15.6 Provision for Fire Extinguishing in Machinery Spaces
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15.6 Provision for Fire Extinguishing in Machinery Spaces

  15.6.1 Fixed fire extinguishing in engine space, which may consist of a portable extinguisher suitably sized for the space being protected and arranged to discharge into that space, shall be provided for vessels fitted with inboard engines. An additional extinguisher, or one of the multi-purpose fire extinguishers required in 15.2, 15.3, 15.4 or 15.5, can also be the extinguisher required for discharge into the engine space, providing it is a suitable type (B) and suitably sized and stowed in a location appropriate to its dual use.

  15.6.2 When a fixed fire extinguishing system (which is not a portable extinguisher) is installed in a machinery space, it should be a MCA or equivalent approved type appropriate to the space to be protected and be installed and maintained in accordance with the manufacturer's requirements.

The requirements for fixed fire extinguishing installations are detailed in the Merchant Shipping (Fire Protection - Small Ships) Regulations 1998 SI 1998 No. 1011 and in the 1999 edition of the "Fire Protection Arrangements" of the Instructions for the Guidance of Surveyors" (HMSO publication ISBN 5520007).

Fixed installations in machinery spaces covered by the references are:-

  • .1 low expansion foam;

  • .2 medium expansion foam;

  • .3 high expansion foam;

  • .4 carbon dioxide;

  • .5 pressure water spraying;

  • .6 vaporising fluids (HFC's hydrofluorocarbons);

  • .7 aerosols (solid pyrotechnic type).

Parent topic: 15 Fire Appliances
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