Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations

NAVIGATION (FIRE APPLIANCES) REGULATIONS 1968 - SCHEDULE 6

(regulations 20 (1) and 33 (1))

1. An automatic water sprinkler system shall consist of one or more sections each of which shall be controlled from a distribution manifold.
2. The spraying nozzles shall be fitted above bilges, tank tops, areas over which oil fuel may spread and over any other major fire hazards in the space and the design and number of the nozzles shall be such as to be able to extinguish effectively an oil fire in any part of the space.
3. The system shall be kept charged by means of a pump at the pressure at which the system is designed to operate.
4. The pump shall be so designed that:
(a) it operates whenever there is a pressure drop in the system; and
(b) it is capable of supplying water at the design pressure to all sections in any one compartment.
5. The distribution manifolds, pump and controls shall be:
(a) outside the compartment in which a system is installed; and
(b) so positioned that they will not be cut off readily by an outbreak of fire,
and, in the case of the distribution manifolds and controls, shall be so positioned that they are accessible to members of the crew.
6. The system shall be so designed that a fire in the space in which the system is installed shall not prevent the system working.
7. Means shall be provided which will prevent nozzles from becoming blocked by impurities in the water or through the corrosion of any part of the piping, nozzles, valves or pump.
8. In a passenger ship no part of the system shall be situated forward of the collision bulkhead.
9. Operating instructions in clear and permanent lettering shall be affixed to each distribution manifold or in a position near each manifold.