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PART 2 SCALES OF FIRE FIGHTING EQUIPMENT
The following scales is applicable to Ships other than SOLAS Ships (Class 1 — Passenger, 2A— Non Passenger and Tankers)
Ship owners of a Class 1 — passenger ships, Class 2A — non passenger ships and tankers shall ensure that their ships comply with applicable requirements of Chapter II–2 of SOLAS — Fire protection, fire detection, and fire extinction.
Scales of Fire Fighting Equipment
SHIPS OF CLASS 2B
| Size | Requirements | ||
| Main Fire Pumps | |||
| 25 metres and over | Two independently driven fire pumps each capable of delivering simultaneously one jet from each of any 2 fire hydrants whilst maintaining a pressure of 200 kpa. One can be a general service ballast pump or other pumps connected to the fire main. | ||
| 15 metres and over but less than 25 metres | At least one independently driven fire pump capable of delivering one jet of water from any hydrant, hose or nozzle with which the ship is supplied in compliance with this paragraph whilst maintaining a pressure of 200 kpa. | ||
| Emergency fire pumps shall comply with Appendix C | Emergency Fire Pumps | ||
| If a fire in the machinery space puts all the main fire pumps out of action, the ship shall be provided with an independently driven power operated emergency fire pump located in a position outside the machinery space but not forward of the collision bulkhead. | |||
| SHIPS OF CLASS 2B (cont’d) | |||
| Size | Requirements | ||
| Firemain, water service pipes, hydrants (other than hydrants to boiler and machinery spaces) and jets of water | |||
| 25 metres and over | Shall comply with Appendix D and provide 2 jets of water in accordance with sub-item D1.3 of that Appendix. | ||
| Less than 25 metres but over 10 metres | Shall comply with Appendix D and provide one jet of water in accordance with sub-item D1.4 of that Appendix. | ||
| All ships | Hydrants in Boiler room and Machinery Spaces. One hydrant together with hose and fittings in each space containing oil-fired boiler or internal combustion type propelling machinery. | ||
| Hoses | |||
| Fire hoses together with their fittings shall comply with Appendix D and be provided as follows— | |||
| Size | Requirements | ||
| 25 metres and over | A minimum of 2 hoses and jet/spray nozzles. In any case, a hose and jet/spray nozzle shall be provided for every fire hydrant on the ship. A spare hose shall be provided in addition to such hoses. | ||
| 15 metres and over but less than 25 metres | One hose and jet/spray nozzle for every hydrant fitted on the ship. | ||
| The hoses required above shall be in addition to any hoses required in the machinery space. | |||
| 25 metres and over | The enclosed accommodation and service spaces shall be provided with a fixed fire extinguishing installation in accordance with Regulation 12 of the Safety Convention. The Chief Executive Officer may exempt a ship from this requirement where additional fire extinguishers are provided which in the opinion of the Chief Executive Officer provides an equivalent standard of protection as the fixed installation. | ||
| 25 metres and over | Fixed Fire Extinguishing Installation-Machinery Space and boiler firing space | ||
| There shall be provided for the protection of any space containing— | |||
| (a) any oil-fired boiler, oil fuel settling tank or oil fuel unit; or (b) internal combustion type machinery used for main propulsion, or having in the aggregate a total brake power of not less than 750 kW for auxiliary purposes; one of the fixed fire extinguishing installations detailed in Appendix E. | |||
| 15 metres and over but less than 25 metres | A ship fitted with oil fired boilers or internal combustion type machinery used for main propulsion and decked in the way of the machinery space shall be provided with a fixed fire extinguishing installation complying with Appendix E. The Chief Executive Officer may exempt a ship from this requirement where additional fire extinguishers are provided which in the opinion of the Chief Executive Officer provide an equivalent standard of protection. | ||
| Portable Fire Extinguisher | |||
| Portable fire extinguishers shall comply with Appendix G and be provided as follows— | |||
| 25 metres and over | (a) | on each deck, in sufficient numbers that at least 2 portable fire extinguishers are readily available for use in every accommodation and service space between watertight bulkheads. In enclosed accommodation and service spaces above the bulkhead deck, at least one portable fire extinguisher shall be a | |
| (b) | at least one portable fire extinguisher in each galley of 45 m2 deck area or less, and 2 in larger galleys; and | ||
| (c) | at least one portable fire extinguisher in each control station; and | ||
| (d) | at least 2 portable fire extinguishers, suitable for extinguishing an oil fire, in each boiler room and each space containing any part of any oil fuel installation; and | ||
| (e) | at least 2 portable fire extinguishers in every machinery space containing internal combustion machinery, but sufficient in number and so located that no portable fire extinguisher is more than 10 metres walking distance from any point in the space. The extinguishers shall be suitable for extinguishing oil fires; and | ||
| (f) | In each space which is continually manned at sea and which contains internal combustion type machinery used for main propulsion— | ||
| (i) | a foam fire extinguisher of 45 litres capacity or a carbon dioxide fire extinguisher of 15 kilograms capacity together with 2 portable fire extinguishers; or | ||
| (ii) | a fixed fire extinguishing installation complying with Appendix E together with 2 portable-fire extinguishers. One for each internal combustion engine, but not less than two. | ||
| (g) | Any space containing an oil-fired boiler shall be provided with at least 1 foam extinguisher of at least 135 litres capacity, or 1 CO2 extinguisher of at least 45kg capacity. | ||
| (h) | The extinguishers shall be sufficient in number and so positioned as to be readily available in the event of a fire and shall be capable of directing foam or CO2 onto any part of a boiler firing space containing oil fuel installations and onto any part of the pressure lubrication system or any part of the casings enclosing pressure lubricated parts of engines, or associated gearing. | ||
| Less than 25 metres | Portable fire extinguishers shall be provided as follows— | ||
| (a) | at least one for each passenger space and each crew space on each deck; and | ||
| (b) | at least one in each galley; and | ||
| (c) | at least 2 suitable for extinguishing oil fires in each space containing propelling machinery. | ||
| For every 2 extinguishers of the same type, one spare charge or replacement extinguisher of the same type shall be provided. | |||
| All lengths | Switchboards | ||
| One portable fire extinguisher suitable for extinguishing electrical fires at each main and emergency electrical switchboard. | |||
| 25 metres and over | Sand | ||
| Each boiler firing space shall be provided with the following— | |||
| (a) | 0.25 cubic metres of sand or other dry material suitable for quenching oil fires. A scoop shall be provided for distribution; or | ||
| (b) | An additional portable fire extinguisher suitable for extinguishing oil fires. | ||
| 25 metres and over | Fire Smothering Blankets | ||
| Each galley shall be provided with one fire smothering blanket where the galley deck area is less than 15 square metres and 2 in larger galleys. | |||
| Less than 25 metres | Each galley shall be provided with one fire smothering blanket and a Fire Bucket with lanyard. For open boats without a galley a fire blanket and a fire bucket with lanyard | ||
| 25 metres and over | At least one fire axe and one safety lamp. | ||
| Fire Patrol | |||
| 25 metres and over | A fire watch (fire rounds) shall be maintained, that is capable of promptly detecting the outbreak of any fire. Each member of the fire watch shall be trained to be familiar with the arrangements of the ship as well as the location and operation of any fire equipment he or she may be called upon to use. Each member of the patrol shall have access to an effective means of two-way communication. | ||
| Fire control plans | |||
| 25 metres and over | Fire control plans should be clearly exhibited on board the ship, for the guidance of the master and crew | ||
| 25 metres and over | Alarm and communication systems | ||
| 1. | manual alarms fitted in the accommodation and service spaces where the ship is required to have a fire watch that will enable that patrol to give an alarm immediately to the navigating bridge or fire control station; and | ||
| 2. | a fixed fire detection and alarm system, as applicable, in the accommodation and service spaces of ships not required to have a patrol system, and in such spaces to which a patrol does not have access; and | ||
| 3. | a special alarm, that is operated from the navigation bridge or fire control station, to summon the crew. This alarm may be part of the ship’s general alarm system but it shall be capable of being sounded independently of the alarm to the passenger spaces; and | ||
| 4. | a public address system or other effective means of communication that is available throughout the accommodation, service spaces and control stations. | ||
| Fire crew outfits | |||
| 25 metres and over | shall carry at least 2 fire crew outfits and a breathing apparatus for each fire crew outfit. One of the breathing apparatus may be of the air hose type and one of self-contained type complying with appendix I. | ||
| Less than 25 metres | One fire axe and one safety lamp. | ||
| Sign | |||
| All ship length | Signs identifying fire fighting appliances and their location shall be provided. | ||
Scales of Fire Fighting Equipment
SHIPS OF CLASS 3
| Size | Requirements | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 metres and over | Fire control Plan | |||
| Shall carry a fire control plan | ||||
| 25 metres and over | Alarm System | |||
| 1. | shall be provided with a fixed fire detection and alarm system, as applicable, in all accommodation and service spaces other than sanitary spaces and other spaces that, in the opinion of a surveyor, afford no substantial fire risk. | |||
| 2. | shall be provided with a public address system or other effective means of communication that is available throughout the accommodation and service spaces and any control station. | |||
| Fire patrol | ||||
| A fire watch (fire rounds) shall be maintained, that is capable of promptly detecting the outbreak of any fire | ||||
| Main Fire Pumps | ||||
| 1000 tons and over | Two fire pumps, complying with Appendix B, each capable of delivering simultaneously one jet of water from each of any 2 fire hydrants. | |||
| 500 tons and over but less than 1000 tons | Two fire pumps, complying with Appendix B, each capable of delivering one jet of water from any fire hydrant. | |||
| Less than 500 tons but 25 metres and over | One fire pump, complying with Appendix B, capable of delivering one jet of water from any fire hydrant. | |||
| Less than 25 metres | One power driving fire pump capable of delivering one jet of water from any hydrant, hose or nozzle with which the ship is supplied in compliance with this paragraph whilst maintaining a pressure of 150 kilo-pascals. | |||
| Emergency Fire pump | ||||
| Emergency Fire pumps shall comply with Appendix C and be provided as follows— | ||||
| 500 tons and over | If a fire in any one compartment could put all the fire pumps out of action a fixed independently driven power operated emergency fire pump, in a position outside that compartment and provided that in any ship of less than 1000 tons an emergency fire pump may be a portable power driven fire pump. | |||
| Less than 500 tons but 25 metres and over | If the main fire pump and its source of power and sea connection are not situated outside the machinery space, a power driven or manually operated emergency fire pump in a position outside that compartment. | |||
| Fire, water service pipes, hydrants (other than hydrants and boiler and machinery spaces) and jets of water | ||||
| 1000 tons and over | Shall comply with Appendix D and provide at least 2 jets of water in accordance with sub-item 1.3 of that Appendix. | |||
| Less than 1000 tons but 25 metres and over | Shall comply with Appendix D and provide 2 jets of water in accordance with sub-item 1.3 of that Appendix. | |||
| Less than 25 metres | Shall comply with Appendix D and provide one jet of water in accordance with sub-item 1.4 of that Appendix. | |||
| Hydrants in Boiler and Machinery Spaces | ||||
| 500 tons and over | Two hydrants together with hoses and fittings in each space containing oil-fired boiler or internal combustion machinery-one on the port side and one on the starboard side. Where there is access to the space by shaft tunnel one hydrant shall be provided in the end of the tunnel adjacent to that space and supply to the hydrant shall be from a source outside of the space and the supply line shall not pass through that space. | |||
| Hoses | ||||
| Fire hoses together with their fittings shall comply with Appendix D and be provided as follows— | ||||
| 1000 tons and over | One for each 30 metres length of ship, but in any case not less than five. The total length of the hoses shall be at least 60% of the length of the ship. A spare hose shall be provided in addition to such hoses. | |||
| Less than 1000 tons but 25 metres and over | Two, the total length of which shall be at least 50% of the length of the ship. A spare hose shall be provided in addition to such hoses. | |||
| Less than 25 metres | One hose | |||
| All hose connections shall be inter-connectable. | ||||
| Fire hydrants | ||||
| 50 metres and over | Machinery space is to be provided with 2 fire hydrants, one port and one starboard; and | |||
| Where there is access to a machinery space from a shaft tunnel, one fire hydrant provided in the shaft tunnel at the entrance to the machinery space. | ||||
| 25 metres and over but less than 50 metes | Machinery space is to be provided with one hydrant | |||
| 2000 tons and over | Fixed Fire Extinguishing Installation — Cargo Space | |||
| There shall be provided a fixed fire smothering installation complying with Appendix E which shall be so arranged as to protect every cargo space, provided that in any tanker, a fixed installation discharging foam externally and through suitable mobile sprayers internally to the liquid cargo tanks complies with Appendix E it may be substituted for the fixed fire smothering gas installation required by the above. | ||||
| The Chief Executive Officer may exempt any ship from the requirements to provide a fixed fire smothering installation in the cargo holds of a ship, not being the tanks of a tanker, if it is satisfied that- | ||||
| The holds are provided with steel hatch covers and effective means of closing all ventilators and other openings to the holds, or coal, grain or such other cargo as the Chief Executive Officer may consider to be of equivalent low hazard, or | ||||
| To require compliance would be unreasonable on account of the short duration of the voyages on which the ship is engaged. | ||||
| Fixed Fire Extinguishing Installation — Machinery Space | ||||
| 25 metres and over | There shall be provided for the protection of any space containing— | |||
| (a) | any oil-fired boiler, oil fuel settling tank or oil fuel unit; or | |||
| (b) | internal combustion machinery used for main propulsion; one of the fixed fire extinguishing installations detailed in Appendix E. | |||
| 15 metres and over but less than 25 metres | A ship fitted with oil-fired boilers or internal combustion machinery used for main propulsion shall be provided with a fixed fire extinguishing installation complying with Appendix E. When such a system is installed means shall also be provided for detecting the products of combustion prior to or resulting from an outbreak of fire in the machinery space. The Chief Executive Officer may exempt a ship of less than 25 metres length from this requirement where alternative equivalent means of fire extinction, such as additional fire extinguishers are provided, to the satisfaction of the Chief Executive Officer. | |||
| Non-Portable Foam and CO 2 Extinguishers | ||||
| 500 tons and over | (a) | In each boiler room one foam fire extinguisher of 135 litres capacity or a carbon dioxide fire extinguisher of 45 kilograms capacity. | ||
| (b) | In any space containing internal combustion machinery used for main propulsion there shall be provided a foam fire extinguisher of 45 litres capacity of a CO2 fire extinguisher of 15 kilograms capacity. | |||
| (c) | There shall be provided in each space containing steam turbines or enclosed pressure lubricated steam engines used either for main propulsion, foam fire extinguishers of 45 litres capacity or carbon dioxide fire extinguishers of 15 kilograms capacity. | |||
| The extinguishers shall be of such number and so positioned as to enable foam or carbon dioxide to be directed on to any part of the pressure lubrication system and on to any part of the casings enclosing pressure lubricated parts of the turbines, engines or associated gearing if any, provided that such extinguishers shall not be required if equivalent protection is provided in such spaces by a fixed fire extinguishing installation fitted in compliance with Appendix E. | ||||
| Portable Fire Extinguisher | ||||
| Portable fire extinguishers shall comply with Appendix G and be provided as follows— | ||||
| 500 tons and over | (a) | on each deck, in sufficient numbers that at least 2 portable fire extinguishers are readily available for use in every accommodation and service space between watertight bulkheads. In enclosed accommodation and service spaces above the bulkhead deck, at least one portable fire extinguisher shall be available for use on each side of the deck; and | ||
| (b) | at least one portable fire extinguisher in each crew area; and | |||
| (c) | at least one in a galley where the overall deck area is less than 15 square metres and 2 in larger galleys. | |||
| (d) | at least one in each control station. | |||
| (e) | at least 2 in each space containing internal combustion machinery used for main propulsion. The extinguishers shall be suitable for extinguishing oil fires. | |||
| (f) | at least 2 in each space containing steam turbines or enclosed pressure lubricated steam engines used for main propulsion. The extinguishers shall be additional to any provided in compliance with (d) above. | |||
| (g) | at least two, suitable for extinguishing oil fires, in each firing space and each space containing any part of any oil fuel installation. These shall be in addition to any furnished in lieu of a non-portable foam or CO2 extinguisher. | |||
| 25 metres and over but less than 500 tons | (a) | A sufficient number but not less than 2 to ensure that one will be readily available for use in any part of the accommodation service spaces, or | ||
| (b) | Two, suitable for extinguishing oil fires, in each firing space and each space containing any part of oil fuel installation. | |||
| (c) | One in each control station. | |||
| (d) | at least 2 in each unmanned machinery space which contains internal combustion machinery used for main propulsion, The extinguishers shall be suitable for extinguishing oil fires. | |||
| (e) | a sufficient number but not less than 2 to cover manned machinery space which contains internal combustion machinery used for main propulsion and not provided with— | |||
| (i) | a foam fire extinguisher of 45 litres capacity or a carbon dioxide fire extinguisher of 15 kilograms capacity together with 2 portable fire extinguishers; or | |||
| (ii) | a fixed fire extinguishing installation com-plying with Appendix E together with 2 portable fire extinguishers — | |||
| 15 metres and over but less than 25 metres | 1. | at least one portable fire extinguisher in each passenger area on each deck; and | ||
| 2. | at least one portable fire extinguisher for each crew area on each deck; and | |||
| 3. | at least one portable fire extinguisher in each galley; and | |||
| 4. | at least 2 portable fire extinguishers that are suitable for extinguishing oil fires, in each space containing propelling machinery | |||
| Less than 15 metres | 1. | at least 3, one suitable for extinguishing oil fires for use in the machinery space, one in galley, and one in the accommodation space. | ||
| Switchboards | ||||
| One portable extinguisher suitable for extinguishing electrical fires, at each main or emergency electrical switchboard. | ||||
| Sand | ||||
| 1000 tons and over | Each boiler firing space shall be provided with the following— | |||
| (a) | 0.25 cubic metres of sand or other dry material suitable for quenching oil fires. A scoop shall be provided for distribution; or | |||
| (b) | An additional portable fire extinguisher suitable for extinguishing oil fires | |||
| 25 metres and over but less than 1000 tons | (a) | 0.15 cubic metres of sand or other dry material suitable for quenching oil fires. A scoop shall be provided for distribution; or | ||
| (b) | An additional portable fire extinguisher suitable for extinguishing oil fires. | |||
| Fire Smothering Blankets | ||||
| 25 metres and over | One in galley where the overall deck area is less than 15 square metres and 2 in larger galleys. | |||
| Fireman’s Outfits | ||||
| Firemen’s outfits shall comply with Appendix H and be provided as follows— | ||||
| 4000 tons and over | at least 3 outfits, with Breathing Apparatus, one of the air hose type and 2 self-contained type. | |||
| 2500 tons and over but less than 4000 tons | at least 2 outfits with Breathing Apparatus, one of air hose type and one self-contained type. | |||
| 500 tons and over but less than 2500 tons | at least one outfit to include a breathing apparatus of the self-contained type. | |||
| International Shore Connection | ||||
| 500 tons and over | One complying with Appendix J | |||
| Fire Buckets | ||||
| Less than 25 metres | 2 with lanyards | |||
| Fireman’s Axe | ||||
| Less than 500 tons but 25 metres and over | At least one | |||