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Boat and Fire Drill Regulations (CRC Vol. XV c. 1406) - Canada Shipping Regulations. (ID: 9521)
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Publications Vehicle importation Vehicle recalls Transport Canada CANADA SHIPPING ACT Boat and Fire Drill Regulations CRC, Vol. XV, c. 1406 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Short Title Interpretation Application Exemptions Boat and Fire Drill Practice Boat Drills Fire Drills Examination of Equipment Watertight Doors Muster List and Emergency Procedure Muster of Passengers and Crew Entries in Log Books Ships Made Fast at Docks--Exits Established by -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- REGULATIONS RESPECTING BOAT AND FIRE DRILLS Short Title 1. These Regulations may be cited as the Boat and Fire Drill Regulations. Interpretation 2. (1) In these Regulations, "Act" means the Canada Shipping Act; (Loi) "Board" means the Board of Steamship Inspection; (Bureau) "cargo ship" means a ship that is not a fishing vessel, a passenger ship or a pleasure yacht; (navire de charge) "fishing vessel" means a ship that is employed in catching fish, whales, seals, walrus or other living resources of the sea, and does not carry passengers or cargo; (b timent de p che) "inspector" means a steamship inspector appointed under the Act; (inspecteur) "mile" means an international nautical mile of 1852 m; (mille) "passenger" means any person carried on a ship, but does not include (a) a person carried on a Safety Convention ship who is (i) the master or a member of the crew or a person employed or engaged in any capacity on board the ship on the business of that ship, or (ii) a child under 1 year of age, (b) a person carried on a ship that is not a Safety Convention ship who is (i) the master or a member of the crew, or a person employed or engaged in any capacity on board the ship on the business of that ship, (ii) the owner or charterer of the ship, a member of his family or a servant connected with his household, (iii) a guest of the owner or charterer of the ship if it is used exclusively for pleasure and the guest is carried on the ship without remuneration or any object of profit, or (iv) a child under 1 year of age, or (c) a person carried on any ship in pursuance of the obligation laid upon the master to carry shipwrecked, distressed or other persons or by reason of any circumstances that neither the master nor the owner nor the charterer, if any, could have prevented or forestalled; (passager) "passenger ship" means a ship carrying passengers but does not include a Safety Convention ship carrying not more than 12 passengers; (navire passagers) "voyage" includes passage or trip and any movement of a ship from one place to another or from one place and returning. (voyage) (2) A reference to a home-trade, inland waters or minor waters voyage by class means that class of voyage as defined in the Home-trade, Inland and Minor Waters Voyages Regulations. Application 3. These Regulations apply to Canadian steamships that are required by section 391 or 482 of the Act to carry inspection certificates and to fishing vessels of more than 150 tons gross tonnage. Exemptions 4. Notwithstanding anything contained in these Regulations, the Board may, if satisfied that it can with propriety do so, exempt any ship from full compliance with any of the requirements of these Regulations. Boat and Fire Drill Practice 5. (1) Boat and fire drills shall be regularly practised (a) at intervals of not more than one week in the case of a ship that (i) is a Safety Convention ship that is certified to carry more than 12 passengers, (ii) is certified to carry more than 25 berthed passengers or more than 50 berthed and unberthed passengers, or (iii) does not carry berthed passengers but is certified to carry more than 100 unberthed passengers and the length of the voyage from the point of commencement to the farthest outward point exceeds 15 miles or the distance from shore at any time exceeds 5 miles; (b) at intervals of not more than two weeks (i) in ships that are certified to carry more than 12 passengers, that are not included in paragraph (a) and that make foreign voyages, home-trade voyages, Class I, home-trade voyages, Class II, home-trade voyages, Class III, inland voyages, Class I, or inland voyages, Class II, or (ii) in ships that are certified to carry more than 25 passengers, that are not included in paragraph (a), and that make home-trade voyages, Class IV, or minor waters voyages; (c) at intervals of not more than one month (i) in ships that are certified to carry not more than 12 passengers, that make foreign voyages, home-trade voyages, Class I, home-trade voyages, Class II, home-trade voyages, Class III, inland voyages, Class I, or inland voyages, Class II, or (ii) in cargo ships and fishing vessels of more than 150 tons, gross tonnage, that make foreign voyages, home-trade voyages, Class I, home-trade voyages, Class II, home-trade voyages, Class III, inland voyages, Class I, or inland voyages, Class II. (2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), a boat and fire drill shall be held (a) on every ship to which these Regulations apply within 24 hours of leaving a port if more than 25 per cent of the crew has been replaced at that port; (b) on every Safety Convention ship that is a passenger ship when the ship leaves the final port of departure on an international voyage that is not a short international voyage; and (c) on every passenger ship, other than a Safety Convention ship, that is on a voyage that exceeds one week before that ship leaves the final port of departure. (3) The master of a ship in which boat and fire drills are required to be held pursuant to these Regulations shall (a) familiarize and instruct the crew of the ship in respect of the arrangement and facilities of the ship and the duties of the crew in respect of boat and fire drills; and (b) require each member of the crew to demonstrate his familiarity with the arrangements and facilities of the ship, his duties, and any equipment he may be called upon to use. Boat Drills 6. Boat drills shall include (a) preparation for the launching of lifeboats and other life saving appliances, ensuring that the equipment required to be carried in these appliances is in place and properly stowed, the drilling of the crew in their duties and where inflatable life rafts are carried, special instructions in the use of the rafts; (b) where the drill is held in port, the launching of one or more lifeboats so that all lifeboats carried in a ship shall be lowered into the water at intervals of not more than three months, and, where the drill is held at sea, the clearing and swinging out of one or more of the lifeboats so that every boat carried in a ship shall be swung out at intervals of not more than one month; (c) where motor lifeboats or lifeboats fitted with mechanical gear are carried, the examination and testing at every drill of the propulsion gear and the checking of the fuel supply in the motor lifeboats; and (d) where an emergency power system is fitted, the examination and testing of the system and all connections thereto. Fire Drills 7. (1) During fire drill, each member of the crew shall report at his emergency station and shall be drilled in his duties at that station; the engine room crew shall be exercised in their special duties in case of fire, putting the fire pumps into operation and manning the stations allotted to them for the purpose of fighting fire in the engine and boiler rooms, or elsewhere, as required. (2) At all fire drills the fire hose shall be run out and examined and a proportion of the hose tested by water pressure so that every hose shall be under pressure at least once every two months; fog nozzles and other spray equipment shall be tested and the crew instructed in their use. (3) Where the fire doors, ventilating shafts or oil fuel valves from remote control are required to be closed during a fire, the members of the crew assigned to such duties shall practise the necessary operations and steps shall be taken to ensure that all officers are familiarized with them. (4) Fire extinguishers shall be checked and at each drill one or more shall be discharged; the crew shall be instructed in the handling of the types of extinguishers carried on the ship. (5) Smoke helmets and breathing apparatus shall be examined and members of the crew instructed and drilled in their use. (6) At each fire drill the following shall be tested to ensure that they are in good working order: (a) sprinkler systems; (b) fire alarm systems; (c) all electric appliances comprising parts of systems specified in paragraphs (a) and (b); and (d) all general alarm bells and klaxons. (7) Where possible, boat and fire drills shall be carried out simultaneously and the drills shall be so arranged that a proportion of the crew is assigned to boat stations at the time fire drills are practised. Examination of Equipment 8. (1) On every occasion on which boat and fire drills are held, the officer in charge of the ship shall require an examination to be made of all equipment used in such drills and also of the equipment carried in or on life saving appliances to ensure that the condition of all such equipment has not deteriorated since the certificate of inspection in respect thereof was issued, and where any equipment is found to be deficient or damaged it shall be renewed or repaired. (2) Lifejackets, lifebuoys, line-throwing appliances and distress signals shall be examined to ascertain their condition and the manner in which they are stowed and any deficiency or improper stowage shall be corrected. (3) All fire extinguishers that are discharged during a drill shall immediately thereafter be recharged. (4) All equipment shall be returned to its proper location on completion of the examination and checked with the list of equipment on board. Watertight Doors 9. (1) Where watertight doors, side scuttles or any other appliances that would require to be operated in case of emergency are fitted, such appliances shall be operated at each boat and fire drill. (2) Nothing in this section shall be taken to authorize the opening of any watertight door or other appliance that is required by the provisions of any regulation to be kept closed. 10. Every valve, the closing of which is necessary to make any compartment watertight, and every watertight door in a main transverse bulkhead and the mechanism and indicators connected therewith, shall be inspected at each boat and fire drill. Muster List and Emergency Procedure 11. (1) Emergency muster lists in both official languages shall be posted on all ships except (a) passenger ships that carry a crew of not more than six members; and (b) ships other than passenger ships and fishing vessels that carry a crew of not more than 12 members. (2) The muster list and emergency procedure shall be as follows: (a) special duties to be undertaken in the event of an emergency shall be allotted to each member of the crew; (b) the muster list shall show all these special duties and shall indicate, in particular, the station to which each member must go, and the duties that he has to perform; (c) the muster list shall be drawn up before the ship sails and shall be dated and signed by the master; copies shall be posted in the crew's quarters and in other conspicuous parts of the ship; and (d) the muster list shall assign duties to the different members of the crew in connection with (i) the closing of various doors and mechanisms, including watertight doors, side scuttles, valves, closing mechanisms of scuppers and ash chutes, (ii) the equipping of the lifeboats and buoyant apparatus including the provision of portable radio apparatus, (iii) the launching of lifeboats attached to davits, (iv) the general preparation of any other boats, buoyant apparatus, inflatable life rafts and all other matters referred to in section 6, and (v) the extinction of fire, including the closing of fire doors, testing of sprinklers and alarms and all other matters referred to in section 7. (3) The muster list shall assign crew members to duties for the protection of passengers in time of emergency, including (a) warning the passengers; (b) ensuring that the passengers are adequately dressed for protection against exposure and have put on their lifejackets in a proper manner; (c) assembling the passengers at muster stations; (d) keeping order in passageways and on stairways, and generally controlling the movements of the passengers; (e) instructing passengers how to enter lifeboats at the embarkation stations, and, where accommodation for all passengers is not provided in lifeboats, instructing them how to make proper use of other life saving equipment; (f) ensuring that all passengers leave their cabins; and (g) ensuring that a supply of blankets is taken to the lifeboats. (4) The muster list shall specify definite signals for calling all members of the crew to their boat and fire stations and shall give full particulars of these signals. (5) In preparing the muster list care shall be taken that certificated lifeboatmen are assigned to each lifeboat or other life saving appliance, as required by the Life Saving Equipment Regulations, and these certificated lifeboatmen shall be assigned to specific duties in the preparation for launching of the lifeboats, one being placed in charge of each boat or appliance to which a certificated deck officer is not assigned. (6) In ships in which muster lists are not required, the inspector shall satisfy himself that suitable means are available for warning passengers and crew in case of an emergency. Muster of Passengers and Crew 12. (1) The master of every ship shall be responsible for the training of members of the crew in their duties with regard to the safety of the passengers and crew. (2) The emergency signal for summoning passengers and crew to muster stations shall be a succession of seven or more short blasts followed by one long blast on the whistle or siren and may be supplemented in passenger ships by manually controlled alarms fitted throughout the ship in such positions that they will be heard in every space occupied by passengers or crew. (3) Muster stations for passengers shall be so arranged that the passengers can speedily be moved to the embarkation deck if it is necessary to abandon the ship. (4) Printed notices in both official languages and diagrams showing the location of life saving and fire fighting equipment and of muster stations shall be posted in conspicuous places throughout passenger ships and passageways shall be clearly marked to indicate to passengers how to reach their muster stations. (5) In passenger ships engaged on voyages that exceed 24 hours duration, a practice muster of passengers shall be held shortly after the commencement of each voyage, and for such musters advance notice shall be given to the passengers in order to avoid risk of panic due to the sounding of alarm signals. (6) When passengers are assembled, the officers in charge shall warn them that the sounding of the emergency signal is not necessarily a signal for the abandonment of the ship but is intended to alert all passengers and crew members so that should an actual emergency exist they will be prepared for whatever action may be necessary. Entries in Log Books 13. (1) The master of every ship in which boat and fire drills are required to be held shall enter or cause to be entered in the official log book full particulars of each boat and fire drill, and, in ships where an official log book is not required to be carried, each drill shall be recorded on the agreement with the crew. (2) In ships that are not required to carry an official log book or enter into an agreement with the crew, a record shall be kept of each boat and fire drill and such record shall be retained on board until the next inspection certificate is issued or for a period of 5 years, whichever occurs first. (3) If for any reason the boat and fire drills prescribed by these Regulations are not held, an entry shall be made in the record required by this section, which shall specify the drill or drills that were not held and state the reason, in each case, for the omission, but the fact that the weather is not suitable for a part of a drill, such as the swinging out of lifeboats, shall not preclude the carrying out of the remainder of the drills. Ships Made Fast at Docks--Exits 14. (1) Every ship made fast at a dock, with passengers on board, shall be provided with more than one means of exit from ship to shore. (2) The means of exit referred to in subsection (1) shall (a) where the conditions of service will permit, be provided by adequate gangways with means of access to the gangways provided from the various decks in the ship; and (b) where the conditions of operation will not permit the use of more than one gangway, be provided with adequate means of escape so that passengers are able to reach places of safety in case of fire. Established by the CONSOLIDATED REGULATIONS OF CANADA, 1978. amended by SOR/79-633 27 August, 1979 pursuant to sections 400 and 441 of the Canada Shipping Act Subsection 2(1) by adding paragraph (b.3). SOR/80-189 21 March, 1980 pursuant to sections 400 and 441 of the Canada Shipping Act Paragraph 2(1)(b.3) is revoked; and subsection 2(1) by adding the definition "mile". 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