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CFR /  Title 33  /  Part 149  /  Sec. 149.409 How many fire extinguishers are needed?

Each particular location must have the number of fire extinguishers required by Table 149.409 of this section.

Table 149.409--Portable and Semi-Portable Extinguishers, Minimum

Quantity and Location------------------------------------------------------------------------

Minimum quantity and

(a) Safety Areas:

(1) Communicating A-II................ One in each main

corridors. corridor or

stairway not more

than 150 feet

apart.

(2) Radio room.......... C-II................ One outside or near

each radio room

exit.(b) Accommodation Spaces:

(1) Sleeping quarters... A-II................ One in each sleeping

space that fits

more than four

persons.(c) Service Spaces:

(1) Galleys............. B-II or CII......... One for each 2,500

square feet or

fraction thereof,

for hazards

involved.

(2) Storerooms.......... A-II................ One for each 2,500

square feet or

fraction thereof,

located near each

exit, either inside

or outside the

space.

(3) Paint room.......... B-II................ One outside each

paint room exit.(d) Machinery Spaces:

(1) Gas-fired boilers... B-II OR C-II........ Two.

(2) Gas-fired boilers... B-V................. One.\1\

(3) Oil-fired boilers... B-II................ Two.

(4) Oil-fired boilers... B-V................. Two.\1\

(5) Internal combustion B-II................ One for each

or gas turbine engines. engine.\2\

(6) Open electric motors C-II................ One for each of two

and generators. motors or

generators.\3\(e) Helicopter Areas:

(1) Helicopter landing B-V................. One at each access

decks. route.

(2) Helicopter fueling B-V................. One at each fuel

facility. transfer

facility.\4\------------------------------------------------------------------------\1\ Not required if a fixed system is installed.\2\ If the engine is installed on a weather deck or is open to the

atmosphere at all times, one B-II may be used for every three engines.

\3\ Small electrical appliances, such as fans, are exempt.\4\ Not required if a fixed foam system is installed in accordance with

46 CFR 108.489. [USCG-1998-3884, 71 FR 57651, Sept. 29, 2006, as amended by USCG-2013-0397, 78 FR 39179, July 1, 2013]