193.50-10—Location.
(a)
Approved hand portable fire extinguishers and semiportable fire extinguishing systems shall be installed in accordance with Table 193.50-10(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.
(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 firehose, provided such enclosures are marked as required by § 196.37-15 of this subchapter.
| Space | Classification (see § 193.50-5) | Quantity and location |
|---|---|---|
| Safety Areas 1 | ||
| Wheelhouse or fire control room | None required. | |
| Stairway and elevator enclosures | Do. | |
| Communicating corridors | A-II | 1 in each main corridor not more than 150 feet apart. (May be located in stairways.) |
| Lifeboat embarkation and lowering stations | None required. | |
| Radio room | C-I 2 | 2 in vicinity of exit. 2 |
| Accommodations 1 | ||
| Staterooms, toilet spaces, public spaces, offices, lockers, isolated storerooms, and pantries open decks, etc | None required. | |
| Service spaces | ||
| Galleys | B-II or C-II | 1 for each 2,500 square feet or fraction thereof suitable for hazards involved. |
| Machinery spaces | ||
| Paint and lamp rooms | B-II | 1 outside space in vicinity of exit. |
| Accessible baggage, mail, and specie rooms, and storerooms | A-II | 1 for each 2,500 square feet or fraction thereof located in vicinity of exits, either inside or outside the spaces. |
| Carpenter shop and similar spaces | A-II | 1 outside the space in vicinity of exit. |
| Coal-fired boilers: Bunker and boiler space | None required. | |
| Oil-fired boilers: Spaces containing oil-fired boilers, either main or auxiliary, or their fuel-oil units | B-IIB-V B-V | 2 required. 3 1 required. 4 |
| Internal combustion or gas turbine propelling machinery spaces | B-II | 1 for each 1,000 brake horsepower, but not less than 2 nor more than 6. 5 |
| B-III | 1 required. 6,7 | |
| Electric propulsive motors or generators of open type | C-II | 1 for each propulsion motor or generator unit. |
| Enclosed ventilating systems for motors and generators of electric propelling machinery | None required. | |
| Auxiliary spaces: | ||
| Internal combustion gas turbine | B-II | 1 outside the space in vicinity of exit. 7 |
| Electric emergency motors or generators | C-II | 1 outside the space in vicinity of exit. 8 |
| Steam | None required. | |
| Trunks to machinery spaces | Do. | |
| Fuel tanks | Do. | |
| Scientific spaces | ||
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| Chemistry laboratory or scientific laboratory | C-II | 1 dry chemical and 1 carbon dioxide for each 300 square feet or fraction thereof, with one (1) of each kind located in the vicinity of the exit. |
| Chemical storeroom | C-II | Same as for the chemistry laboratory. |
| 1 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 flash-point higher than 110 °F. | ||
| 8 Not required on vessels of less than 300 gross tons. | ||
(d)
Hand portable fire extinguishers and their stations shall be numbered in accordance with § 196.37-15 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.