19Fire appliances for machinery spaces in ships with oil-fired boilers

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.