---
kind: "section"
citation: "30 C.F.R. § 56.4200"
title: "30"
number: "56.4200"
heading: "General requirements."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/30/56.4200"
---

# §56.4200. General requirements.

- (a) For fighting fires that could endanger persons, each mine shall have—
  - (1) Onsite firefighting equipment for fighting fires in their early stages; and
  - (2) Onsite firefighting equipment for fighting fires beyond their early stages, or the mine shall have made prior arrangements with a local fire department to fight such fires.
- (b) This onsite firefighting equipment shall be—
  - (1) Of the type, size, and quantity that can extinguish fires of any class which could occur as a result of the hazards present; and
  - (2) **Strategically located, readily accessible, plainly marked, and maintained in fire-ready condition.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[50 FR 4054, Jan. 29, 1985, as amended at 50 FR 20100, May 14, 1985]

### Authority

Authority: Sec. 101, Federal Mine Safety and Health Act of 1977, Pub. L. 91-173, as amended by Pub. L. 95-164, 91 Stat. 1291 (30 U.S.C. 811).

### Authority

Authority: 30 U.S.C. 811.

### Source

Source: 50 FR 4054, Jan. 29, 1985, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[50 FR 4054, Jan. 29, 1985, as amended at 50 FR 20100, May 14, 1985]