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Chapter: | 369X
 | Title: | MERCHANT SHIPPING (SAFETY) (FIRE APPLIANCES) (SHIPS BUILT ON OR AFTER 25 MAY 1980 BUT BEFORE 1 SEPTEMBER 1984) REGULATIONS | Gazette Number: | |
| Regulation: | 3 | Heading: | Fire pumps, fire main, water service pipes, hydrants, hoses and nozzles | Version Date: | 30/06/1997 |
Ships of Class I
(1) Every ship of Class I shall be provided with appliances in accordance with this regulation whereby at least 2 jets of water as required by these regulations, can reach any part of the ship normally accessible to the passengers or crew while the ship is being navigated and any store room and any part of any cargo space when empty.
(2) Every ship of Class I of 4000 tons or over shall be provided with at least 3 fire pumps operated by power and every such ship of under 4000 tons shall be provided with at least 2 such pumps. Each pump shall be capable of delivering at least one jet simultaneously from each of any 2 hydrants, hoses and nozzles provided in the ship and shall comply with the requirements of regulation 66.
- (3) (a) In every ship of Class I of 1000 tons or over the arrangement of the sea connections, pumps and the sources of power for operating them shall be such as will ensure that a fire in any one compartment will not put all the fire pumps out of action.
- (b) If in any ship of Class I of less than 1000 tons a fire in any one compartment could put all the fire pumps out of action there shall be provided, in a position outside the machinery spaces, an independently driven power operated emergency fire pump and its source of power and sea connection. Such pump shall be capable of producing at least 2 jets of water from any 2 hydrants and hoses through nozzles which shall comply with regulation 68(4)(b), while simultaneously maintaining a pressure of at least 2.1 kilograms per square centimetre (30 pounds per square inch) at any hydrant in the ship.
- (b) In every ship of Class I of 1000 tons and upwards, the arrangement of fire pumps, fire mains and hydrants shall be such that at least 1 jet of water is immediately available from any one hydrant in an interior location. Arrangements shall also be made to ensure the continuation of the output of water by the automatic starting of a fire pump required by these regulations.
(6) In every ship of Class I where in any machinery space of Category A, access is provided at a low level from an adjacent shaft tunnel, 2 hydrants fitted with hoses with dual-purpose nozzles shall be provided external to, but near the entrance to, that machinery space. Where such access is not provided from a tunnel but is provided from other space or spaces there shall be provided in one of those spaces 2 hydrants fitted with hoses with dual-purpose nozzles near the entrance to the machinery space of Category A. Such provisions need not be made when the tunnel or adjacent spaces are not part of an escape route.
(7) In every ship of Class I all required hydrants in machinery spaces shall be fitted with hoses having dual-purpose nozzles. (L.N. 412 of 1995)
(8) In every ship of Class I dual-purpose nozzles shall be provided for all hoses. (L.N. 412 of 1995)
(9) In every ship of Class I carrying more than 36 passengers at least 3 water fog applicators in addition to the nozzles required by these regulations shall be provided in special category spaces. (L.N. 412 of 1995)
(10) In every ship of Class I in every special category space and ro/ro cargo space the number of hydrants with hoses shall be so arranged that at least 2 jets of water each from a single length of hose, not emanating from the same hydrant, may reach any part of the space.
(Enacted 1991)