§ 108.495 - Locations and number of fire extinguishers required.

§ 108.495 Locations and number of fire extinguishers required.

Cross Reference

Link to an amendment published at 89 FR 76699, Sept. 18, 2024.

Table Table 1 to § 108.495 of this section indicates the minimum required number and type of fire extinguishers for each space listed. Extinguishers with larger numerical ratings or multiple letter designations may be used if the extinguishers meet the requirements of the table.

Table 1 to § 108.495—Carriage of Portable Fire Extinguishers

Space	Minimum required rating	Quantity and location
Safety Areas
Wheelhouse and control room	20-B:C	2 in the vicinity of the exit.
Stairway and elevator enclosure		None required.
Corridors	2-A	1 in each corridor not more than 150 ft (45 m) apart. (May be located in stairways.)
Lifeboat embarkation and lowering stations		None required.
Radio room	10-B:C	2 in the vicinity of the exit.
Accommodations
Staterooms, toilet spaces, public spaces, offices, lockers, small storerooms, pantries, open decks, and similar spaces		None required.
Service Spaces
Galleys	40-B:C	1 for each 2,500 sq ft (232.2 sq m) or fraction thereof suitable for the hazards involved.
Paint and lamp rooms	40:B	1 outside each room in the vicinity of the exit.
Storerooms	2-A	1 for each 2,500 sq ft (232.2 sq m) or fraction thereof located in the vicinity of the exits, either inside or outside the spaces.
Workshop and similar spaces	20B20-B:C	1 outside each space in the vicinity of the exit.
Machinery Spaces
Oil-fired boilers: Spaces containing oil-fired boilers, either main or auxiliary, or their fuel oil units	40-B	2 required in each space.
	160-B	1 required in each space. See note 1.
Internal combustion or gas turbine propelling machinery spaces	40-B	1 for each 1,000 brake horsepower but not less than 2 and not more than 6 in each space.
	120-B	1 required in each space. See note 1.
Motors or generators of electric propelling machinery that do not have an enclosed ventilating system	40-B:C	1 for each motor or generator.
Motors and generators of electric propelling machinery that have enclosed ventilating systems		None required.
Auxiliary Spaces
Internal combustion engines or gas turbine	40-B	Outside 1 outside the space containing engines or turbines in the vicinity of the exit.
Electric emergency motors or generators	40-B:C	1 outside the space containing motors or generators in the vicinity of the exit.
Steam driven auxiliary machinery		None required.
Trunks to machinery spaces		None required.
Fuel tanks		None required.
Miscellaneous Areas
Helicopter landing decks	160-B	1 at each access route.
Helicopter fueling facilities	160-B	1 at each fuel transfer facility. See note 2.
Drill floor	40-B:C	2 required.
Cranes with internal combustion engines	40-B:C	1 required.
Spare Units
	2-A	10 percent of the total required rounded up.
	40-B:C	10 percent of the total required rounded up.
1 Not required where a fixed gas extinguishing system is installed.
2 Not required where a fixed foam system is installed in accordance with § 108.489 of this subpart.

[USCG-2012-0196, 81 FR 48266, July 22, 2016, as amended by USCG-2020-0519, 89 FR 76699, Sept. 18, 2024]