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(g) Fire Extinguishing Appliances in Boiler Rooms, &c. 



Where main or auxiliary oil-fired boilers are situated, or in spao 

 containing oil fuel units or settling tanks, a passenger ship shall be provided 

 with the following arrangements. 



(i) There shall be any one of the following fixed fire extinguishing 

 installations : — 



(1) A pressure water spraying system complying with Regulation 62 



of this Chapter; 



(2) A fire smothering gas installation complying with Regulation 58 



of this Chapter; 



(3) A fixed froth installation complying with Regulation 60 of 



this Chapter. (The Administration may require fixed or 

 mobile arrangements by pressure water or froth spraying 

 to fight fire above the floor plates.) 



In each case if the engine and boiler rooms are not entirely 

 separate, or if fuel oil can drain from the boiler room into the 

 engine room bilges, the combined engine and boUer rooms shall be 

 considered as one compartment. 



(ii) There shall be at least two approved portable extinguishers 

 discharging froth or other approved medium suitable for 

 extinguishing oil fires, in each firing space in each boiler room 

 and each space in which a part of the oil fuel installation is 

 situated. 



There shall be not less than one approved froth type extinguisher 

 of at least 30 gallons (or 136 litres) capacity or equivalent in each 

 boiler room. These extinguishers shall be provided with hoses on 

 reels suitable for reaching any part of the boiler room and spaces 

 containing any part of the oil fuel installations. 



(iii) In each firing space there shall be a receptacle containing sand, 

 sawdust impregnated with soda or other approved dry material, 

 in such quantity as may be required by the Administration. 

 Alternatively an approved portable extinguisher may be substituted 

 therefor. 



(/;) Fire Fighting Appliances in Spaces containing Internal Combustion Type 

 Machinery 

 Where internal combustion type engines are used, either (1) for main 

 propulsion or (2) for auxiliary purposes associated with a total power not 

 less than 1,000 b.h.p., a passenger ship shall be provided with the following 

 arrangements : — 



(i) There shall be one of the fixed arrangements required by sub- 

 paragraph ijg) (i) of this Regulation. 



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