33 C.F.R. § 145.10
Current through October 31, 2024
Table 145.10(a)-Portable and Semi-Portable Extinguishers
| Space | Minimum required rating | Quantity and location |
| Safety Areas: | ||
| Communicating corridors | 2-A | 1 in each main corridor not more than 150 ft apart. (May be located in stairways.) |
| Radio room | 20-B:C | 1 in the vicinity of the exit. |
| Accommodations: | ||
| Sleeping accommodations | 2-A | 1 in each sleeping accommodation space outfitted for 4 or more persons. |
| Service Spaces: | ||
| Galleys | 40-B:C | 1 for each 2,500 sq ft of floor space or fraction thereof. |
| Storerooms | 2-A | 1 for each 2,500 sq ft of floor space or fraction thereof. The extinguisher must be located in the vicinity of the exits, either inside or outside of spaces. |
| Machinery Spaces: | ||
| Gas-fired boilers | 40-B | 2 required. |
| 160-B | 1 required.1 | |
| Oil-fired boilers | 40-B | 2 required. |
| 160-B | 2 required.1 | |
| Internal combustion or gas turbine engines | 40-B | 1 for each engine.2 |
| Electric motors or generators of open type | 40-B:C | 1 for each 2 motors or generators.3 |
1 Not required where a fixed extinguishing system is installed.
2 When the installation is on the weather deck or open to the atmosphere at all times, then one 40-B extinguisher for every three engines is allowable.
3 Small electrical appliances, such as fans, are exempt.
33 C.F.R. §145.10