---
kind: "section"
citation: "33 C.F.R. § 149.691"
title: "33"
number: "149.691"
heading: "What means of escape are required?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/33/149.691"
---

# §149.691. What means of escape are required?

- (a) Each deepwater port must have both primary and secondary means of escape. Each of these means must either:
  - (1) Comply with [46 CFR 108.151](/cfr/46/108.151.md); or
  - (2) Be 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 use in evacuating the deepwater port.
- (b) A primary means of escape consists of a fixed stairway or a fixed ladder, constructed of steel.
- (c) A secondary means of escape consists of either:
  - (1) A fixed stairway or a fixed ladder, constructed of steel; or
  - (2) A marine evacuation system, a portable flexible ladder, a knotted manrope, or a similar device determined by the Sector Commander, or MSU Commander with COTP and OCMI authority to provide an equivalent or better means of escape.

## 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]