(a) Approved hand portable fire extinguishers and semiportable fire extinguishing systems shall be installed in accordance with Table 95.50-10(a). The location of the equipment shall be to the satisfaction of the Officer in Charge, Marine Inspection. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed as limiting the Officer in Charge, Marine Inspection, from requiring such additional equipment as he deems necessary for the proper protection of the vessel. Table 95.50-10(a)--Hand Portable Fire Extinguisher and Semiportable Fire-
Extinguishing Systems------------------------------------------------------------------------
Classification
Space (see Sec. Quantity and location
95.50-5)------------------------------------------------------------------------
Safety areas\1\Wheelhouse or fire control room ................ None required.Stairway and elevator ................ Do.
enclosures.Communicating corridors........ A-II............ 1 in each main
corridor not more
than 150 feet apart.
(May be located in
stairways.)Lifeboat embarkation and ................ None required.
lowering stations.Radio room.....................C-I \2\........................ 2 in vicinity of
exit.\2\.
Accommodations\1\Staterooms, toilet spaces, ................ None required.
public spaces, offices,
lockers, isolated storerooms,
and pantries, open decks, etc.
Service spaces\1\Galleys........................ B-II or C-II.... 1 for each 2,500
square feet or
fraction thereof
suitable for hazards
involved.Paint and lamp rooms........... B-II............ 1 outside space in
vicinity of exit.Accessible baggage, mail, and A-II............ 1 for each 2,500
specie rooms, and storerooms. square feet or
fraction thereof
located in vicinity
of exits, either
inside or outside
the spaces.Carpenter shop and similar A-II............ 1 outside the space
spaces. in vicinity of exit.
Machinery spacesCoal-fired boilers: Bunker and ................ None required.
boiler space.Oil-fired boilers: Spaces B-II; B-V....... 2 required \3\; 1
containing oil-fired boilers, required.\4\
either main or auxiliary, or
their fuel-oil units.Internal combustion or gas B-II............ 1 for each 1,000
turbine propelling machinery brake horsepower,
spaces. but not less than 2
nor more than 6.\5\
B-III........... 1 required.\67\Electric propulsive motors or C-II............ 1 for each propulsion
generators of open type. motor or generator
unit.Enclosed ventilating systems ................ None required.
for motors and generators of
electric propelling machinery.Auxiliary spaces:
Internal combustion or gas B-II............ 1 outside the space
turbine. in vicinity of
exit.\7\
Electric emergency motors or C-II............ 1 outside the space
generators. in vicinity of
exit.\8\
Steam........................ ................ None required.Trunks to machinery spaces..... ................ Do.Fuel tanks..................... ................ Do.
Cargo spacesInaccessible during voyage, ................ Do.
including trunks and cargo
tanks.Accessible during voyage....... ................ Do.------------------------------------------------------------------------\1\ For motorboats, the total number of hand portable fire extinguishers
required for safety areas, accommodation spaces, and service spaces
shall be 1 B-II for motorboats of less than 50 gross tons and 2 B-II
for motor boats of 50 gross tons and over. Two B-I hand portable fire
extinguishers may be substituted for 1 B-II.\2\ For vessels on an international voyage, substitute 1 C-II in
vicinity of exit.\3\ Vessels of less than 1,000 gross tons require 1.\4\ Vessels of less than 1,000 gross tons may substitute 1 B-IV.\5\ Only 1 required for motorboats.\6\ If oil burning donkey boiler fitted in space, the B-V previously
required for the protection of the boiler may be substituted. Not
required where a fixed carbon dioxide system is installed.\7\Not required on vessels of less than 300 gross tons if fuel has a
flashpoint higher than 110 [deg]F.\8\ Not required on vessels of less than 300 gross tons.
(b) Semiportable fire extinguishing systems shall be located in the open so as to be readily seen.
(c) If hand portable fire extinguishers are not located in the open or behind glass so that they may be readily seen, they may be placed in enclosures together with the fire hose, provided such enclosures are marked as required by Sec. 97.37-15 of this subchapter.
(d) Hand portable fire extinguishers and their stations shall be numbered in accordance with Sec. 97.37-23 of this subchapter.
(e) Hand portable or semiportable extinguishers, which are required on their nameplates to be protected from freezing, shall not be located where freezing temperatures may be expected.