(a) Approved portable and semi-portable extinguishers must be installed in accordance with Table 145.10(a).
(b) Semi-portable extinguishers must be located in the open so as to be readily seen.
(c) Semi-portable extinguishers must be fitted with a suitable hose and nozzle, or other practicable means, so all of the space can be protected.
(d) Table 145.10(a) of this section indicates the minimum number and size of fire extinguishers required 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 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 |
[CGFR 56-4, 21 FR 903, Feb. 9, 1956, as amended by USCG-2012-0196, 81 FR 48243, July 22, 2016]