11.3 Emergency controls
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11.3 Emergency controls

  11.3.1 In all craft, the station or stations in the operating compartment from which control of craft manoeuvring and/or of its main machinery is exercised shall be provided, within easy reach of the crew member at that station, with controls for use in an emergency to:

  • .1 activate fixed fire-extinguishing systems;

  • .2 close ventilation openings and stop ventilating machinery supplying spaces covered by fixed fire-extinguishing systems, if not incorporated in .1;

  • .3 shut off fuel supplies to machinery in main and auxiliary machinery spaces;

  • .4 disconnect all electrical power sources from the normal power distribution system (the operating control shall be guarded to reduce the risk of inadvertent or careless operation); and

  • .5 stop main engine(s) and auxiliary machinery.

  11.3.2 Where control of propulsion and manoeuvring is provided at stations outside the operating compartment, such stations shall have direct communication with the operating compartment which shall be a continuously manned control station.

  11.3.3 In addition, for category B craft, control of propulsion and manoeuvring as well as emergency functions referred to in 11.3.1 shall be provided at one or more stations outside the operating compartment. Such stations shall have direct communication with the operating compartment, which shall be a continuously manned control station.

Parent topic: Chapter 11 - Remote control, alarm and safety systems
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