---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 149.670"
title: "33"
number: "149.670"
heading: "What are the requirements for marking a general alarm system?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/149.670"
---

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


Each of the following must be marked with the words “General Alarm” in yellow letters at least 1 inch high on a red background:

- (a) Each general alarm box; and
- (b) Each audio or visual device described under [§ 149.665](/cfr/33/149.665.md) of this part for signaling the general alarm.

## Notes

### Amendments

[USCG-1998-3884, 71 FR 57651, Sept. 29, 2006, as amended by USCG-2013-0397, 78 FR 39180, July 1, 2013]

### 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.

### Amendments

[USCG-1998-3884, 71 FR 57651, Sept. 29, 2006, as amended by USCG-2013-0397, 78 FR 39180, July 1, 2013]