Section 2 Performance requirements
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Clasifications Register Rules and Regulations - Rules and Regulations for the Classification of Naval Ships, January 2023 - Volume 2 Machinery and Engineering Systems - Part 9 Electrotechnical Systems - Chapter 10 Internal Communication - Section 2 Performance requirements

Section 2 Performance requirements

Parent topic: Chapter 10 Internal Communication

2.1 Performance requirements

2.1.1 The main broadcast system shall:

  1. allow one-way verbal communication to Persons Onboard;

  2. be clearly noticeable by all embarked persons;

  3. be easily distinguishable and recognisable;

  4. be continuously available;

  5. be protected from hazards such as fire, vibration, electrical interference or flooding;

  6. be provided such that any incident which may cause alarm failure shall be guarded against by system or equipment redundancy;

  7. be operable from strategic positions and locations used for command and control.

2.1.2 The general emergency alarm shall:

  1. be clearly noticeable by all embarked persons;

  2. be easily distinguishable and recognisable;

  3. be continuously available;

  4. be protected from hazards such as fire, vibration, electrical interference, flooding;

  5. be provided such that any incident which may cause alarm failure shall be guarded against by system or equipment redundancy;

  6. be operable from strategic positions.

2.1.3 Effective means of communicating orders from the conning positions to any position from which the speed and direction of thrust of the propellers can be controlled shall be provided.

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