---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 106.255"
title: "33"
number: "106.255"
heading: "Security systems and equipment maintenance."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/106.255"
---

# §106.255. Security systems and equipment maintenance.

- (a) Security systems and equipment must be in good working order and inspected, tested, calibrated, and maintained according to manufacturers' recommendations.
- (b) Security systems must be regularly tested in accordance with the manufacturers' recommendations; noted deficiencies corrected promptly; and the results recorded as required in [§ 106.230(b)(5)](/cfr/33/106.230.md?p=b-5) of this part.
- (c) The Facility Security Plan (FSP) must include procedures for identifying and responding to security system and equipment failures or malfunctions.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 70051, 70116, Chapter 701; 33 CFR 1.05-1, 6.04-11, 6.14, 6.16, and 6.19; DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.3.

### Source

Source: USCG-2003-14759, 68 FR 39345, July 1, 2003, unless otherwise noted.