7.5 Fire Detection and Extinguishing Systems
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7.5 Fire Detection and Extinguishing Systems

  7.5.1 The fire hazard areas should be provided with an approved automatic fire detection system to indicate at the control station the location of outbreak of a fire in all normal operating conditions of the installations.

  7.5.2 Fire hazard areas should be protected by an approved remotely controlled, fixed, quick acting, extinguishing system which is adequate for the fire hazard that may exist. Administrations should also consider the need for providing local manual control, having regard to the reliability of the remote control system.

  7.5.3 Control stations, accommodation spaces and fire hazard areas should be provided with approved portable fire extinguishers readily available, to the satisfaction of the Administration.

  7.5.4 Water fire pumps, and appropriate associated equipment, or alternative effective fire extinguishing systems to the satisfaction of the Administration should be fitted.

  7.5.5 A continuous fire patrol should be maintained in special category spaces, unless an automatic fire detection system is provided.

  7.5.6 If the same automatic fire detection system is used both for the protection of the fire hazard areas and other spaces, the cables to which the sensors are connected should be independent.


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