45Arrangements for the use of other pumps as fire pumps

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.