SAFETY OF LIFE AT SEA ^ ' ' 



Regulation 57 



Fire Extinguishers (Portable and Non-Portable) 



(a) All fire extinguishers shall be of approved types and designs. 



(i) The capacity of required portable fluid extinguishers shall be not 

 more than 3 gallons (or 13| litres) and not less than 2 gallons (or 

 9 litres). Other extinguishers shall not be in excess of the equivalent 

 portability of the 3 gallon (or 13^ litres) fluid extinguisher and shall 

 not be less than the fire extinguishing equivalent of a 2 gallon (or 

 9 litres) fluid extinguisher, 



(ii) The Administration shall determine the equivalents of fire 

 extinguishers. 



(b) Spare charges shall be provided in accordance with requirements to 

 be specified by the Administration. 



(c) Fire extinguishers containing an extinguishing medium which either 

 itself or when in use gives off gases harmful to persons shall not be p:rmitted. 

 For radio rooms and switchboards extinguishers containing not more than 

 1 quart (1136 litres) of carbon tetrachloride or similar media may be 

 permitted at the discretion of the Administration subject to such extinguishers 

 being additional to any required by this Part of this Chapter. 



(d) Fire extinguishers shall be periodically examined and subjected to such 

 tests as the Administration may require. 



(e) One of the portable fire extinguishers intended for use in any space 

 shall be stowed near the entrance to that space. 



Regolation 58 



Fire smothering Gas or Steam for Machinery and Cargo Spaces 



(a) Where provision is made for the injection of gas or steam into 

 machinery or cargo spaces for fire extinguishing purposes, the necessary pipes 

 for conveying the gas or steam shall be provided with control valves or cocks 

 which shall be so placed that they will be easily accessible and not readily 

 cut off from use by an outbreak of fire. These control valves or cocks shall 

 be so marked as to indicate clearly the compartments to which the pipes are 

 led. Suitable provision shall be made to prevent inadvertent admission of 

 the gas or steam to any compartment. Where cargo spaces fitted with 

 smothering for fire protection are used as passenger spaces the smothering 

 connection shall be blanked during service as a passenger space. 



(b) The piping shall be arranged so as to provide effective distribution of 

 fire smothering gas or steam. Where steam is used in large holds there shall 



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