---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 149.414"
title: "33"
number: "149.414"
heading: "What are the requirements for a fire detection and alarm system?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/149.414"
---

# §149.414. What are the requirements for a fire detection and alarm system?

- (a) All accommodation and service spaces on a manned deepwater port, and all spaces or systems on a manned or unmanned deepwater port for processing, storing, transferring, or regasifying liquefied natural gas, must have an automatic fire detection and alarm system that:
  - (1) Either complies with [46 CFR 108.405](/cfr/46/108.405.md) or
  - (2) Is designed and installed in compliance with a national consensus standard, as that term is defined in [29 CFR 1910.2](/cfr/29/1910.2.md), for fire detection and fire alarm systems, and that complies with standards set by a nationally recognized testing laboratory, as that term is defined in [29 CFR 1910.7](/cfr/29/1910.7.md), for such systems or hardware.
- (b) Sleeping quarters must be fitted with smoke detectors that have local alarms and that may or may not be connected to the central alarm panel.
- (c) Each fire detection and fire alarm system must have both a visual alarm and an audible alarm at a normally manned area.
- (d) Each fire detection and fire alarm system must be divided into zones to limit the area covered by a particular alarm signal.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1504, 1509; DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4.

### Source

Source: USCG-1998-3884, 71 FR 57651, Sept. 29, 2006, unless otherwise noted.