
(b) after oil was pumped:
(i) the pump and the valve chests were cleared of oil; and
(ii) the blank flanges referred to in paragraph (a) were removed and the flanges referred to in subparagraph 45 (b) (i) to blank the pipelines connected to the pump through which oil would pass when the pump was in use for the pumping of oil were fitted and blanked the pipelines.
(3) The master of a ship in which a sanitary, ballast, bilge or general service pump is counted as a fire pump in accordance with regulation 45 must ensure that that pump is readily available for fire-fighting purposes at all times when not pumping oil.
(4) An offence against subregulation (3) is an offence of strict liability.
47 Arrangement of water pipes and hydrants
(1) Water pipes and fire hydrants furnished in a ship in accordance with these Regulations shall be so placed that fire hoses may be readily coupled to them.
(2) In a ship which may carry deck cargo:
(a) the fire hydrants shall be so placed that access to them will not be hindered by the deck cargo; and
(b) the water pipes shall be protected from damage by the deck cargo.
48 Water pipes to be fitted with cocks or valves
Water pipes furnished in a ship in accordance with these Regulations shall be fitted with cocks or screw lift valves so arranged that fire hoses coupled to the water pipes may be removed while the fire pumps are in operation.
49 Construction of water pipes
A water pipe furnished in a ship in accordance with these Regulations:
(a) shall not be constructed of:
(i) materials rendered ineffective by heat unless adequately protected from heat; or
(ii) cast iron; and
(b) if constructed of iron or steel, shall be galvanised.
50 Interchangeability of hoses, nozzles etc
(1) Each fire hose furnished in a ship in accordance with these Regulations shall be capable of being fitted:
(a) to each hydrant in the ship; and
(b) to every other fire hose in the ship.
(2) Each nozzle for a fire hose that is furnished in a ship in accordance with these Regulations shall be capable of being fitted to each fire hose in the ship.
51 Fire hydrants
(1) A passenger ship and, subject to subregulation (2), a cargo ship shall be furnished with:
(a) at least one fire hydrant on the port side of each machinery space;
(b) at least one fire hydrant on the starboard side of each machinery space; and
(c) additional hydrants so placed that no less than 2 jets of water may be directed upon any part of the passenger space, crew space and coal bunker space (if any), upon any part of the cargo space or store room, when empty, and upon any part of the machinery spaces if the hydrants referred to in paragraphs (a) and (b) are not sufficient to carry out that function, when:
(i) all watertight doors and all doors in main vertical zone bulkheads are closed;
(ii) not less than 2 of those jets of water are supplied by not less than 2 hydrants; and
(iii) one of those jets of water is supplied through a single length of hose.
(2) A cargo ship of less than 500 tons shall be furnished with appliances whereby not less than one jet of water can be rapidly directed upon any part of the ship.
52 Additional fire hydrants
(1) This regulation applies to a ship that:
(a) is a passenger ship; or
(b) is a cargo ship of 500 tons or more.
(2) Where:
(a) a machinery space in a ship to which this regulation applies is required, by virtue of regulation 20, 21, 33 or 36, as the case may be, to be furnished with a fire-fighting system of a kind referred to in whichever of those regulations is applicable; and
(b) access to that machinery space is provided at a low level:
(i) by means of an adjacent shaft tunnel; or
(ii) from an adjacent space;
and that tunnel or that space is part of an escape route from that machinery space;
an additional fire hydrant shall be fitted outside the machinery space near the escape route entrance to the machinery space.
53 International shore connections
(1) A ship of 1,000 tons or more shall be furnished with an international shore connection complying with the requirements of Schedule 5.
(2) The connection furnished in accordance with subregulation (1) shall:
(a) be capable of being used on either side of the ship; and
(b) be capable of being bolted on one side on to the shore connection and of being coupled on the other side to the ship’s hydrants.
54 Fire hoses, nozzles etc
(1) Subject to subregulation (2), a fire hose furnished in a ship in accordance with these Regulations:
(a) shall be made of seamless hemp, closely woven flax, canvas or other approved material;
(b) shall be provided with:
(i) couplings and other necessary fittings;
(ii) a plain nozzle of 12 millimetres, 16 millimetres or 19 millimetres diameter or such larger diameter as the Authority approves, in addition to any spray nozzle; and
(iii) in the case of a hose furnished in a space in which there are oil-fired boilers or internal combustion engines, a water spray nozzle except where the nozzle furnished in that space is suitable for spraying water on burning oil; and
(c) shall not exceed 18 metres in length.
(2) Three or more lengths of fire hose shall not be coupled together if the combined length exceeds 36 metres.
55 Duties of master in relation to fire hoses etc
(1) The master of a ship shall cause each fire hose furnished in the ship in accordance with these Regulations, together with the tools and fittings necessary for its use, to be kept in a conspicuous position near the water hydrant or connexion with which it is intended to be used.
(2) The master of a ship must not use, or permit the use of, any hose that is required by these Regulations to be furnished in the ship, for any purpose other than extinguishing fire, testing fire appliances or fire drill.
(3) An offence against subregulation (2) is an offence of strict liability.
56 Fire buckets
A fire bucket furnished in a ship in accordance with these Regulations shall:
(a) be painted red; and
(b) be clearly and permanently marked with the word ‘FIRE’.
57 Master to cause fire buckets to be kept filled etc
(1) The master of a ship furnished with a fire bucket in accordance with these Regulations must cause the bucket to be kept filled with water and must not use, or permit the use of, the fire bucket for any purpose other than extinguishing fire, testing fire appliances or fire drill.
59 Breathing apparatus
(1) Subject to subregulation (2), the breathing apparatus referred to in regulation 58 may consist of:
(a) a smoke helmet or smoke mask together with:
(i) a length of non-collapsible air hose sufficient in length to enable the inlet end to be on deck clear of hatches and doorways and in clean air while the wearer of the helmet or mask is in any part of the cargo, crew, machinery or passenger space, as the case requires, but not exceeding 36 metres in length; and
(ii) a pump suitable for pumping air through the hose; or
(b) self-contained breathing apparatus capable of delivering an uninterrupted supply of not less than 1,500 litres of free air measured at a temperature of 15 Celsius and at atmospheric pressure.
(2) Where the distance between a place on deck clear of hatches and doorways and in clean air and any part of the cargo, crew, machinery or passenger space, as the case requires, exceeds 36 metres, not less than one-half of the number of firemen’s outfits required to be furnished in accordance with regulations 16 and 30 shall include a self-contained breathing apparatus of the type referred to in paragraph (1) (b).
(3) A breathing apparatus required by these Regulations to be furnished in a ship shall be of an approved type.
(4) A breathing apparatus furnished in a ship in accordance with these Regulations shall have attached to the belt or harness, by means of a snap hook, a fire proof life-and-signalling line at least 3 metres longer than the distance between a position on deck clear of hatches and doorways and in clean air and any part of the cargo, crew, machinery or passenger space, as the case requires.
(5) A line provided in a ship in accordance with subregulation (4) shall be made of hemp-covered wire rope not less than 10 millimetres in diameter that incorporates a wire that:
(a) is made of copper or galvanized steel; and
(b) has a breaking strength of not less than 5 kilonewtons.
(6) Efficient couplings shall be provided if 2 or more lengths of hose are joined.
(7) The inlet end of the pump shall be so protected that the supply of air cannot be obstructed.
60 Breathing apparatus etc to be marked with maker’s name and operating instructions
(1) A breathing apparatus shall be clearly and permanently marked with the name of the maker or vendor and the year in which it was manufactured.
(2) Operating instructions in clear and permanent lettering shall be affixed to the breathing apparatus or in a clearly visible position near the place where the apparatus is stowed.
61 Construction of fire extinguishers
(1) A froth fire extinguisher, not being a portable fire extinguisher, furnished in a ship in accordance with these Regulations shall be of an approved design and constructed in accordance with Schedule 2.
(2) A carbon-dioxide fire extinguisher furnished in a ship in accordance with these Regulations shall be of an approved design and constructed in accordance with Schedule 3.
(3) A portable fire extinguisher containing liquid furnished in a ship in accordance with these Regulations shall be of an approved design and constructed in accordance with Parts I and II of Schedule 4.
(4) A portable fire extinguisher containing dry powder furnished in a ship in accordance with these Regulations shall be of an approved design and constructed in accordance with Parts I and III of Schedule 4.
(5) Portable fire extinguishers provided in a ship in accordance with these Regulations shall, so far as practicable, have a uniform method of operation.
62 Fire extinguishing media
(1) A fire extinguisher furnished in a ship shall not contain an extinguishing medium that is harmful in itself or, when in use, gives off a gas harmful to persons.
(2) A fire extinguisher positioned in a radio room or adjacent to switch boards shall be of the carbon-dioxide or the dry powder type.
63 Spare charges for portable fire extinguishers
(1) Where a portable fire extinguisher furnished in a ship can be recharged whilst the ship is at sea, a spare charge for that extinguisher shall be furnished in the ship.
(2) Where a portable fire extinguisher furnished in a ship cannot be recharged whilst the ship is at sea, another portable fire extinguisher shall be furnished in the ship and shall be kept in the store room until such time as the first-mentioned portable fire extinguisher is discharged.
64 Fire extinguisher in passenger and crew spaces
(2) Where one or more fire extinguishers are furnished for use in a space, one of the fire extinguishers shall be positioned near an entrance to the space.
65 Testing of fire extinguishers
(1) A master of a ship must, not less than once in each period of 4 years, cause all portable fire extinguishers and all froth fire extinguishers that are not portable fire extinguishers furnished in the ship to be submitted for testing in accordance with regulation 66.
66 Examination and testing of fire extinguishers
(1) A fire extinguisher referred to in regulation 65 that is submitted for testing to a surveyor shall be discharged and tested by hydraulic pressure to within 345 kilopascals of the pressure to which the fire extinguisher was tested at the time of its manufacture.
(2) If the surveyor to whom the fire extinguisher was submitted requires it to be tested in his presence, the fire extinguisher shall be so tested.
67 Marking of examined and tested fire extinguishers
(1) If a fire extinguisher, on being tested in accordance with regulation 66, withstands the pressure applied in the test, the master of the ship in which the fire extinguisher is furnished must cause the fire extinguisher to be marked with the date of test and test pressure applied.
68 Unsatisfactory fire extinguishers not permitted on ship
(1) If a fire extinguisher does not withstand the pressure applied during the test referred to in subregulation 66 (1), the master must not permit the fire extinguisher to be on the ship.
69 Control of piping system
(1) A piping system for conveying fire-smothering gas or steam furnished in a ship in accordance with these Regulations shall be capable of being controlled by valves or cocks:
(a) which are designed to prevent inadvertent discharge of gas or steam;
(b) that are readily accessible; and
(c) that are not readily cut off from use by an outbreak of fire.
(2) Each valve or cock shall be clearly and permanently marked to indicate the space that it serves.
(a) a cargo space is fitted with a piping system for conveying fire-smothering gas or steam; and
(b) that cargo space is to be used as a passenger space;
the piping system shall be blanked off before use as a passenger space.
70 Arrangement of piping system
(1) A piping system furnished in a ship in accordance with these Regulations shall:
(a) be of a permanent character; and
(b) be so arranged as to be capable of effectively distributing the fire-smothering gas or steam in each space to be protected.
(2) Where it is necessary to provide effective distribution of steam in a cargo space which exceeds 18 metres in length, not less than 2 pipes shall be furnished, one in the forward part of the space and the other in the afterpart of the space.
(3) Pipes for conveying steam shall be fitted:
(a) as far as possible from the shell of the ship; and
(b) except in a tanker, as low as practicable in the space that they serve.
(4) In a tanker, the piping system shall be so arranged that the froth, steam or fire-smothering gas will be distributed over the surface of the cargo.
71 Requirements of gas fire-smothering piping systems for boiler rooms etc
(1) Subject to this regulation, when carbon-dioxide is used in a piping system for the purpose of providing a fire-smothering gas to be discharged into a space or spaces containing boilers or internal combustion machinery, the quantity of carbon-dioxide gas available shall be equal in volume to not less than:
(a) 40 per cent of the gross volume of the space or the larger space, including the volume of any casings that are below the height above which any horizontal area of a casing or any combined horizontal areas of the casings are 40 per cent or less of the largest horizontal area of that space; or
(b) 35 per cent of the gross volume of the space or the larger space, including the volume of the casing or casings;
whichever is the greater.
(2) The application of subregulation (1) in relation to a cargo ship of less than 2,000 tons shall be varied by substituting ‘35’ for ‘40’ (first occurring) and ‘30’ for ‘35’.
(3) In calculating, for the purposes of this regulation, the gross volume of a machinery space in a motor ship in which a main engine starting air tank is fitted, there shall be added to the volume of the space a volume equivalent to the volume of air at atmospheric pressure which may be released into the machinery space from a relief valve or a fusible plug, if any, of the main engine starting air tank.
(4) For the purposes of this regulation, where spaces containing boilers and internal combustion machinery are not separated by a bulk-head sufficient to prevent the passage of fire-smothering gas, they shall be regarded as a single space.
72 Quantity of carbon-dioxide to be furnished in a ship
Where carbon-dioxide is furnished for the purpose of supplying from one carbon-dioxide installation fire-smothering gas to more than one cargo space, to more than one machinery space or to more than one space, whether cargo or machinery, in a ship, the total quantity of carbon-dioxide to be furnished in the ship shall, notwithstanding the provisions of these Regulations that require a quantity of carbon-dioxide to be furnished for each of those spaces, not be less than the largest amount required to be furnished for any one of those spaces.
73 Production of gas from liquefied carbon-dioxide
When liquefied carbon-dioxide is furnished in a ship in accordance with these Regulations for the purpose of providing a fire-smothering gas for use in the ship, one kilogram of liquefied carbon-dioxide shall, for the purposes of these Regulations, be deemed to be capable of producing 0.56 cubic metre of free gas.
74 Distribution of carbon-dioxide in the boiler-rooms etc
Where carbon-dioxide is used as a fire-smothering gas in a space containing a boiler or internal combustion machinery, the piping system shall be so arranged that 85 per cent of the quantity of carbon-dioxide determined in accordance with regulation 71 can be discharged in that space in not more than 2 minutes.
75 Generator produced gas
Where a ship is furnished with a generator that produces inert gas for use in a fire-smothering installation for cargo spaces, the generator shall be capable of producing each hour and during a continuous period of not less than 72 hours a volume of such gas in the form of free gas that is not less than 25 per cent of the volume of the largest cargo space.
76 Warning to be given
(1) A ship shall be furnished with an apparatus by means of which warning can be given to a person anywhere within a working space when fire-smothering gas is about to be released from a fixed installation into that space.
(2) The means furnished shall be so arranged as to permit a reasonable time for a person in the space to leave the space after the warning has been given and before the release of the gas.
78 Equivalents
(1) Where a provision of these Regulations requires a particular fitting, material, appliance or apparatus, or type thereof, to be fitted or carried in a ship or a particular provision to be made in a ship, the Authority may allow any other fitting, material, appliance or apparatus, or type thereof, to be fitted or carried, or any other provision to be made, if it is satisfied that the other fitting, material, appliance or apparatus, or type thereof, or provision, is at least as effective as that required by that provision of these Regulations.
(2) The reference in subregulation (1) to a fitting, material, appliance or apparatus, or type thereof, or provision to be made in a ship shall not be read as including a reference to a fitting, material, appliance or apparatus, or type thereof, or provision to be made in a ship, in respect of which the Authority may exercise the powers conferred by subsection 191A (2) of the Act.
79 Additional fire appliances
Where a ship is furnished with a fire appliance in addition to the fire appliances with which it is required to be furnished by these Regulations, that fire appliance shall comply with the requirements of these Regulations as if it were a fire appliance with which the ship was required to be furnished by these Regulations.
Schedule 1 Fixed froth fire-extinguishing system
(regulations 20 (1) and 33 (1))
(a) containers for the froth-forming solution so placed that a fire in the space to be protected will not interfere with the effective working of the installation;
(b) outlet valves for the containers so arranged that the solution will be released from the containers simultaneously and in proper proportions by the operation of a control wheel or control handle so placed as not to be rendered inaccessible by a fire in the space to be protected; and
(c) means for agitating and sampling the froth-forming solution and for testing the expansion rate of the solution.
In a froth fire-extinguishing installation of the continuous-generator type, the froth-forming apparatus, pumps and source of power for the pumps, together with all controlling devices and other accessories necessary for the efficient operation of the installation, shall be so arranged that a fire in the space to be protected will not prevent the efficient working of the installation.
(1) A froth fire-extinguishing installation of the gravity or continuous-generator type shall be provided with a system of distribution pipes so arranged as to enable the froth to be effectively distributed.
(2) Provision shall be made to prevent the obstruction of the pipes or their outlets by water or otherwise and to enable the efficiency of the pipes to be readily tested.
(3) The pipes shall not be led through any refrigerated space unless they are insulated and provision is made for draining them.
A froth fire-extinguishing installation shall be capable of discharging within a period of 5 minutes a quantity of froth sufficient to cover to a depth of 150 millimetres the largest single area over which oil fuel may be spread in the event of leakage.
Operating instructions in clear and permanent lettering shall be affixed adjacent to the controls of a froth fire-extinguishing installation.
Schedule 2 Non-portable froth fire extinguishers
(regulations 61 (1))
In this Schedule, ‘froth fire extinguisher’ does not include a portable fire extinguisher.
A froth fire extinguisher shall be so designed and constructed that the interior of the extinguisher can be examined.
The body of a froth fire extinguisher shall be cylindrical with ends dished outwards, without reverse flanging, to a radius not exceeding the diameter of the body.
The body and ends of a froth fire extinguisher shall be made of sheet steel and shall be tinned or lead-coated internally and every part of the extinguisher shall, where necessary, be protected against corrosion.
The body of a froth fire extinguisher shall be welded or riveted and all riveted joints shall be soldered.
(1) The body of a froth fire extinguisher shall be provided with an opening for the introduction of an inner container.
(2) The opening:
(a) shall be fitted with a screw cap of gun-metal or other suitable material; and
(b) shall be screwed with a continuous thread through the side of which safety holes or slots are provided so that when the cap is being removed any pressure of gas remaining in the container will be released gradually should the discharge opening be choked.
(3) The cap joint shall be made with acid-resisting rubber, greased leather or other suitable material.
(4) If the extinguisher is provided with an inner container, the container shall be adequately supported.
(2) The area of the nozzle shall be such that, when the extinguisher is operated, the froth is projected:
(a) in the case of an extinguisher of 136 litres capacity or more — for a distance of not less than 13.5 metres for a period of not less than 100 seconds; or
(b) in any other case — for a distance of not less than 10.5 metres for a period of not less than 90 seconds.
The charge and the air space above the level of the liquid in the body of a froth fire extinguisher shall be so regulated that the maximum pressure in the extinguisher when put into action with all outlets closed does not exceed 2 megapascals with the liquid at a temperature of 38 Celsius.
A froth fire extinguisher shall be capable of withstanding for a period of 5 minutes an internal pressure equal to —
(a) a pressure greater by one-half than the maximum pressure in the extinguisher when put into action with all outlets closed; or
(b) a pressure of 2.5 megapascals,
whichever is the greater.
(a) a mark showing the level of the liquid when the extinguisher is filled to its working capacity; and
(b) a statement setting out:
(i) the name of the maker or vendor of the extinguisher;
(ii) the capacity of the extinguisher;
(iii) the pressure under which the extinguisher was tested;
(iv) instructions for operating the extinguisher; and
(v) the year in which the extinguisher was manufactured.
Schedule 3 Carbon-dioxide fire extinguishers
(regulation 61 (2))
(2) Each cylinder shall be provided with an internal discharge tube and a valve to release the gas.
(2) The bore of the discharge hose shall be not less than the size specified in the following table in relation to the capacity of the extinguisher:
| Capacity of extinguisher | Minimum bore of discharge hose |
|---|---|
| Not more than 4.5 kg ......................... | 6 mm |
| More than 4.5 kg but not more than 15 kg ........... | 9 mm |
| More than 15 kg ............................ | 12 mm |
(3) The discharge hose shall be provided with a horn that is insulated and of a design that will reduce the velocity of the gas discharged.
| Capacity of extinguisher | Period in seconds |
|---|---|
| Not more than 4.5 kg ......................... | 20 |
| More than 4.5 kg but not more than 15 kg ........... | 35 |
| More than 15 kg ............................ | 70 |
(a) the name of the vendor of the extinguisher;
(b) instructions for operating the extinguisher;
(c) the mass of the extinguisher when empty and the mass when filled to its working capacity; and
(d) the year in which the extinguisher was manufactured.
Schedule 4 Portable fire extinguishers other than carbon-dioxide extinguishers
(regulation 61 (3) and (4))
Part I
(2) The dishing shall be outwards, without reverse flanging, to a radius not exceeding the diameter of the body.
(3) If the extinguisher stands vertically, a metal support shall be securely attached to the body.
(2) All rivet holes shall be drilled and all riveted joints shall be soldered.
(a) recharging; and
(b) visual examination of the internal surface.
(2) The opening:
(a) shall be fitted with a screw cap of gun-metal or other suitable material; and
(b) shall be screwed with a continuous thread of sufficient length, through the side of which safety holes or slots are provided so that when the cap is being removed any pressure of gas remaining in the container will be released gradually should the discharge opening be choked.
A portable fire extinguisher shall be provided with fixed handles that will enable it to be readily transported and used.
The discharge tube or opening in a portable fire extinguisher shall be provided with a screwed connection that will facilitate testing.
Where the activating medium of a portable extinguisher is gas stored under pressure, the cartridge in which such gas is contained shall be constructed in accordance with approved standards.
A protector fitted to a plunger in a portable fire extinguisher shall be of the open or cage type.
The internal discharge tubes, if any, of a portable fire extinguisher shall be of sufficient length to discharge substantially the whole of the contents of the extinguisher.
Part II
(2) All rivet holes shall be drilled and all riveted joints shall be soldered or brazed.
The body and ends of a portable liquid fire extinguisher shall be made of sheet steel or copper and shall be tinned or lead-covered internally and every part of the extinguisher shall, where necessary, be protected against corrosion.
The cap joint shall be made with acid-resisting rubber, greased leather or other suitable material and shall not exceed 3 millimetres in thickness.
Any cage for holding a glass bottle that forms part of a portable liquid fire extinguisher shall be removable so as to facilitate the cleaning and inspection of the interior of the extinguisher.
The body of a portable liquid fire extinguisher shall be capable of withstanding an internal pressure of 2.5 megapascals for 5 minutes.
(1) A portable liquid fire extinguisher shall be provided with a device that, when the extinguisher is not in use, will prevent the liquid from rising in the discharge tube in consequence of a rise in temperature of the atmosphere.
(2) The discharge tube or opening in a portable liquid fire extinguisher shall be fitted with a strainer.
A portable liquid fire extinguisher shall be capable of projecting the liquid for a distance of 6 metres for a period of one minute. Cocks or valves shall not be fitted for stopping the discharge of the liquid in a portable fire extinguisher.
The charge and the air space above the level of the liquid in the body of a portable liquid fire extinguisher shall be so regulated that, if the extinguisher is put into action with all outlets closed, the internal pressure will not exceed 1.4 megapascals when the liquid is at a temperature of 38 Celsius.
The outside of a portable liquid fire extinguisher shall be clearly and permanently marked with:
(a) a mark showing the level of the liquid when the extinguisher is filled to its working capacity; and
(b) a statement setting out:
(i) the type of extinguisher (e.g. soda acid, froth, water, &c.);
(ii) the name of the maker or vendor of the extinguisher;
(iii) the capacity of the extinguisher;
(iv) a certificate by the maker that the extinguisher has been tested by hydraulic pressure to 2.5 megapascals;
(v) instructions for operating the extinguisher; and
(vi) the year in which the extinguisher was manufactured.
Part III
(2) Any anti-corrosion treatment given shall remain effective at temperatures up to 65 Celsius.
The body of a portable dry powder fire extinguisher shall be capable of withstanding an internal pressure of twice the closed nozzle pressure or 2.5 megapascals, whichever is the greater, for a period of 5 minutes.
The discharge nozzle fitted to a portable dry powder fire extinguisher shall be constructed in a manner that prevents the entry of moisture into the body.
The outside of a portable dry powder fire extinguisher shall be clearly and permanently marked with a statement setting out:
(a) the words ‘Dry Powder Extinguisher’;
(b) the name of the maker or vendor of the extinguisher;
(c) the capacity of the extinguisher;
(d) a certificate by the maker that the extinguisher has been tested by hydraulic pressure to megapascals;
(e) instructions for operating the extinguisher; and
(f) the year in which the extinguisher was manufactured.
Schedule 5 International shore connection
(regulation 53 (1))
The connection shall be so constructed that it will withstand a pressure of 1,035 kilopascals and be in accordance with the following specifications:
Outside diameter — 178 millimetres
Inner diameter — 64 millimetres
Bolt circle diameter — 132 millimetres
Holes — 4 holes of 19 millimetres diameter equidistantly placed, slotted to the flange periphery
Flange thickness — 14.5 millimetres
Bolts — 4 each of 16 millimetres diameter, 50 millimetres in length
Flange surface — flat face
Gasket — any suited to 1,035 kilopascals
Washers — 8.
The connection shall be constructed in accordance with the following design:
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Schedule 6 Automatic water sprinkler systems
(regulations 20 (1) and 33 (1))
An automatic water sprinkler system shall consist of one or more sections each of which shall be controlled from a distribution manifold.
The spraying nozzles shall be fitted above bilges, tank tops, areas over which oil fuel may spread and over any other major fire hazards in the space and the design and number of the nozzles shall be such as to be able to extinguish effectively an oil fire in any part of the space.
The system shall be kept charged by means of a pump at the pressure at which the system is designed to operate.
The pump shall be so designed that:
(a) it operates whenever there is a pressure drop in the system; and
(b) it is capable of supplying water at the design pressure to all sections in any one compartment.
(a) outside the compartment in which a system is installed; and
(b) so positioned that they will not be cut off readily by an outbreak of fire,
and, in the case of the distribution manifolds and controls, shall be so positioned that they are accessible to members of the crew.
The system shall be so designed that a fire in the space in which the system is installed shall not prevent the system working.
Means shall be provided which will prevent nozzles from becoming blocked by impurities in the water or through the corrosion of any part of the piping, nozzles, valves or pump.
In a passenger ship no part of the system shall be situated forward of the collision bulkhead.
Operating instructions in clear and permanent lettering shall be affixed to each distribution manifold or in a position near each manifold.
Notes to the Navigation (Fire Appliances) Regulations 1968
Note 1
Note: The Navigation (Fire Appliances) Regulations 1968 (in force under the Navigation Act 1912) as shown in this compilation comprise Statutory Rules 1968 No. 31 amended as indicated in the Tables below.
Note: Table of Statutory Rules
| Year andnumber | Date of notificationin Gazette | Date ofcommencement | Application, saving ortransitional provisions |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 No. 31 | 20 Mar 1968 | 20 Mar 1968 | |
| 1970 No. 176 | 12 Nov 1970 | 12 Nov 1970 | — |
| 1975 No. 147 | 29 July 1975 | 29 July 1975 | — |
| 1978 No. 159 | 29 Aug 1978 | 29 Aug 1978 | — |
| 1983 No. 277 | 18 Nov 1983 | 18 Nov 1983 | — |
| 1991 No. 376 | 27 Nov 1991 | 27 Nov 1991 | — |
| 2001 No. 351 (a) | 21 Dec 2001 | 21 Dec 2001 | — |
Note: (a) Statutory Rules 2001 No. 351 was made under the Navigation Act 1912, the Protection of the Sea (Oil Pollution Compensation Fund) Act 1993, the Protection of the Sea (Prevention of Pollution from Ships) Act 1983 and the Shipping Registration Act 1981.
Note: Table of Amendments
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse:collapse"><thead><tr><td colspan="2" style="width:354.9pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableOfAmendHead" style="margin-right:0pt"><span>ad. = added or inserted</span><span> </span><span>am. = amended</span><span> </span><span>rep. = repealed</span><span> </span><span>rs. = repealed and substituted</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:111.1pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableColHead"><span>Provision affected</span></p></td><td style="width:233pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableColHead"><span>How affected</span></p></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td style="width:111.1pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableOfAmend" style="margin-right:0pt"><span>R. 1</span><span style="width:96.89pt; text-indent:0pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">.................</span></p></td><td style="width:233pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableOfAmend" style="margin-right:0pt"><span>rs. 2001 No. 351</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:111.1pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableOfAmend" style="margin-right:0pt"><span>R. 2</span><span style="width:96.89pt; text-indent:0pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">.................</span></p></td><td style="width:233pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableOfAmend" style="margin-right:0pt"><span>rep. 1978 No. 159</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:111.1pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableOfAmend" style="margin-right:0pt"><span>R. 4</span><span style="width:96.89pt; text-indent:0pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">.................</span></p></td><td style="width:233pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableOfAmend" style="margin-right:0pt"><span>rep. 1978 No. 159</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:111.1pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableOfAmend" style="margin-right:0pt"><span>R. 5</span><span style="width:96.89pt; text-indent:0pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">.................</span></p></td><td style="width:233pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableOfAmend" style="margin-right:0pt"><span>am. 1975 No. 147; 1978 No. 159; 1983 No. 277; 1991 No.</span><span> </span><span>376</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:111.1pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableOfAmend" style="margin-right:0pt"><span>R. 6</span><span style="width:96.89pt; text-indent:0pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">.................</span></p></td><td style="width:233pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableOfAmend" style="margin-right:0pt"><span>am. 1978 No. 159; 1983 No. 277</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:111.1pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableOfAmend" style="margin-right:0pt"><span>R. 7</span><span style="width:96.89pt; text-indent:0pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">.................</span></p></td><td style="width:233pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableOfAmend" style="margin-right:0pt"><span>am. 1978 No. 159; 1983 No. 277; 1991 No. 376</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:111.1pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableOfAmend" style="margin-right:0pt"><span>Rr. 9, 10</span><span style="width:78.89pt; text-indent:0pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">..............</span></p></td><td style="width:233pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableOfAmend" style="margin-right:0pt"><span>am. 1978 No. 159; 2001 No. 351</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:111.1pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableOfAmend" style="margin-right:0pt"><span>R. 11</span><span style="width:91.89pt; text-indent:0pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">................</span></p></td><td style="width:233pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableOfAmend" style="margin-right:0pt"><span>am. 1978 No. 159</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:111.1pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableOfAmend" style="margin-right:0pt"><span>R. 11A</span><span style="width:85.89pt; text-indent:0pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">...............</span></p></td><td style="width:233pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableOfAmend" style="margin-right:0pt"><span>ad. 1978 No. 159</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:111.1pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableOfAmend" style="margin-right:0pt"><span>R. 12</span><span style="width:91.89pt; text-indent:0pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">................</span></p></td><td style="width:233pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableOfAmend" style="margin-right:0pt"><span>am. 1978 No. 159; 1991 No. 376</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:111.1pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableOfAmend" style="margin-right:0pt"><span>R. 13</span><span style="width:91.89pt; text-indent:0pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">................</span></p></td><td style="width:233pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableOfAmend" style="margin-right:0pt"><span>am. 1970 No. 176; 1978 No. 159</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:111.1pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableOfAmend" style="margin-right:0pt"><span>Rr. 14A, 14B</span><span style="width:61.87pt; text-indent:0pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">...........</span></p></td><td style="width:233pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableOfAmend" style="margin-right:0pt"><span>ad. 1978 No. 159</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:111.1pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableOfAmend" style="margin-right:0pt"><span>R. 15</span><span style="width:91.89pt; text-indent:0pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">................</span></p></td><td style="width:233pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableOfAmend" style="margin-right:0pt"><span>am. 1978 No. 159</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:111.1pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableOfAmend" style="margin-right:0pt"><span>R. 16</span><span style="width:91.89pt; text-indent:0pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">................</span></p></td><td style="width:233pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableOfAmend" style="margin-right:0pt"><span>am. 1978 No. 159</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:111.1pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableOfAmend0pt" style="margin-right:0pt"><span></span></p></td><td style="width:233pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableOfAmend0pt" style="margin-right:0pt"><span>rep. 1983 No. 277</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:111.1pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableOfAmend" style="margin-right:0pt"><span>R. 18</span><span style="width:91.89pt; text-indent:0pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">................</span></p></td><td style="width:233pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableOfAmend" style="margin-right:0pt"><span>am. 1978 No. 159; 1991 No. 376</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:111.1pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableOfAmend" style="margin-right:0pt"><span>R. 19</span><span style="width:91.89pt; text-indent:0pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">................</span></p></td><td style="width:233pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableOfAmend" style="margin-right:0pt"><span>am. 1978 No. 159</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:111.1pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableOfAmend" style="margin-right:0pt"><span>R. 20 </span><span style="width:89.39pt; text-indent:0pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">................</span></p></td><td style="width:233pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableOfAmend" style="margin-right:0pt"><span>am. 1978 No. 159; 1991 No. 376</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:111.1pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableOfAmend" style="margin-right:0pt"><span>R. 21</span><span style="width:91.89pt; text-indent:0pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">................</span></p></td><td style="width:233pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableOfAmend" style="margin-right:0pt"><span>am. 1978 No. 159</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:111.1pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableOfAmend" style="margin-right:0pt"><span>R. 22</span><span style="width:91.89pt; text-indent:0pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">................</span></p></td><td style="width:233pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableOfAmend" style="margin-right:0pt"><span>am. 1991 No. 376</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:111.1pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableOfAmend" style="margin-right:0pt"><span>R. 23</span><span style="width:91.89pt; text-indent:0pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">................</span></p></td><td style="width:233pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableOfAmend" style="margin-right:0pt"><span>am. 1978 No. 159; 1991 No. 376</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:111.1pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableOfAmend" style="margin-right:0pt"><span>R. 25</span><span style="width:91.89pt; text-indent:0pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">................</span></p></td><td style="width:233pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableOfAmend" style="margin-right:0pt"><span>am. 1978 No. 159</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:111.1pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableOfAmend" style="margin-right:0pt"><span>R. 26 </span><span style="width:89.39pt; text-indent:0pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">................</span></p></td><td style="width:233pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableOfAmend" style="margin-right:0pt"><span>am. 1970 No. 176; 1978 No. 159</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:111.1pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableOfAmend" style="margin-right:0pt"><span>R. 27</span><span style="width:91.89pt; text-indent:0pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">................</span></p></td><td style="width:233pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableOfAmend" style="margin-right:0pt"><span>am. 1978 No. 159; 1991 No. 376</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:111.1pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableOfAmend" style="margin-right:0pt"><span>Rr. 28, 29</span><span style="width:73.88pt; text-indent:0pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">.............</span></p></td><td style="width:233pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableOfAmend" style="margin-right:0pt"><span>am. 1978 No. 159</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:111.1pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableOfAmend" style="margin-right:0pt"><span>R. 30</span><span style="width:91.89pt; text-indent:0pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">................</span></p></td><td style="width:233pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableOfAmend" style="margin-right:0pt"><span>am. 1978 No. 159</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:111.1pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableOfAmend0pt" style="margin-right:0pt"><span></span></p></td><td style="width:233pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableOfAmend0pt" style="margin-right:0pt"><span>rep. 1983 No. 277</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:111.1pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableOfAmend" style="margin-right:0pt"><span>Rr. 32, 33</span><span style="width:73.88pt; text-indent:0pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">.............</span></p></td><td style="width:233pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableOfAmend" style="margin-right:0pt"><span>am. 1978 No. 159; 1991 No. 376</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:111.1pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableOfAmend" style="margin-right:0pt"><span>Rr. 34–36</span><span style="width:73.88pt; text-indent:0pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">.............</span></p></td><td style="width:233pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableOfAmend" style="margin-right:0pt"><span>am. 1978 No. 159</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:111.1pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableOfAmend" style="margin-right:0pt"><span>R. 37</span><span style="width:91.89pt; text-indent:0pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">................</span></p></td><td style="width:233pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableOfAmend" style="margin-right:0pt"><span>am. 1991 No. 376</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:111.1pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableOfAmend" style="margin-right:0pt"><span>R. 38</span><span style="width:91.89pt; text-indent:0pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">................</span></p></td><td style="width:233pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableOfAmend" style="margin-right:0pt"><span>am. 1978 No. 159; 1991 No. 376</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:111.1pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableOfAmend" style="margin-right:0pt"><span>Rr. 40, 41</span><span style="width:73.88pt; text-indent:0pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">.............</span></p></td><td style="width:233pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableOfAmend" style="margin-right:0pt"><span>am. 1978 No. 159</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:111.1pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableOfAmend" style="margin-right:0pt"><span>R. 42</span><span style="width:91.89pt; text-indent:0pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">................</span></p></td><td style="width:233pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableOfAmend" style="margin-right:0pt"><span>am. 1978 No. 159; 1991 No. 376</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:111.1pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableOfAmend" style="margin-right:0pt"><span>R. 46</span><span style="width:91.89pt; text-indent:0pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">................</span></p></td><td style="width:233pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableOfAmend" style="margin-right:0pt"><span>am. 1978 No. 159; 2001 No. 351</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:111.1pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableOfAmend" style="margin-right:0pt"><span>Rr. 51–53</span><span style="width:73.88pt; text-indent:0pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">.............</span></p></td><td style="width:233pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableOfAmend" style="margin-right:0pt"><span>am. 1978 No. 159</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:111.1pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableOfAmend" style="margin-right:0pt"><span>R. 54</span><span style="width:91.89pt; text-indent:0pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">................</span></p></td><td style="width:233pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableOfAmend" style="margin-right:0pt"><span>am. 1978 No. 159; 1991 No. 376</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:111.1pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableOfAmend" style="margin-right:0pt"><span>R. 55</span><span style="width:91.89pt; text-indent:0pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">................</span></p></td><td style="width:233pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableOfAmend" style="margin-right:0pt"><span>am. 1978 No. 159; 2001 No. 351</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:111.1pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableOfAmend" style="margin-right:0pt"><span>R. 57</span><span style="width:91.89pt; text-indent:0pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">................</span></p></td><td style="width:233pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableOfAmend" style="margin-right:0pt"><span>am. 1978 No. 159; 2001 No. 351</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:111.1pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableOfAmend" style="margin-right:0pt"><span>R. 58</span><span style="width:91.89pt; text-indent:0pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">................</span></p></td><td style="width:233pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableOfAmend" style="margin-right:0pt"><span>am. 1978 No. 159</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:111.1pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableOfAmend0pt" style="margin-right:0pt"><span></span></p></td><td style="width:233pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableOfAmend0pt" style="margin-right:0pt"><span>rep. 1983 No. 277</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:111.1pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableOfAmend" style="margin-right:0pt"><span>R. 59</span><span style="width:91.89pt; text-indent:0pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">................</span></p></td><td style="width:233pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableOfAmend" style="margin-right:0pt"><span>am. 1978 No. 159</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:111.1pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableOfAmend" style="margin-right:0pt"><span>R. 61 </span><span style="width:89.39pt; text-indent:0pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">................</span></p></td><td style="width:233pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableOfAmend" style="margin-right:0pt"><span>am. 1978 No. 159</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:111.1pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableOfAmend" style="margin-right:0pt"><span>R. 64</span><span style="width:91.89pt; text-indent:0pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">................</span></p></td><td style="width:233pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableOfAmend" style="margin-right:0pt"><span>am. 1975 No. 147</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:111.1pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableOfAmend" style="margin-right:0pt"><span>R. 65</span><span style="width:91.89pt; text-indent:0pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">................</span></p></td><td style="width:233pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableOfAmend" style="margin-right:0pt"><span>am. 1978 No. 159; 2001 No. 351</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:111.1pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableOfAmend" style="margin-right:0pt"><span>R. 66</span><span style="width:91.89pt; text-indent:0pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">................</span></p></td><td style="width:233pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableOfAmend" style="margin-right:0pt"><span>am. 1978 No. 159</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:111.1pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableOfAmend" style="margin-right:0pt"><span>R. 67</span><span style="width:91.89pt; text-indent:0pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">................</span></p></td><td style="width:233pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableOfAmend" style="margin-right:0pt"><span>am. 1978 No. 159; 2001 No. 351</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:111.1pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableOfAmend" style="margin-right:0pt"><span>R. 68</span><span style="width:91.89pt; text-indent:0pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">................</span></p></td><td style="width:233pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableOfAmend" style="margin-right:0pt"><span>am. 1978 No. 159</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:111.1pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableOfAmend0pt" style="margin-right:0pt"><span></span></p></td><td style="width:233pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableOfAmend0pt" style="margin-right:0pt"><span>rs. 2001 No. 351</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:111.1pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableOfAmend" style="margin-right:0pt"><span>Rr. 70, 71</span><span style="width:73.88pt; text-indent:0pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">.............</span></p></td><td style="width:233pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableOfAmend" style="margin-right:0pt"><span>am. 1978 No. 159</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:111.1pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableOfAmend" style="margin-right:0pt"><span>Rr. 73–75</span><span style="width:73.88pt; text-indent:0pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">.............</span></p></td><td style="width:233pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableOfAmend" style="margin-right:0pt"><span>am. 1978 No. 159</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:111.1pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableOfAmend" style="margin-right:0pt"><span>R. 77</span><span style="width:91.89pt; text-indent:0pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">................</span></p></td><td style="width:233pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableOfAmend" style="margin-right:0pt"><span>rep. 1983 No. 277</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:111.1pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableOfAmend" style="margin-right:0pt"><span>R. 78</span><span style="width:91.89pt; text-indent:0pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">................</span></p></td><td style="width:233pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableOfAmend" style="margin-right:0pt"><span>am. 1978 No. 159; 1991 No. 376</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:111.1pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableOfAmend" style="margin-right:0pt"><span>Heading to The Schedules</span><span style="width:7.33pt; text-indent:0pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">.</span></p></td><td style="width:233pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableOfAmend" style="margin-right:0pt"><span>rep. 1978 No. 159</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:111.1pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableOfAmend" style="margin-right:0pt"><span>Heading to First Schedule</span><span style="width:9.84pt; text-indent:0pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">.</span></p></td><td style="width:233pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableOfAmend" style="margin-right:0pt"><span>rep. 1978 No. 159</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:111.1pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableOfAmend" style="margin-right:0pt"><span>Heading to Schedule 1</span><span style="width:22.33pt; text-indent:0pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">....</span></p></td><td style="width:233pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableOfAmend" style="margin-right:0pt"><span>ad. 1978 No. 159</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:111.1pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableOfAmend" style="margin-right:0pt"><span>First Schedule</span><span style="width:55.88pt; text-indent:0pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">..........</span></p></td><td style="width:233pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableOfAmend" style="margin-right:0pt"><span>am. 1978 No. 159</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:111.1pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableOfAmend" style="margin-right:0pt"><span>Heading to Second</span><br><span>Schedule</span></p></td><td style="width:233pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableOfAmend" style="margin-right:0pt"><span>rep. 1978 No. 159</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:111.1pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableOfAmend" style="margin-right:0pt"><span>Heading to Schedule 2</span><span style="width:22.33pt; text-indent:0pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">....</span></p></td><td style="width:233pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableOfAmend" style="margin-right:0pt"><span>ad. 1978 No. 159</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:111.1pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableOfAmend" style="margin-right:0pt"><span>Second Schedule</span><span style="width:42.85pt; text-indent:0pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">.......</span></p></td><td style="width:233pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableOfAmend" style="margin-right:0pt"><span>am. 1978 No. 159</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:111.1pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableOfAmend" style="margin-right:0pt"><span>Heading to Third Schedule</span><span style="width:4.33pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"></span></p></td><td style="width:233pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableOfAmend" style="margin-right:0pt"><span>rep. 1978 No. 159</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:111.1pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableOfAmend" style="margin-right:0pt"><span>Heading to Schedule 3</span><span style="width:22.33pt; text-indent:0pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">....</span></p></td><td style="width:233pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableOfAmend" style="margin-right:0pt"><span>ad. 1978 No. 159</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:111.1pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableOfAmend" style="margin-right:0pt"><span>Third Schedule</span><span style="width:52.87pt; text-indent:0pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">.........</span></p></td><td style="width:233pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableOfAmend" style="margin-right:0pt"><span>am. 1978 No. 159</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:111.1pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableOfAmend" style="margin-right:0pt"><span>Heading to Fourth Schedule</span><span style="width:1.33pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"></span></p></td><td style="width:233pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableOfAmend" style="margin-right:0pt"><span>rep. 1978 No. 159</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:111.1pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableOfAmend" style="margin-right:0pt"><span>Heading to Schedule 4</span><span style="width:22.33pt; text-indent:0pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">....</span></p></td><td style="width:233pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableOfAmend" style="margin-right:0pt"><span>ad. 1978 No. 159</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:111.1pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableOfAmend" style="margin-right:0pt"><span>Fourth Schedule</span><span style="width:47.36pt; text-indent:0pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">........</span></p></td><td style="width:233pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableOfAmend" style="margin-right:0pt"><span>am. 1975 No. 147; 1978 No. 159</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:111.1pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableOfAmend" style="margin-right:0pt"><span>Heading to Fifth Schedule</span><span style="width:9.83pt; text-indent:0pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">.</span></p></td><td style="width:233pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableOfAmend" style="margin-right:0pt"><span>rep. 1978 No. 159</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:111.1pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableOfAmend" style="margin-right:0pt"><span>Heading to Schedule 5</span><span style="width:22.33pt; text-indent:0pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">....</span></p></td><td style="width:233pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableOfAmend" style="margin-right:0pt"><span>ad. 1978 No. 159</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:111.1pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableOfAmend" style="margin-right:0pt"><span>Fifth Schedule</span><span style="width:55.87pt; text-indent:0pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">..........</span></p></td><td style="width:233pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableOfAmend" style="margin-right:0pt"><span>am. 1978 No. 159</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:111.1pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableOfAmend" style="margin-right:0pt"><span>Heading to Sixth Schedule</span><span style="width:7.33pt; text-indent:0pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">.</span></p></td><td style="width:233pt; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableOfAmend" style="margin-right:0pt"><span>rep. 1978 No. 159</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:111.1pt; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableOfAmend" style="margin-right:0pt; margin-bottom:3pt"><span>Heading to Schedule 6</span><span style="width:22.33pt; text-indent:0pt; font-family:'Lucida Console', monospace; display:inline-block">....</span></p></td><td style="width:233pt; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableOfAmend" style="margin-right:0pt; margin-bottom:3pt"><span>ad. 1978 No. 159</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table>
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Navigation (Fire Appliances) Regulations 1968
Statutory Rules 1968 No. 31 as amended
made under the
Navigation Act 1912
This compilation was prepared on 21 December 2001
taking into account amendments up to SR 2001 No. 351
Prepared by the Office of Legislative Drafting,
Attorney-General’s Department, Canberra
Contents
Page
Part I Preliminary
1 Name of Regulations [see Note 1]
3 Repeal
5 Interpretation
6 Application
7 Power of Minister to exempt in certain cases
Part II Passenger ships
8 References to ship
9 Fire patrol to be maintained
10 Instructions to fire patrol
11 Fire detection and fire alarm system
11A Emergency internal communications and alarm systems
12 Fire pumps
13 Water pressure
14 Fire hoses
14A Nozzles for fire hoses in passenger ships
14B Fire hoses in the interior of a ship to be coupled to a fire hydrant
15 Portable fire extinguishers
17 Portable drilling machine
18 Fire-smothering gas in cargo spaces
19 Fire appliances for machinery spaces in ships with oil-fired boilers
20 Fire fighting systems for boiler rooms
21 Fire extinguishers for spaces fitted with internal combustion machinery
22 Fire appliances for spaces fitted with steam turbines
23 Fire pump capacity
Part III Cargo ships
24 References to ship
25 Fire pumps
26 Water pressure
27 Fire hoses
28 Portable fire extinguishers
29 Fire buckets
31 Portable drilling machine
32 Appliances for conveying fire-smothering gas into cargo spaces
33 Fire fighting systems for boiler rooms
34 Portable fire appliances for spaces fitted with oil‑fired boilers
35 Additional appliances for machinery spaces in ships with oil-fired boilers
36 Fire extinguishers for spaces fitted with internal combustion machinery
37 Fire appliances for spaces fitted with steam turbines
38 Fire pump capacity
Part IV Ships engaged in trading on the River Murray and its tributaries
39 References to ship
40 Fire pumps, fire hoses, fire buckets and fire extinguishers
41 Fire appliances for motor ships
42 Additional fire appliances
Part V General
43 Fire pumps
44 Source of power for fire pumps
45 Arrangements for the use of other pumps as fire pumps
46 Use of fire pumps
47 Arrangement of water pipes and hydrants
48 Water pipes to be fitted with cocks or valves
49 Construction of water pipes
50 Interchangeability of hoses, nozzles etc
51 Fire hydrants
52 Additional fire hydrants
53 International shore connections
54 Fire hoses, nozzles etc
55 Duties of master in relation to fire hoses etc
56 Fire buckets
57 Master to cause fire buckets to be kept filled etc
59 Breathing apparatus
60 Breathing apparatus etc to be marked with maker’s name and operating instructions
61 Construction of fire extinguishers
62 Fire extinguishing media
63 Spare charges for portable fire extinguishers
64 Fire extinguisher in passenger and crew spaces
65 Testing of fire extinguishers
66 Examination and testing of fire extinguishers
67 Marking of examined and tested fire extinguishers
68 Unsatisfactory fire extinguishers not permitted on ship
69 Control of piping system
70 Arrangement of piping system
71 Requirements of gas fire-smothering piping systems for boiler rooms etc
72 Quantity of carbon-dioxide to be furnished in a ship
73 Production of gas from liquefied carbon-dioxide
74 Distribution of carbon-dioxide in the boiler-rooms etc
75 Generator produced gas
76 Warning to be given
78 Equivalents
79 Additional fire appliances
Schedule 1 Fixed froth fire-extinguishing system
Schedule 2 Non-portable froth fire extinguishers
Schedule 3 Carbon-dioxide fire extinguishers
Schedule 4 Portable fire extinguishers other than carbon-dioxide extinguishers
Part I
Part II
Part III
Schedule 5 International shore connection
Schedule 6 Automatic water sprinkler systems
Notes
Part I Preliminary
1 Name of Regulations [see Note 1]
These Regulations are the Navigation (Fire Appliances) Regulations 1968.
3 Repeal
The Navigation (Fire Appliances) Regulations (being Statutory Rules 1959, No. 50) are repealed.
5 Interpretation
(1) In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears:
approved means approved by the Authority.
cargo space means the space used for cargo including cargo oil tanks and trunks to such spaces.
crew space means accommodation as defined in section 138B of the Act provided for the crew of a ship not being accommodation which is also used by or provided for the use of passengers.
length, in relation to a ship, means the length of the ship as measured from the fore edge of the stem to the after edge of the sternpost at the level of the upperdeck.
length, in relation to a fire hose, means the length of disconnected hose as measured between the terminal couplings.
passenger space means space provided for the use of passengers, or the passengers and crew, of a ship.
portable fire extinguisher means a fire extinguisher, weighing not more than 25 kilograms when fully charged, that:
(a) in the case of a fire extinguisher in which the fire extinguishing medium is liquid — has a capacity of not more than 131/2 litres, and not less than 9 litres, of liquid;
(b) in the case of a fire extinguisher in which the fire extinguishing medium is carbon-dioxide — has a capacity of not less than 3 kilograms of carbon-dioxide; or
(c) in the case of a fire extinguisher in which the fire extinguishing medium is dry powder:
(i) is of the kind in which a mixture of the dry powder and an expellant is stored under pressure; and
(ii) has a capacity of not less than 41/2 kilograms of dry powder.
tanker means a cargo ship constructed or adapted for the carriage in bulk of fluid cargoes of an inflammable nature.
the Act means the Navigation Act 1912.
water spray nozzle means a nozzle suitable for spraying water on burning oil.
(2) Where a word or phrase used in these Regulations is defined in section 187A of the Act, that word or phrase so used has, unless the contrary intention appears, the meaning given it in that section.
(3) In these Regulations, a reference to the tonnage of a ship shall be read as a reference to the gross registered tonnage of the ship.
(4) For the purposes of these Regulations, a ship shall be deemed to have reached a stage of construction similar to the laying of a keel when:
(a) construction identifiable with the particular ship has begun; and
(b) a portion of the ship, having a mass of not less than:
(i) 50 tonnes; or
(ii) one per cent of the estimated mass of all structural material of the ship as proposed to be completed;
whichever is the lesser, has been fabricated and finally assembled.
6 Application
(1) Subject to this regulation, these Regulations apply to all ships to which Part IV of the Act applies.
(2) These Regulations apply to a Safety Convention ship registered in a country other than Australia that is engaged in the coasting trade.
(3) Subject to subregulation (2), these Regulations do not apply to a Safety Convention ship, registered in a country other than Australia:
(a) in respect of which there is in force a valid Safety Convention certificate that, in the case of a passenger ship, corresponds with a passenger ship safety certificate or, in the case of a cargo ship, corresponds with a cargo ship safety equipment certificate; and
(b) which complies with the requirements of the Safety Convention relating to:
(i) the prevention, detection and extinction of fire on ships; and
(ii) fire appliances.
(4) These Regulations do not apply to a ship which is registered in a country other than Australia and is not a Safety Convention ship.
(5) A reference in subregulation (1) or (2) to a ship shall be read as not including a reference to a ship the keel of which is, or was, laid, or which reaches, or reached, a similar stage of construction, after 24 May 1980.
7 Power of Minister to exempt in certain cases
(1) Where a ship, other than a nuclear ship:
(a) is engaged on voyages other than international voyages;
(b) being a cargo ship of under 500 tons, is engaged on international voyages; or
(c) is a ship the keel of which was laid, or which reached a similar stage of construction, before the commencement of these Regulations;
the Authority may, if it is satisfied that the requirements of these Regulations are unreasonable having regard to the ship and its equipment, by instrument in writing exempt the ship from complying with the provisions of these Regulations to the extent specified by it.
(2) An exemption under subregulation (1) is subject to such conditions as are specified in the instrument granting the exemption.
Part II Passenger ships
8 References to ship
In this Part, unless the contrary intention appears, a reference to a ship shall be read as a reference to a passenger ship.
9 Fire patrol to be maintained
(1) The master of a ship must cause a fire patrol system to be maintained at all times in the ship sufficient to enable any outbreak of fire to be detected promptly.
Penalty: 1 penalty unit.
(2) An offence against subregulation (1) is an offence of strict liability.
Note For strict liability, see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code.
10 Instructions to fire patrol
(1) The master of a ship must cause instructions to be issued to each person carrying out a fire patrol to ensure that the patrol is carried out efficiently at least once in each period of 2 hours and shall take all necessary action to ensure that his instructions are carried out.
Penalty: 1 penalty unit.
(2) An offence against subregulation (1) is an offence of strict liability.
Note For strict liability, see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code.
11 Fire detection and fire alarm system
(1) A ship shall be furnished with manually operated fire alarms fitted throughout the passenger spaces and crew spaces in the ship for the purpose of enabling a member of a fire patrol or any other person to give the alarm immediately on the detection of fire.
(1A) A fire alarm fitted in a ship in accordance with subregulation (1) shall, when operated, activate aural and visual fire indicators on the navigating bridge or in a fire control station.
(2) A ship shall be furnished with an approved automatic fire detection and fire alarm system capable of:
(a) detecting the presence of fire in a part of the ship that is inaccessible to members of a fire patrol; and
(b) relaying the fact referred to in paragraph (a) to aural and visual fire indicators on the navigating bridge or in a fire control station.
(4) Where a fire detection and fire alarm system depends on electricity for its operation, the system shall be connected to 2 sources of supply, one of which shall be an emergency source.
11A Emergency internal communications and alarm systems
(1) No component of:
(a) an emergency internal communications system; or
(b) an emergency alarm system;
in a ship shall be located in an enclosed space in the ship comprising:
(c) a galley;
(d) a machinery space; or
(e) any other space in which there is, under the normal conditions of operation of the ship, a high risk of fire;
unless:
(f) the location of that component in that first-mentioned space is necessary to provide emergency communications to, or emergency alarm facilities in, that space; and
(g) the destruction of that component in a fire in the first-mentioned space would not render the systems referred to in paragraphs (a) and (b) inoperative in other areas of the ship.
(2) In subregulation (1), emergency internal communications system includes, in relation to a ship, an internal communications system used for normal communications within the ship but also intended to be used for internal communications within the ship in an emergency situation.
12 Fire pumps
(1) A ship of 4,000 tons or over shall be furnished with not less than 3 power driven fire pumps that are independently driven.
(2) A ship of under 4,000 tons shall be furnished with not less than 2 power driven fire pumps that are independently driven.
(3) In a ship of 500 tons or over, the fire pumps furnished in accordance with these Regulations, their sea connexions and their source of power shall be so arranged that all of those pumps cannot be put out of action by a fire in any one compartment of a ship.
(4) In a ship of under 500 tons, the fire pumps furnished in accordance with these Regulations, their sea connexions and their source of power shall be arranged in such manner as the Authority directs.
13 Water pressure
(1) The water pressure created by any 2 of the fire pumps with which a ship is furnished when those pumps are operating simultaneously shall be such that, when any of the fire hoses and nozzles with which the ship is furnished are coupled to any adjacent fire hydrants in the ship and the fire hoses so coupled are, between them, delivering water at a rate equal to the pumping capacity required by these Regulations for the 2 fire pumps, the water pressure at every fire hydrant in the ship is not less than:
(a) in a case of a ship of 4,000 tons or over — 310 kilopascals; and
(b) in the case of a ship of less than 4,000 tons — 275 kilopascals.
(2) The diameter of fire mains and water service pipes shall be sufficient for the effective distribution of the maximum discharge required by these Regulations from 2 fire pumps connected to those pipes and operating at the same time.
(3) The reference in subregulation (1) to the pumping capacity required by these Regulations for the 2 fire pumps shall be read as a reference to the sum of the minimum pumping capacities that the 2 fire pumps are required to have in accordance with regulation 23.
14 Fire hoses
Each hydrant in a ship shall be furnished with one fire hose and such other additional fire hoses as are necessary to comply with the provisions of these Regulations.
14A Nozzles for fire hoses in passenger ships
(1) In addition to any other requirement of these Regulations for the provision of nozzles for fire hoses furnished in a ship in accordance with these Regulations, there shall be provided in a ship a number of water spray nozzles or dual purpose nozzles of not less than, or amounting in the aggregate to not less than, one-quarter of the number of fire hoses furnished in the ship in accordance with these Regulations, other than the fire hoses referred to in subparagraph 54 (1) (b) (iii).
(2) For the purposes of subregulation (1), where the number of fire hoses referred to in subregulation (1) is not exactly divisible by 4, that first-mentioned number shall be deemed to be the next higher number that is exactly divisible by 4.
14B Fire hoses in the interior of a ship to be coupled to a fire hydrant
A fire hose furnished in a ship in accordance with these Regulations and located in an interior space shall be coupled to a fire hydrant at all times.
15 Portable fire extinguishers
(1) A ship shall be furnished with not less than 2 portable fire extinguishers in each part of the passenger space, and each part of the crew space (other than the galley), that is enclosed when all watertight doors, and all doors in the main fire-resisting bulkheads, are closed.
(2) Not less than one-half of the total number of fire extinguishers required to be furnished under subregulation (1) shall be fire extinguishers containing liquid.
(3) The portable fire extinguishers referred to in subregulation (1) shall be so placed that there is at least one extinguisher on each side of the space in which they are to be carried by virtue of that subregulation.
(4) The galley of a ship shall be furnished with 2 portable fire extinguishers.
17 Portable drilling machine
A ship shall be furnished with a portable drilling machine operated by electricity or compressed air, for cutting emergency means of access to fires through decks, casings or bulkheads.
18 Fire-smothering gas in cargo spaces
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