20Fire fighting systems for boiler rooms

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.