46 C.F.R. § 95.50-10 Location.
Title 46 - Shipping
(a) Approved hand portable fire extinguishers and semiportable fire extinguishing systems shall be installed in accordance with Table 95.50–10(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 fire hose, provided such enclosures are marked as required by §97.37–15 of this subchapter. (d) Hand portable fire extinguishers and their stations shall be numbered in accordance with §97.37–23 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.
Title 46: Shipping
PART 95—FIRE PROTECTION EQUIPMENT
Subpart 95.50—Hand Portable Fire Extinguishers and Semiportable Fire Extinguishing Systems, Arrangements and Details
§ 95.50-10 Location.
Table 95.50-10(a)_Hand Portable Fire Extinguisher and Semiportable Fire- Extinguishing Systems------------------------------------------------------------------------ Classification Space (see § Quantity and location 95.50-5)------------------------------------------------------------------------ Safety areas\1\Wheelhouse or fire control room ................ None required.Stairway and elevator ................ Do. enclosures.Communicating corridors........ A-II............ 1 in each main corridor not more than 150 feet apart. (May be located in stairways.)Lifeboat embarkation and ................ None required. lowering stations.Radio room.....................C-I \2\........................ 2 in vicinity of exit.\2\. Accommodations\1\Staterooms, toilet spaces, ................ None required. public spaces, offices, lockers, isolated storerooms, and pantries, open decks, etc. Service spaces\1\Galleys........................ B-II or C-II.... 1 for each 2,500 square feet or fraction thereof suitable for hazards involved.Paint and lamp rooms........... B-II............ 1 outside space in vicinity of exit.Accessible baggage, mail, and A-II............ 1 for each 2,500 specie rooms, and storerooms. square feet or fraction thereof located in vicinity of exits, either inside or outside the spaces.Carpenter shop and similar A-II............ 1 outside the space spaces. in vicinity of exit. Machinery spacesCoal-fired boilers: Bunker and ................ None required. boiler space.Oil-fired boilers: Spaces B-II; B-V....... 2 required \3\; 1 containing oil-fired boilers, required.\4\ either main or auxiliary, or their fuel-oil units.Internal combustion or gas B-II............ 1 for each 1,000 turbine propelling machinery brake horsepower, spaces. but not less than 2 nor more than 6.\5\ B-III........... 1 required.\67\Electric propulsive motors or C-II............ 1 for each propulsion generators of open type. motor or generator unit.Enclosed ventilating systems ................ None required. for motors and generators of electric propelling machinery.Auxiliary spaces: Internal combustion or gas B-II............ 1 outside the space turbine. in vicinity of exit.\7\ Electric emergency motors or C-II............ 1 outside the space generators. in vicinity of exit.\8\ Steam........................ ................ None required.Trunks to machinery spaces..... ................ Do.Fuel tanks..................... ................ Do. Cargo spacesInaccessible during voyage, ................ Do. including trunks and cargo tanks.Accessible during voyage....... ................ Do.------------------------------------------------------------------------\1\ For motorboats, the total number of hand portable fire extinguishers required for safety areas, accommodation spaces, and service spaces shall be 1 B-II for motorboats of less than 50 gross tons and 2 B-II for motor boats of 50 gross tons and over. 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 flashpoint higher than 110° F.\8\ Not required on vessels of less than 300 gross tons.
