### Merchant Shipping (Safety) (Fire Protection) (Ships Built On or After 1 September 1984) Regulations 《商船(安全)(防火)(1984年9月1日或之後建造的船舶)規例》

36. Fire detection and fire alarm systems and sample extraction smoke detection systems
(1) Every ship of Class VII of 500 tons or over shall be provided with a fixed fire detection and fire alarm system of an approved type complying with the requirements of Schedule 11 in any machinery space where—
(a) the installation of automatic and remote control systems and equipment has been approved in lieu of continuous manning of the space; or
(b) the main propulsion and associated machinery including sources of main electrical supply are provided with some automatic or remote control and are under continuous manned supervision from a control room.
(2) In every ship of Class VII of 500 tons or over there shall be provided in each ro/ro cargo space a fixed fire detection and fire alarm system of an approved type complying with Schedule 11.
(3) In every ship of Class VII of 500 tons or over there shall be provided in each cargo space (other than ro/ro cargo spaces) intended for the carriage of motor vehicles with fuel in their tanks for their own propulsion either a fixed fire detection and fire alarm system of an approved type complying with Schedule 11 or a sample extraction smoke detection system complying with Schedule 12.

37. Firemen’s outfits
(1) Every ship of Class VII of 500 tons or over shall carry firemen’s outfits which shall comply with the requirements of regulation 69 in accordance with the following scale—

Tonnage of the ship   Number of outfits    500 but under 2,500  2   2,500 but under 4,000  3   4,000 and over  4 
(2) One such outfit carried in any such ship shall include a breathing apparatus of the air-hose type and the remainder shall include breathing apparatus of the self-contained type provided that where the air-hose of an air-hose type breathing apparatus has, in order to comply with paragraph (1) of Schedule 5 to exceed 36 metres in length a self-contained breathing apparatus shall be provided either in addition to or as a substitute for that air-hose breathing apparatus.

38. International shore connection
Every ship of Class VII of 500 tons or over shall be provided with at least one international shore connection which shall comply with the requirements of Schedule 1 to enable water to be supplied from another ship or from the shore, to the fire main. Fixed provision shall be made to enable such a connection to be used on the port side and on the starboard side of the ship.

### Merchant Shipping (Safety) (Fire Protection) (Ships Built On or After 1 September 1984) Regulations 《商船(安全)(防火)(1984年9月1日或之後建造的船舶)規例》

40. Application
(1) Regulations 29 to 38 inclusive shall apply to every ship of Class VII(A) of 500 tons or over as they apply to ships of Class VII of 500 tons or over. 
(2) Every ship of Class VII(A) of less than 500 tons shall carry the fire appliances which are required to be carried by a ship of Class VII of under 500 tons.

41. Application
Regulations 29 to 38 inclusive shall apply to ships of Class VIII of 500 tons or over as they apply to ships of Class VII of 500 tons or over.

42. Application
Regulation 39 shall apply to ships of Class VIII of 150 tons or over but under 500 tons as it applies to ships of Class VII of under 500 tons.

### Merchant Shipping (Safety) (Fire Protection) (Ships Built On or After 1 September 1984) Regulations 《商船(安全)(防火)(1984年9月1日或之後建造的船舶)規例》

44. Application
(1) Regulations 41 to 43 inclusive shall apply to ships of classes VIII(A), IX and IX(A) as they apply to ships of Class VIII.
(2) The Director may exempt any ship of Classes VIII(A) and IX(A) and any ship of Class IX which is under 500 tons or which is not engaged on an international voyage from any of the requirements of these regulations.

45. No provision.

46. Application
(1) Regulations 41 to 43 inclusive shall apply to ships of Class XI as they apply to ships of Class VIII.
(2) The Director may exempt any ship of Class XI from any of the requirements of these regulations.

47. No provision.

48. General requirements
Regulations 29 and 30(1), regulations 33 to 36(1) inclusive and regulation 38 shall apply to every tanker of Class VII(T) of 500 tons or over as they apply to ships of Class VII of 500 tons or over.

### Merchant Shipping (Safety) (Fire Protection) (Ships Built On or After 1 September 1984) Regulations 《商船(安全)(防火)(1984年9月1日或之後建造的船舶)規例》

50. Cargo tank purging and/or gas freeing
(1) In every tanker of Class VII(T) of 500 tons or over arrangements for purging and/or gas freeing shall be such as to minimize the hazards due to the dispersal of flammable vapours in the atmosphere and to the flammable mixtures in a cargo tank.
(2) When the ship is provided with an inert gas system the cargo tanks shall first be purged—
(a) in accordance with the provision of paragraph (13) of Schedule 14; or
(b) if the ship does not need to be provided with an inert gas system complying with the requirements of that Schedule but is a ship mentioned in regulation 49(2A)(a), (b) or (c), in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (12) of Schedule 15 or, as the case may be, paragraph (12) of Schedule 16,
until the concentration of hydro-carbon vapours in the cargo tanks has been reduced to less than 2% by volume. Thereafter, gas freeing may take place at the cargo tank deck level. (L.N. 410 of 1995)
(3) When the ship is not provided with an inert gas system, the operation shall be such that the flammable vapour is discharged—
(a) through the vent outlets as specified in regulation 12 of the Merchant Shipping (Safety) (Cargo Ship Construction and Survey) (Ships Built On or After 1 September 1984) Regulations (Cap. 369 sub. leg. S); or (E.R. 1 of 2022)
(b) if the ship is a post 1992 ship, through outlets at least 2 metres above the cargo tank deck level with a vertical efflux velocity of at least 30 metres per second during the gas freeing operation; or
(c) through outlets at least 2 metres above the cargo tank deck level with a vertical efflux velocity of at least 20 metres per second and through devices (other than flame screens) complying with Schedule 1 to those regulations so as to prevent the passage of flame into the cargo tanks,
until the flammable vapour concentration in the outlet has been reduced to 30% of the lower flammable limit. Thereafter, gas freeing may be continued at the cargo tank deck level. (L.N. 410 of 1995)