56 - Fire pump.

§ 56. Fire  pump.  Every public vessel permitted by her certificate to  carry one hundred passengers or more, shall be provided with a fire pump  or other equivalent apparatus for throwing water, the same to be at  all  times  during  the  navigation  of such vessel, kept ready for immediate  use, having hose of suitable size and sufficient  strength  to  stand  a  pressure  of  at  least seventy-five pounds to the square inch, and of a  length to be specified by the inspector. The inspector may  require  the  installation  of  an approved fixed fire extinguishing system as defined  in subdivision five of section sixty-seven in lieu of,  or  in  addition  to, the fire pump required by this section.