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(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 boiler 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. 

 In addition, there shall be at least one extinguisher of the same 

 description with a capacity of 2 gallons (or 9 litres) for each burner, 

 provided that the total capacity of the additional extinguisher or 

 extinguishers need not exceed 10 gallons (or 45 litres) for any one 

 boiler room. 



(ill) 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. 



(h) Fire Fighting Appliances in Spaces containing Internal Combustion Type 

 Machinery 



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

 propulsion machinery, or (2) for auxiliary purposes associated with a total 

 power not less than 1,000 b.h.p., a cargo ship of 1,000 tons gross tonnage and 

 upwards shall be provided with the following arrangements : — 



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

 paragraph (g) (i) of this Regulation. 



(ii) There shall be in each engine space one approved fioth type 

 extinguisher of not less than 10 gallons (or 45 litres) capacity or 

 equivalent and also one approved portable froth extinguisher for 

 each 1,000 b.h.p. of the engines or part thereof; but the total 

 number of portable extinguishers so supplied shall be not less than 

 two and need not exceed six. 



(/) Fire Fighting Arrangements in Spaces containing Steam Turbines and not 

 requiring any Fixed Installation 



The Administration shall give special consideration to the fire extinguishing 

 arrangements to be provided in spaces containing steam turbines which are 

 separated from boiler rooms by watertight bulkheads. 



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