SAFETY OF LIFE AT SEA C91 



(b) Cargo Ships 



(i) In and from all crew and passenger spaces and spaces in which crew 

 are normally employed, other than machinery spaces, stairways and ladders 

 shall be arranged so as to provide ready means of escape to the lifeboat 

 embarkation deck. 



(ii) In machinery spaces, the requirements of sub-paragraph (a) (ii) of 

 this Regulation shall apply. 



Regulation 69 



Means for Stopping Machinery and for Shutting Off Oil Fuel Suction Pipes 



(a) Means shall be provided for stopping ventilating fans serving 

 machinery and cargo spaces and for closing all doorways, ventilators, 

 annular spaces around funnels and other openings to such spaces. These 

 means shall be capable of being operated from outside such spaces in case 

 of fire. 



{b) Machinery driving forced and induced draught fans, oil fuel transfer 

 pumps, oil fuel unit pumps and other similar fuel pumps shall be fitted with 

 remote controls situated outside the space concerned so that they may be 

 stopped in the event of a fire arising in the space in which they are located. 



(c) Every oil fuel suction pipe from a storage, settling or daily service 

 tank situated above the double bottom shall be fitted with a cock or valve 

 capable of being closed from outside the space concerned in the event of a 

 fire arising in the space in which such tanks are situated. In the special case 

 of deep tanks situated in any shaft or pipe tunnel, valves on the tanks shall 

 be fitted but control in event of fire may be effected by means of an additional 

 valve on the pipe line or lines outside the tunnel or tunnels. 



Regulation 70 



Fire Control Plans 



In any passenger ship, and, as far as applicable in any cargo ship, there 

 shall be permanently exhibited for the guidance of the ship's officers general 

 arrangement plans showing clearly for each deck the control stations, the 

 various fire sections enclosed by fire-resisting bulkheads, the sections enclosed 

 by fire-retarding bulkheads (if any), together with particulars of the fire 

 alarms, detecting systems, the sprinkler installation (if any), the fire 

 extinguishing appliances, means of access to different compartments, decks, 



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