[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 30, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 30CFR56.4200]

[Page 263]
 
                       TITLE 30--MINERAL RESOURCES
 
  CHAPTER I--MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
 
PART 56--SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARDS--SURFACE METAL AND NONMETAL MINES--Table of Contents
 
                 Subpart C--Fire Prevention and Control
 
Sec. 56.4200  General requirements.

    (a) For fighting fires that could endanger persons, each mine shall 
have--
    (1) Onsite firefighting equipment for fighting fires in their early 
stages; and
    (2) Onsite firefighting equipment for fighting fires beyond their 
early stages, or the mine shall have made prior arrangements with a 
local fire department to fight such fires.
    (b) This onsite firefighting equipment shall be--
    (1) Of the type, size, and quantity that can extinguish fires of any 
class which could occur as a result of the hazards present; and
    (2) Strategically located, readily accessible, plainly marked, and 
maintained in fire-ready condition.

[50 FR 4054, Jan. 29, 1985, as amended at 50 FR 20100, May 14, 1985]