[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 33, Volume 1]

[Revised as of July 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 33CFR88.12]



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                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS

 

         CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

 

PART 88_ANNEX V: PILOT RULES--Table of Contents

 

Sec. 88.12  Public safety activities.



    (a) Vessels engaged in government sanctioned public safety 

activities, and commercial vessels performing similar functions, may 

display an alternately flashing red and yellow light signal. This 

identification light signal must be located so that it does not 

interfere with the visibility of the vessel's navigation lights. The 

identification light signal may be used only as an identification signal 

and conveys no special privilege. Vessels using the identification light 

signal during public safety activities must abide by the Inland 

Navigation Rules, and must not presume that the light or the exigency 

gives them precedence or right of way.

    (b) Public safety activities include but are not limited to 

patrolling marine parades, regattas, or special water celebrations; 

traffic control; salvage; firefighting; medical assistance; assisting 

disabled vessels; and search and rescue.



[CGD 90-032, 56 FR 33386, July 22, 1991]