Hull Construction Regulations

244 (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 207, the storage room referred to in subsection (1) shall be deemed to be a control station.