Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2019C00887:front:0:p15
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from separate hydrants can be directed simultaneously to any part of a space or deck where livestock are located.
       (2)The hydrants must be located so that the 2 jets of water can be directed at any point without having hoses pass over or through pens.
       (3)One of the jets of water must be provided by a single length of hose.
       (4)The hydrants must be connected to the vessel's fire main.

39 Fire hoses
       (1)There must be a fire hose, necessary connections and a nozzle capable of directing water in the form of a spray and a jet:
(a) in an enclosed space — for each hydrant; and
(b) in any other space or on a deck — at least every 50 m of the length of the space or deck.
       (2)Other than in the engine room and accommodation spaces, each hose must be able to be connected to any hydrant and to any other hose.
       (3)The master of a vessel must ensure that each fire hose, with its connections and nozzle, is kept in a conspicuous position:
(a) near the hydrant with which it is intended to be used; or
(b) close to the entrances or stairways leading to the space or deck where it is intended to be used.
Penalty: 50 penalty units.
       (4)An offence against subsection (3) is a strict liability offence.
       (5)A person is liable to a civil penalty if the person contravenes subsection (3).
Civil penalty: 50 penalty units.

40 Fire prevention — other measures
       (1)If hay, straw or bhusa is carried or used in a space where livestock is located, there must be:
(a) portable fire extinguishers:
 (i) that use water as the extinguishing medium; and
 (ii) with 1 extinguisher placed adjacent to an entrance to the space; and
 (iii) with 1 extinguisher placed at least every 18 m of the space; or
(b) a fire-fighting arrangement, approved by AMSA, that uses water as the extinguishing medium.
       (2)If electrical equipment, other than for the purposes of lighting, is installed in an enclosed livestock space, the space must have firefighting equipment, suitable for use with the installed electrical equipment, that is:
(a) portable fire extinguishers in sufficient numbers for the electrical equipment in the space; or
(b) a fixed fire-fighting installation.
       (3)Fire extinguishers mentioned in subsections (1) and (2) must be tested at least every 5 years in the same manner as they would be tested for the issue of a Cargo Ship Safety Equipment Certificate.
       (4)Hydrants, hoses, hose connections and nozzles, portable fire extinguishers and fixed fire-fighting installations must be of equivalent standard to fire appliances required to be carried for the issue of a Cargo Ship Safety Equipment Certificate.
       (5)Notices must be prominently displayed