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ASTM F 1121 Document Information:
Title
Standard Specification for International Shore Connections for Marine Fire Applications
ASTM International
Publication Date:
Dec 31, 1987
Scope:
This specification covers the design and manufacture of international
shore connections to be used
with marine fire fighting systems during an emergency when a stricken
ship has a system failure.
International shore connections are portable universal couplings that
permit connection of
shipboard firemain systems between one ship and another or between a
shore facility and a ship when
their respective system threading is mismatched. Both the ship and the
facility are expected to
have a fitting such that in an emergency can be attached to their
respective fire hose and bolted
together to permit charging the ship's system. It must be portable to
accommodate hose to hose
connection and allow assistance from any position.
The international shore connection is required by international
treaty(Footnote 2,3) to be carried
onboard all passenger and cargo vessels of 500 gross tons or more,
regardless of firemain size,
engaged in international voyages, and is recommended for all vessels
that would be expected to
render assistance. It is also intended to be provided at shore
facilities that would be used to
supply water to a ship's firemain system.
Fabrication either on board a vessel, in a shipyard, or other shore
facility is not precluded by
this specification.
The values stated in inch-pound units are to be regarded as the
standard. The values given in
parentheses are for information only.
Footnote 2 - Amendments to the International Convention for the Safety
of Life at Sea, Chapter
II-2, Regulation 19, "International Shore Connection," 1974.
Footnote 3 - International Maritime Organization Assembly Resolution
A, XII 470, Jan. 4, 1987. This
document is available from International Maritime Organization, 4
Albert Embankment, London, U.K.
SE1 7SR.
Keywords:
- fire fighting systems
- international shore connections
- hose-to-hose connection
- marine fire applications
- portable universal couplings
- shipboard firemain systems
- stricken ship
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