Hull Construction Regulations (C.R.C., c. 1431)

193. Every tanker and combination carrier referred to in subsection 3(9) shall be fitted with an automatic fire detection and alarm system that is capable of detecting either an abnormal air temperature or an abnormal concentration of smoke.

• 194. (1) Every cabin, corridor, stairway and service space shall be fitted with a fire detector that is operated by an abnormal concentration of smoke.

• (2) Every public room, galley and pantry containing cooking appliances shall be fitted with a fire detector that is operated by an abnormal air temperature.

• (3) The fire detectors referred to in subsections (1) and (2) shall comply with the Fire Detection and Extinguishing Equipment Regulations.

• 195. (1) Where a fire extinguishing medium is stored outside the space protected by the medium, it shall be stored in a room situated in a safe, readily accessible and effectively ventilated location.

• (2) All entrances to the storage room referred to in subsection (1) shall be independent of the protected space and shall be from the open deck.

• (3) Access doors to the storage room referred to in subsection (1) shall open outward.

• (4) Bulkheads, decks and doors or other means of closing any openings in the storage room referred to in subsection (1) that form the boundaries between the storage room and adjoining enclosed spaces shall be gas-tight.

• (5) For the purpose of the application of Tables I and II to section 148, the storage room referred to in subsection (1) shall be deemed to be a control station.

• 196. (1) The number of skylights, openings in funnels, doors and ventilators used for ventilating a machinery space shall be kept or reduced to the minimum consistent with the need for ventilation and the proper and safe working of the ship.

• (2) Skylights fitted in machinery spaces shall be made of steel and shall not be fitted with port lights or windows.

• (3) Windows shall not be fitted in machinery space boundaries but may be fitted in control rooms within a machinery space.

• (4) Means of control shall be provided for

  • (a) opening and closing skylights;

  • (b) closing openings in funnels that normally allow exhaust ventilation;

  • (c) closing ventilator dampers;

  • (d) closing openings that permit the release of smoke; and

  • (e) stopping ventilating fans.

• (5) The means of control referred to in subsection (4) shall be located in a place that is outside the machinery space that they serve so that they will not be isolated in the event of a fire in that space.