2.1 The table below should be applied for the
number and arrangement of portable fire extinguishers in accommodation
spaces, service spaces, control stations, machinery spaces of category
A, other machinery spaces, cargo spaces, weather deck and other spaces
on board ships.
2.2 SOLAS regulation
II-2/10.3.2.2 requires that “one of the portable fire
extinguishers intended for use in any space shall be stowed near the
entrance to that space. It is recommended that the remaining portable
fire extinguishers in the public spaces and workshops be located at
or near the main entrances and exits.
2.3 If a space is locked when unmanned, portable
fire extinguishers required for that space may be kept inside or outside
the space.
2.4 Unless expressly provided by the Unified interpretations
of SOLAS chapter II-2, the FSS Code, the FTP Code and related fire
test procedures (MSC/Circ.1120) or
SOLAS regulation II-2/10.5,
the following table should be applied to the number and arrangement
of portable fire extinguishers in machinery spaces of category A.