Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00338:reg:86:p5
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024C00338
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 86 (pt 5/9)
Character Range: 33874–36544

must be connected to the hydrants and tested at full pressure, with water being supplied from the main fire pumps; and
 (iii) the fire extinguishers must be unshipped; and
 (iv) any isolating valves fitted in the fire main must be shut and opened to test the valves operation; and
 (v) for a cargo vessel — at every second fire drill, the water is to be supplied from the emergency fire pump;
(e) at least once in each consecutive 3 months — a practical demonstration of the use of the portable fire extinguishers must be given by expending the charge of at least 1 extinguisher;
(f) the seafarers must practise closing openings on the vessel to reduce the supply of air to the mock fire, including the following:
 (i) doors;
 (ii) windows;
 (iii) ports;
 (iv) ventilators;
 (v) ventilating shafts;
 (vi) stairways;
 (vii) lift shafts;
(g) the seafarers must practice:
 (i) using breathing apparatus and safety lamps; and
 (ii) rescuing casualties and using stretchers, hoists or other apparatus for the rescue; and
 (iii) other emergency drill considered necessary to combat the assumed fire;
(h) the seafarers forming the fire party must be instructed in the use of all fire‑fighting appliances on the vessel;
(i) the master must carry out fire drills for fires in the engine room, including:
 (i) shutting down ventilation systems to the engine room (although it may be necessary to keep some air inlets open during the drill to supply air to machinery that cannot be shut down at the time of the practice); and
 (ii) operating remote shut off arrangements for fuel valves for tanks and fuel pumps, operating different remote shut-offs in rotation so that all, if possible, are operated between seafarer changes; and
 (iii) if a fire on the other side of the bulkhead may hazard the engine — using hoses in the engine room for cooling bulkheads, tanks and other equipment; and
 (iv) instructing persons to shut off any electrical machinery before operating fire-hoses; and
 (v) the rescue of persons endangered by smoke or gas; and
 (vi) moving around the engine room in blackout conditions caused by smoke.

6 Damage control drill
      (1) A damage control drill for a vessel must be conducted in accordance with the vessel's safety management system and as follows:
(a) on the emergency signal being given, the officer in charge of the drill must indicate a section of the vessel where the mock emergency is happening;
(b) assigned seafarers must immediately close the bulkhead doors for the section and report the closure of the doors to the master or to the officer in charge of the drill;
(c) doors that were already closed at the commencement of the drill must