Table 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 108.495—Carriage of Portable Fire Extinguishers

Open Table
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 20B: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 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.

1Not required where a fixed gas extinguishing system is installed.

2Not 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]


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