---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 149.665"
title: "33"
number: "149.665"
heading: "What are the requirements for a general alarm system?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/149.665"
---

# §149.665. What are the requirements for a general alarm system?


Each pumping platform complex must have a general alarm system that:

- (a) Is capable of being manually activated by using alarm boxes;
- (b) Is audible in all parts of the pumping platform complex, except in areas of high ambient noise levels where hearing protection is required under [§ 150.613](/cfr/33/150.613.md) of this chapter; and
- (c) **Has a high intensity flashing light in areas where hearing protection is used.**

## 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.