[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 46, Volume 1]
[Revised as of Octobery 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 46CFR15.855]

[Page 258-259]
 
                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
         CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
 
PART 15_MANNING REQUIREMENTS--Table of Contents
 
                         Subpart G_Computations
 
Sec. 15.855  Cabin watchmen and fire patrolmen.

    (a) On vessels carrying passengers at night, the master or person in 
charge shall ensure that a suitable number of watchmen are in the 
vicinity of the cabins or staterooms and on each deck, to guard against 
and give alarm in case of fire or other danger.
    (b) On a fish processing vessel of more than 100 gross tons, there 
must be a suitable number of watchmen trained in firefighting on board 
when hot work is being done, to guard against and give alarm in case of 
a fire.
    (c) For the watchmen described in paragraph (a) of this section, the 
owner or operator of an uninspected passenger vessel not more than 300 
gross tons may substitute the use of fire detectors, heat detectors, 
smoke detectors, and high-water alarms with audible- and visual-warning 
indicators, in addition to other required safety alarms, only when each 
of the following conditions are met:
    (1) Fire detectors are located in each space containing machinery or 
fuel tanks per Sec. 181.400(c) of this chapter.
    (2) All grills, broilers, and deep-fat fryers are fitted with a 
grease extraction hood per Sec. 181.425 of this chapter.

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    (3) Heat and/or smoke detectors are located in each galley, public 
accommodation space, enclosed passageway, berthing space, and all crew 
spaces.
    (4) High-water alarms are located in each space with a through hull 
fitting below the deepest load waterline, a machinery space bilge, bilge 
well, shaft alley bilge, or other space subject to flooding from sea 
water piping within the space, and a space below the waterline with non-
watertight closure such as a space with a non-watertight hatch on the 
main deck.
    (5) Each alarm has an audible- and visual-alarm indicator located at 
the normal operating station and, if the normal operating position is 
not continually manned and not navigating underway, in an alternate 
location that must provide the crew, and may at all times provide the 
passengers, immediate warning of a hazardous condition.
    (6) The vessel is underway for no more than 12 hours in any 24-hour 
period, and the master of the vessel has chosen to operate with less 
than a three-watch system in accordance with Sec. 15.705.

[CGD 81-059, 52 FR 38652, Oct. 16, 1987, as amended by USCG-1999-5040, 
67 FR 34767, May 15, 2002]