### 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》

35. Firemen’s outfits
(1) Every ship of Class VII of 500 tons or over shall carry firemen’s outfits complying with the requirements of regulation 69 in accordance with the following scale—    Tonnage of the ship  Number of outfits   500 but under 4,000  2   4,000 and over  3 
(2) At least 1 fireman’s outfit carried in any such ship shall include a breathing apparatus of the air-hose type.
(3) If in any such ship of 500 tons or over which carries firemen’s outfits containing only breathing apparatus of the air-hose type, an air hose exceeding 36 metres in length would be necessary to reach from a point on the open deck well clear of any hatch or doorway to any part of the accommodation, service, cargo or machinery spaces, at least 1 fireman’s outfit provided pursuant to subregulation (1) shall include breathing apparatus of the self-contained type.

36. Fire alarm and detection systems
Every ship of Class VII of 500 tons or over shall be provided with an automatic fire detection and alarm system, of a type approved for the purpose of these regulations by the Director, in any machinery space in which continuous manning is not required by reason of the installation of approved automatic and remote control systems and equipment.

37. International shore connection
Every ship of Class VII of 1,000 tons or over shall be provided with at least one international shore connection which shall comply with the requirements of Schedule 2 to enable water piped from another ship or from the shore to be connected to the fire main, and 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 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》

39. Application of regulations 29 to 37 (certain ships of Class VII(A)), etc.
(1) Regulations 29 to 37 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 as are required to be carried by a ship of Class VII of under 500 tons.

40. Application of regulations 29, 30 and 32 to 37(certain ships of Class VIII)
Regulations 29, 30 and 32 to 37 inclusive shall apply to ships of Class VIII of 1,000 tons or over as they apply to ships of Class VII of 1,000 tons or over. 

### 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》

45. Application of regulations 29, 30, 32 to 37 and 41 to 43
(1) Regulations 29, 30 and 32 to 37 inclusive shall apply to ships of Class XI of 1,000 tons or over as they apply to ships of Class VII of 1,000 tons or over. 
(2) Regulations 41 to 43 inclusive shall apply to ships of Class XI of under 1,000 tons as they apply to ships of Class VIII of under 1,000 tons. 

46. No provision.

47. General requirements
(1) This Part shall apply to tankers, except that in the case of a chemical tanker, alternative arrangements may be provided to the satisfaction of the Director.
(2) Regulations 29, 30, 32, 33, 34, 34A, 36 and 37 shall apply to tankers of Class VII(T) of 500 tons or over as they apply to ships of Class VII of 500 tons or over.
(L.N. 411 of 1995)

### 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》

51. Fixed fire extinguishing arrangements in cargo pump rooms in Category A tankers and in Category A combination carriers
In every Category A tanker of Class VII(T) of 500 tons or over and in every Category A combination carrier of Class VII(T) of 500 tons or over, each cargo pump room shall be provided with a fixed fire extinguishing system operated from a readily accessible position outside the pump room. The system shall use water or other medium approved for the purposes of these regulations by the Director.

52. Firemen’s outfits
In every tanker of Class VII(T) of 500 tons or over there shall be provided not less than 4 firemen’s outfits complying with the requirements of regulation 69. One such outfit carried in any such tanker 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 (2) of Schedule 5 to exceed 36 metres in length, a further self-contained breathing apparatus shall be provided as an addition.

53. Application of regulation 38 to certain tankers of Class VII(T), etc.
Regulation 38 shall apply to every tanker of Class VII(T) of under 500 tons as it applies to ships of Class VII of under 500 tons. In addition there shall be provided at least one mobile foam appliance whereby foam is immediately available by simple and rapid means of operation for discharge in the area of the cargo manifolds.

### 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》

54. Application of regulations 29, 30, 32, 33, 34, 34A, 36, 37 and 48 to 52 to certain tankers of Class VIII(T), Class VIII(A)(T) or Class IX(A)(T)
Regulations 29, 30, 32, 33, 34, 34A, 36 and 37 shall apply to tankers of Class VIII(T), Class VIII(A)(T) or Class IX(A)(T) of 500 tons or over as they apply to ships of Class VII of 500 tons or over. In addition, regulations 48 to 52 inclusive shall apply to such tankers as they apply to tankers of Class VII(T) of 500 tons or over. 
(L.N. 411 of 1995)

55. Application of regulation 42 to certain tankers of Class VIII(T), Class VIII (A)(T) or Class IX(A)(T), etc.
Regulation 42 shall apply to tankers of Class VIII(T), Class VIII(A)(T) or Class IX(A)(T), of 150 tons or over, but under 500 tons as it applies to ships of Class VIII of 150 tons or over but under 500 tons. In addition there shall be provided at least one mobile foam appliance whereby foam is immediately available by simple and rapid means of operation for discharge in the area of the cargo manifolds.

56. Application of regulation 44 to certain tankers of Class VIII(T)
Regulation 44 shall apply to tankers of Class VIII(T) of under 150 tons as it applies to ships of Class VIII of under 150 tons. In addition, there shall be provided a mobile foam appliance whereby foam is immediately available by simple and rapid means of operation for discharge in the area of the cargo manifolds.