Fire Extinguishers for Pleasure Craft

A pleasure craft of a length set out in column 1 of the table to this section shall carry on board the firefighting equipment set out in column 2 as indicated in that column.

Not more than 6 m

  • a 5 B:C portable fire extinguisher, if the pleasure craft is equipped with an inboard engine, a fixed fuel tank of any size, or a fuel- burning cooking, heating or refrigerating appliance

More than 6 m but not more than 9 m

  • a 5B:C portable fire extinguisher, if the pleasure craft is equipped with a fuel-burning cooking, heating or refrigerating appliance.

More than 9 m but not more than 12 m

  • a 10B:C portable fire extinguisher, if the pleasure craft is equipped with a fuel-burning cooking, heating or refrigerating appliance

 

More than 12 m but less than 24 m

  • a 10B:C portable fire extinguisher at the following locations: at each access to a space fitted with a fuel-burning cooking, heating or refrigerating appliance, at the entrance to any accommodation space, and at the entrance to the machinery space;
  • an axe; and
  • two buckets

24 m or more (a) the equipment set out in item 4(a);

  • a 10B:C portable fire extinguisher at the following locations:  at the entrance to any accommodation space, and  at each access to a space fitted with a fuel-burning cooking, heating or refrigerating appliance, at the entrance to the machinery space;
  • a power-driven fire pump, located outside the engine space, fitted with a fire hose and a nozzle from which a jet of water can be directed into any part of the pleasure craft;
  • two axes; and
  • four buckets