• A smoke detector will be installed in each room..
• Every room requires a minimum of two exits, neither of which can be an elevator.
• Some rooms require fire safe doors that take longer to burn (to give people on the other side more time to escape.)
• All combustibles must be kept away from heating vents, volatile liquids. They should be placed in cool and sealed conditions
• Spills must be cleaned up promptly and all oily rags properly disposed of.
• A maximum of 3 plugs will be allowed per outlet.
• There should be four (4) air (oxygen) tanks aboard the station. These should NOT be used simultaneously.
• Beds and dressers in the personal rooms must be bolted to the floor and walls, personal items must be put away when not in use, and drawers require a groove in the lower front to prevent sliding open in the case of an earthquake.
• In the kitchen, freezers need to have a low center of mass ( 1m x .75m x .75m) to keep from falling over.
• The lab table will have three indented grooves with adjustable rubber dividers to hold glass beakers and flasks.

Top floor:

• There must be at least one easily accessable class ABC fire extinguister near the hydrogen fuel cells.

Middle Floor:

• The Lab area should have a class ABC fire extinguisher, shower, and fire blanket.
• The kitchen should have a class BC fire extinguisher (carbon dioxide).
• One of the living quarters should have a class A extinguister close the exit.
• The personal quarters should also have sprinkler heads in the roof, with at a minimum 10 inches clearance.

Lowest Floor:

• There should be a class A extinguister near the moon pool.
• There should be a class BC fire extinguister in all mechanics/machinery rooms.
• Mechanics rooms must have a metal trash can for oily rags/flammables.

DESIGN OF THE KITCHEN

• The Kitchen will take up 30 degrees of the living quarters arc (a total of 120 degrees), and only take up the outermost 4m of the arc.
• Starting from the farthest from the center, one wall has a sink, trash can, and counter top. Underneath the counter top is a microwave, and above is cabinetry. Putting solids down the drain should be avoided.
• The second wall has two refrigerators, and cabinetry. The refrigerators are 1m x .75 x .75, such that the longest edge is along the ground, and open from the top. The refrigerators are fastened to the floor.
• In case of rocking from earthquakes, drawers on cabniets have a groove in the front so that the drawer must be lifted, and then pulled forward to open. Doors on cabinets will be locked to prevent contents from spilling out in the case of rocking.

DESIGN OF MEDICAL ROOM

The medical room, located on the middle floor, will be equipped with the following:

• first aid equipment inlcuding:
  • antiseptics
  • band aids and gauze
• antibiotics
• nebulizer

FOOD AND WASTE TRANPORTATION

There is storage space in two (2) 1mx.75mx.75m freezers and two (2) 1mx.75mx.5m cabniets for food. For 6 people, transportation will need to take food down with the people on the first day, and every seven (7) days thereafter. A larger number of people will require more frequent trips up to every four (4) days for ten (10) people.

In addition to food, two empty sewage tanks, fuel for the hydrogen fuel cells, and full oxygen tanks should be brought down.The habitat should communicate to the surface before shipping the number of oxygen tanks needing to be replaced, and if any other equitment is needed (example: toilet paper).

Waste removed on return will consist of the full sewage tanks, and waste from labs, mechanical rooms, and living areas. Lab waste must be treated as hazardous material, as it will often contain ethidium bromide.

AIR COMPOSITION/PRESSURE

• Check the detectors to ensure that they are functional (batteries are good, the sound is loud enough to be heard from a distance, etc).
• Check to ensure that the oxygen levels (relative concentrations in the air being inspired and the tank pressure)are still relatively high.
• Ensure the diving tanks are fully functional and the valves do not leak. (should be done each time a dive is to be done).

• Ensure that there is sufficient potable water available for the crew as well as water for other purposes are available.
• Ensure that there is no leakage from the sewage system or in from the taps in the bathroom, labs and kitchen.
• The sewage tanks should checked daily to ensure that the contents are not reaching full capapcity.

• The temperature, fuel levels and voltage output of the hydrogen fuel cells must be logged daily and any abnormalities reported IMMEDIATELY to the appropriate persnonnel on shore.
• The fuses of the reactor (fuel cell) must be checked at the beginning of each day of the mission to check for warping, melting and malfunction.

WATER

In the case of a hull breach in the general habitat, the appropriate personnel on shore must be notified IMMEDIATELY.

• If the leak is not heavy, the patching material should be retrieved as soon as it is discovered and repair done. Upon ensuring that it is safe to work in the area until the termination of the on-going mission, then work may be resumed as before, with constant vigilance of this fault in the hull.
• If the leak is substantial,
  • the room(s) must be evacuated immediately and sealed off.
  • Helium (from extra tanks) is to be pumped into the room as this would help to keep the pressure constant and possibly allow patching to be done.
  • If the leak occurs in an area that must be accessible for the completion of the research for the on-going mission and the situation cannot be rectified at once,
    • the mission must be suspended until further notice
    • the residents must be returned to shore and the breach repaired.
    • The mission may be continued only after these have been completed.

  
  
  FIRE

  In the case of a fire in the station:

  • BEFORE ANY EFFORT IS MADE TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE, THE FUEL SOURCE MUST BE DETERMINED. If the source is not obvious, the the mechanical rooms, labs and hydrogen fuel cells should be checked first.
  • The appropriate personnel on shore must be notified IMMEDIATELY. A shore boat MUST be sent out if evacuation isi necessary.
  • Assess the situation:
    • If fire is widespread and continues to spread, the floor must be completey evacuated and the rooms sealed off. The oxygen to the floor.
    • If the fire is small and can be contained,
      • Locate the nearest appropriate fire extinguisher
      • Spray the extinguisher at the base of the fire
  • If extinguishing the fire is not an option, valves cannot be accessed and/or the station cannot be saved, evacuation procedures MUST be carried out.
  
  
  ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS ABOARD THE STATION
  • In the event that the oxygen tanks in use becomes damaged, the source of oxygen MUST be changed to another filled tank IMMEDIATELY.
  • If this is not possible for some reason, SCBAs should be used until the changeover can be done.
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  SEWAGE AND WASTE DISPOSAL

  Waste:

  • If there are 6 people on the station, then sewage and waste removal should occur once every 7 days when the food is brought down, or as necessary. For a perception of size, 60 gallons is the capacity of a large garbage bag.
  • Waste from the lab should be stored in a thick plastic biohazard bag, in a metal trash can. A maximum volume of 50 gallons is estimated for weekly garbage production.
  • Waste from the living areas can be stored in standard commercial bags, and is estimated at 50 gallons per week. The main trash receptacle will be in the kitchen, with a smaller one in the bathroom.
  • Mechanics and robotics is expected to produce 30 gallons of waste. Trash will be stored in a metal fireproof container with a lid.
  Sewage:
  • There will be two 35-gallon sewage tanks on the third floor made of polyethylene. Sewage will move up from the second to the third floors via vacuum pump. The toilet will use about one pint per flush.
  • Water from sinks and showers will not go to the holding tanks, but straight to the water purification system.
  • Water will be siphoned off and purified on the third floor.
  • Every 7 days or as necessary, two empty holding tanks will be delivered, and the full ones taken away. Before taking the tanks off, the valve to the water purifier and the valve to the second floor should be shut off.