[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: 46CFR193.50-10] [Page 379-380] TITLE 46--SHIPPING CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (CONTINUED) PART 193_FIRE PROTECTION EQUIPMENT--Table of Contents Subpart 193.50_Hand Portable Fire Extinguishers and Semiportable Fire Extinguishing Systems, Arrangements and Details Sec. 193.50-10 Location. (a) Approved hand portable fire extinguishers and semiportable fire extinguishing systems shall be installed in accordance with Table 193.50-10(a). The location of the equipment shall be to the satisfaction of the Officer in Charge, Marine Inspection. Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed as limiting the Officer in Charge, Marine Inspection, from requiring such additional equipment as he deems necessary for the proper protection of the vessel. (b) Semiportable fire extinguishing systems shall be located in the open so as to be readily seen. (c) If hand portable fire extinguishers are not located in the open or behind glass so that they may be readily seen, they may be placed in enclosures together with the firehose, provided such [[Page 380]] enclosures are marked as required by Sec. 196.37-15 of this subchapter. Table 193.50-10(a)--Hand Portable Fire Extinguisher and Semiportable Fire Extinguishing Systems ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Classification (see Sec. Space 193.50-5) Quantity and location ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Safety Areas1 Wheelhouse or fire control room......... .......................... None required. Stairway and elevator enclosures........ .......................... Do. Communicating corridors................. A-II...................... 1 in each main corridor not more than 150 feet apart. (May be located in stairways.) Lifeboat embarkation and lowering .......................... None required. stations. Radio room.............................. C-I 2..................... 2 in vicinity of exit.2 Accommodations 1 Staterooms, toilet spaces, public .......................... None required. spaces, offices, lockers, isolated storerooms, and pantries open decks, etc. Service spaces Galleys................................. B-II or C-II.............. 1 for each 2,500 square feet or fraction thereof suitable for hazards involved. Machinery spaces Paint and lamp rooms.................... B-II...................... 1 outside space in vicinity of exit. Accessible baggage, mail, and specie A-II...................... 1 for each 2,500 square feet or fraction rooms, and storerooms. thereof located in vicinity of exits, either inside or outside the spaces. Carpenter shop and similar spaces....... A-II...................... 1 outside the space in vicinity of exit. Coal-fired boilers: Bunker and boiler .......................... None required. space. Oil-fired boilers: Spaces containing oil- B-II...................... 2 required.3 fired boilers, either main or B-V....................... 1 required.4 auxiliary, or their fuel-oil units. B-V....................... Internal combustion or gas turbine B-II...................... 1 for each 1,000 brake horsepower, but not propelling machinery spaces. less than 2 nor more than 6.5 B-III..................... 1 required.6, 7 Electric propulsive motors or generators C-II...................... 1 for each propulsion motor or generator of open type. unit. Enclosed ventilating systems for motors .......................... None required. and generators of electric propelling machinery. Auxiliary spaces: Internal combustion gas turbine....... B-II...................... 1 outside the space in vicinity of exit. \7\ Electric emergency motors or C-II...................... 1 outside the space in vicinity of exit. generators. \8\ Steam................................. .......................... None required. Trunks to machinery spaces.............. .......................... Do. Fuel tanks.............................. .......................... Do. Scientific spaces Chemistry laboratory or scientific C-II...................... 1 dry chemical and 1 carbon dioxide for laboratory. each 300 square feet or fraction thereof, with one (1) of each kind located in the vicinity of the exit. Chemical storeroom...................... C-II...................... Same as for the chemistry laboratory. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- \1\ Two B-I hand portable fire extinguishers may be substituted for 1 B-II. \2\ For vessels on an international voyage, substitute 1 C-II in vicinity of exit. \3\ Vessels of less than 1,000 gross tons require 1. \4\ Vessels of less than 1,000 gross tons may substitute 1 B-IV. \5\ Only 1 required for motorboats. \6\ If oil burning donkey boiler fitted in space, the B-V previously required for the protection of the boiler may be substituted. Not required where a fixed carbon dioxide system is installed. \7\ Not required on vessels of less than 300 gross tons if fuel has a flash-point higher than 110[deg] F. \8\ Not required on vessels of less than 300 gross tons. (d) Hand portable fire extinguishers and their stations shall be numbered in accordance with Sec. 196.37-15 of this subchapter. (e) Hand portable or semiportable extinguishers, which are required on their nameplates to be protected from freezing, shall not be located where freezing temperatures may be expected.