---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 127.1507"
title: "33"
number: "127.1507"
heading: "Water systems for fire protection."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/127.1507"
---

# §127.1507. Water systems for fire protection.

- (a) Each waterfront facility handling LHG must have a supply of water and a means for distributing and applying the water to protect personnel; to cool storage tanks, equipment, piping, and vessels; and to control unignited leaks and spills in the marine transfer area for LHG except when the evaluation required by [§ 127.1501(a)](/cfr/33/127.1501.md?p=a) indicates otherwise. The evaluation must address fire protection for structures, cargo, and vessels. Each water system must include on the pier or wharf at least one 2 1/2-inch supply line, one 2 1/2-inch fire hydrant, and enough 2 1/2-inch hose to connect the hydrant to the vessel.
- (b) Each water system must fully and simultaneously supply, for at least 2 hours, all fixed fire-protection systems, including monitor nozzles, at their designed flow and pressure for the worst single incident foreseeable, plus 63 L/s (1000 gpm) for streams from hand-held hoses.

## Notes

### Source

Source: CGD 88-049, 60 FR 39796, Aug. 3, 1995, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1504(j)(2); 46 U.S.C. 70011 and 70034; 46 U.S.C. Chapter 701; DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.2, paragraph (II)(92)(a).

### Source

Source: CGD 78-038, 53 FR 3376, Feb. 7, 1988, unless otherwise noted.