Capacity and requirements of emergency fire pump ?

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An emergency fire pump should be an independently driven self-contained pump either with its
own prime mover and fuel supply fitted in an accessible position outside the compartment which
may be an emergency generator of sufficient capacity and positioned in a safe place outside the
engine room and above the freeboard deck
3. The emergency fire pump, sea suction and other valves should be operable from outside the
compartment containing the main fire pump and in a position not likely to be cut off by fire in that
compartment;
4. The capacity of the emergency pump should not be less than 40% of the total capacity of the fire
pumps required by this Article.