### Merchant Shipping (Safety) (Fire Protection) (Ships Built Before 25 May 1980) Regulations 《商船(安全)(防火)(1980年5月25日之前建造的船舶)規例》

67. Deck foam systems
(1) Every fixed deck foam system fitted in accordance with regulation 49(1) or (2) shall comply with the following subregulations.
(2) The arrangements for providing foam shall be capable of delivering foam to the entire cargo tank area as well as into any cargo tank, the deck of which has been ruptured.
(3) The deck foam system shall be capable of simple and rapid operation: the main control station for the system shall be suitably located outside the cargo tank area, adjacent to the accommodation spaces and readily accessible and operable in the event of fire in the areas protected.
(4) The rate of supply of foam solution shall be not less than the greater of the following—
(a) 0.6 litre per minute per square metre of the cargo deck area, where cargo deck area means the maximum breadth of the ship times the total longitudinal extent of the cargo tank spaces; or
(b) 6 litres per minute per square metre of the horizontal sectional area of the single tank having the largest such area.
(5) Sufficient foam concentrate shall be supplied to ensure at least 20 minutes of foam generation when using solution rates stipulated in subregulation (4)(a) or (b) whichever is the greater. The foam expansion ratio (being the ratio of the volume of foam produced to the volume of the mixture of water and foam making concentrate supplied) shall not exceed 12 to 1; provided that where systems essentially produce low expansion foam but at an expansion ratio slightly in excess of 12 to 1 the quantity of foam solution available shall be calculated as for 12 to 1 expansion ratio systems.
(6) Foam from the fixed foam system shall be supplied by means of monitors and foam applicators. Each monitor shall be capable of supplying at least 50% of the required foam rate.
(7) The number and position of monitors shall be such as to comply with subregulation (2). The capacity of any monitor in litres per minute of foam solution shall be at least 3 times the deck area in square metres protected by that monitor, such area being entirely forward of the monitor. The distance from the monitor to the farthest extremity of the protected area forward of that monitor shall not be more than 75% of the monitor throw in still air conditions.
(8) A monitor and hose connection for a foam applicator shall be situated both port and starboard at the poop front or accommodation spaces facing the cargo deck. Applicators shall be provided for flexibility of action during fire-fighting operations and to cover areas screened from the monitors.
(9) Valves shall be provided in both the foam main and the fire main immediately forward of every monitor position to isolate damaged sections of these mains.
(10) Operation of a deck foam system at its required output shall permit the simultaneous use of the minimum required number of jets of water at the required pressure from the fire main.

### Merchant Shipping (Safety) (Fire Protection) (Ships Built Before 25 May 1980) Regulations 《商船(安全)(防火)(1980年5月25日之前建造的船舶)規例》

68. Fire detection systems
(1) Every fire detection system fitted in compliance with these regulations shall be capable of automatically indicating the presence or indication of fire and its location. The indicators shall be centralized either on the navigating bridge or at other control stations provided with direct communication with the navigating bridge, provided that the Director may in any ship permit the indicators to be distributed among several stations if he is satisfied that such arrangements are at least as effective as centralized indicators.
(2) As regards a passenger ship, electrical equipment used in the operation of any fire detection system fitted in compliance with these regulations shall be capable of being supplied from 2 sources of electric power one of which shall be the emergency source of power required by regulation 101 of the Merchant Shipping (Safety) (Passenger Ship Construction) (Ships Built Before 1 September 1984) Regulations (Cap. 369 sub. leg. AL).
(3) The indicating system of any fire detection system fitted in compliance with these regulations shall operate both audible and visible alarms at the stations referred to in subregulation (1).

69. Firemen’s outfits
(1) Every fireman’s outfit carried in compliance with these regulations shall consist of—
(a) a breathing apparatus complying with the requirements specified in Schedule 5;
(b) a portable self-contained electric battery-operated safety lamp capable of functioning efficiently for a period of at least 3 hours;
(c) a fireman’s axe;
(d) protective clothing of material suitable to protect the skin from the heat radiating from the fire and from burns and scalding by steam, the outer surface of which shall be water-resistant;
(e) boots and gloves of rubber or other electrically non-conducting material; and
(f) a rigid helmet providing effective protection against impact.
(2) Where more than one fireman’s outfit is provided they shall be kept in readily accessible and widely separated positions which are not likely to be cut off in the event of fire.

### Merchant Shipping (Safety) (Fire Protection) (Ships Built Before 25 May 1980) Regulations 《商船(安全)(防火)(1980年5月25日之前建造的船舶)規例》

70. Means for stopping machinery, shutting off oil fuel suction pipes and closing of openings
(1) In every ship to which these regulations apply means shall be provided for stopping ventilating fans serving machinery, accommodation and cargo spaces. Means shall be provided for closing all skylights, doorways, ventilators, and other openings to such spaces including annular spaces around funnels. Such means shall be capable of being operated from positions which are outside such spaces and which would not be made inaccessible by a fire within such spaces.
(2) In every ship to which these regulations apply any 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 spaces in which such machinery or pumps are situated. Such controls shall be capable of stopping such machinery or pumps in the event of fire in the said spaces.
(3) In every ship to which these regulations apply every pipe connected to any oil fuel storage, settling, or daily service tank, not being a double bottom tank, which if damaged would permit discharge of the contents so as to cause a fire hazard shall be fitted with a valve or cock which shall be secured to the tank to which it is connected. Such valve or cock shall be capable of being closed from a readily accessible position outside the space in which the tank is situated, provided that where the pipe is an inlet pipe a non-return valve similarly secured to the tank may be substituted. In the case of an oil fuel deep tank traversed by any shaft of pipe tunnel, a valve shall be fitted on the tank but an additional valve or valves may be fitted on the pipe line or lines outside the tunnel or tunnels to enable control to be exercised in the event of fire.

### Merchant Shipping (Safety) (Fire Protection) (Ships Built Before 25 May 1980) Regulations 《商船(安全)(防火)(1980年5月25日之前建造的船舶)規例》

71. Additional requirements for ships provided with a helicopter landing area and fuelling facilities
(1) On any helicopter landing area on a ship to which these regulations apply there shall be provided and stored adjacent to the means of access to that area—
(a) dry powder extinguishers of total capacity not less than 45 kilograms;
(b) a foam application system consisting of monitors or foam making branch pipes capable of delivering foam solution at a rate of not less than 6 litres per minute per square metre of the area contained within a circle of diameter D metres for not less than 5 minutes, where D is the distance across the main rotor and tail rotor in the fore and aft line of a helicopter with a single-main rotor, and across both rotors for a tandem-main rotor helicopter:
except that where a ship is provided with foam arrangements in compliance with either regulation 49(1), (4) or (5) and where it is practicable for such arrangements to be used for the protection of the helicopter landing area, this requirement need not be complied with; and
(c) carbon dioxide extinguishers of total capacity of not less than 16 kilograms, which shall be provided with fittings so as to enable them to be applied to the engine area of any helicopter using the landing area.
(2) As regards a helicopter landing area mentioned subregulation (1), the arrangement of water service pipes, hydrants, hoses and nozzles shall be such that at least 2 jets of water can reach any part of the area and, where helicopter refuelling facilities are provided, any part of the fuel storage tanks and associated pumps and piping.
(3) All nozzles provided in accordance with subregulation (2) shall be of dual purpose spray/jet type.
(4) In every ship to which these regulations apply which is provided with helicopter refuelling facilities, at least 2 portable extinguishers suitable for fighting oil fires shall be provided in addition to any other portable fire extinguisher required by these regulations. Such extinguishers shall be kept in a position adjacent to the fuel storage tanks and associated pumps and piping.