[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 46, Volume 7]
[Revised as of October 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 46CFR181.115]

[Page 260]
 
                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
   CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 181_FIRE PROTECTION EQUIPMENT--Table of Contents
 
                      Subpart A_General Provisions
 
Sec. 181.115  Applicability to existing vessels.




                      Subpart A_General Provisions

Sec.
181.115 Applicability to existing vessels.
181.120 Equipment installed but not required.

Subpart B [Reserved]

                       Subpart C_Fire Main System

181.300 Fire pumps.
181.310 Fire main and hydrants.
181.320 Fire hoses and nozzles.

        Subpart D_Fixed Fire Extinguishing and Detecting Systems

181.400 Where required.
181.410 Fixed gas fire extinguishing systems.
181.420 Pre-engineered fixed gas fire extinguishing systems.
181.425 Galley hood fire extinguishing systems.
181.450 Independent modular smoke detecting units.

                  Subpart E_Portable Fire Extinguishers

181.500 Required number, type, and location.
181.520 Installation and location.

                     Subpart F_Additional Equipment

181.600 Fire axe.
181.610 Fire bucket.

    Authority: 46 U.S.C. 2103, 3306; E.O. 12234, 45 FR 58801, 3 CFR, 
1980 Comp., p. 277; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 
0170.1.

    Source: CGD 85-080, 61 FR 982, Jan. 10, 1996, unless otherwise 
noted.



    (a) Except as otherwise required by paragraphs (b) and (c) of this 
section, an existing vessel must comply with the fire protection 
equipment regulations applicable to the vessel on March 10, 1996, or, as 
an alternative, the vessel may comply with the regulations in this part.
    (b) An existing vessel with a hull, or a machinery space boundary 
bulkhead or deck, composed of wood or fiber reinforced plastic, or 
sheathed on the interior in fiber reinforced plastic, must comply with 
the requirements of Sec. 181.400 of this part on or before March 11, 
1999.
    (c) New installations of fire protection equipment on an existing 
vessel, which are completed to the satisfaction of the cognizant Officer 
in Charge, Marine Inspection (OCMI) on or after March 11, 1996, must 
comply with the regulations of this part. Replacement of existing 
equipment installed on the vessel prior to March 11, 1996, need not 
comply with the regulations in this part.