[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: 46CFR190.05-15]

[Page 361]
 
                           TITLE 46--SHIPPING
 
   CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (CONTINUED)
 
PART 190_CONSTRUCTION AND ARRANGEMENT--Table of Contents
 
                 Subpart 190.05_General Fire Protection
 
Sec. 190.05-15  Segregation of spaces containing the emergency source of 
electric power.

    (a) When a compartment containing the emergency source of electric 
power, or vital components thereof, adjoins a space containing either 
the ship's service generators or machinery necessary for the operation 
of the ship's service generators, all common bulkheads and/or decks 
shall be protected by approved ``structural insulation'' or other 
approved material. This protection shall be such as to be capable of 
preventing an excessive temperature rise in the space containing the 
emergency source of electric power, or vital components thereof, for a 
period of at least 1 hour in the event of fire in the adjoining space. 
Bulkheads or decks meeting Class A-60 requirements, as defined by Sec. 
72.05-10 of Subchapter H (Passenger Vessels) of this chapter, will be 
considered as meeting the requirements of this paragraph.