---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 107.257"
title: "46"
number: "107.257"
heading: "Testing of fire hose."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/107.257"
---

# §107.257. Testing of fire hose.


Each fire hose must be subjected to a test pressure equivalent to the maximum pressure to which it may be subjected during operation. However, each fire hose must be subjected to a pressure of at least 100 p.s.i.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 43 U.S.C. 1333; 46 U.S.C. 3306, 3307, 3316; DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4; § 107.05 also issued under the authority of 44 U.S.C. 3507.

### Source

Source: CGD 73-251, 43 FR 56802, Dec. 4, 1978, unless otherwise noted.