Vessel Construction and Equipment Regulations (SOR/2023-257)

Marginal note:Vessels equipped with machinery

305 A vessel that is equipped with machinery must carry the following fire-extinguishing equipment and systems:

• (a) in a boiler room fitted with oil burners

  • (i) a fixed fire-extinguishing system,

  • (ii) a foam fire extinguisher, if the number of burners does not exceed two, and with one additional foam fire extinguisher for each additional burner, with a maximum requirement of four extinguishers,

  • (iii) a 135 L foam fire extinguisher with hoses on reels capable of allowing the spray to reach any part of the boiler room, and

  • (iv) a receptacle containing at least 0.1 m³ of sand or other dry material suitable for quenching oil fires, and a shovel for distributing the material;

• (b) in every compartment containing internal combustion engines

  • (i) a fixed fire-extinguishing system, and

  • (ii) a foam fire extinguisher, if the power of the engines does not exceed 373 kW, and with an additional foam fire extinguisher for each additional 746 kW or fraction of that power, with a maximum requirement of four extinguishers;

• (c) in any cargo pump-room

  • (i) a fixed fire-extinguishing system operated from a readily accessible position outside the pump room, and

  • (ii) a foam fire extinguisher;

• (d) in any cargo space, two foam fire extinguishers located where most convenient in case of emergency; and

• (e) in any control station, one powder fire extinguisher.