33Fire fighting systems for boiler rooms

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.