---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 108.151"
title: "46"
number: "108.151"
heading: "Two means required."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/108.151"
---

# §108.151. Two means required.

- (a) Each of the following must have at least 2 means of escape:
  - (1) **Each accommodation space with a deck area of at least 27 sq.** meters (300 sq. ft.).
  - (2) Each space, other than an accommodation space, that is continuously manned or used on a regular working basis except for routine security checks.
  - (3) Weather deck areas where personnel may be normally employed.
- (b) When two means of escape are required from a space below the main deck, one of the means of escape must provide for a rapid escape through openings that are not required to be watertight by damage stability considerations.
- (c) When two means of escape are required from a space above the main deck, one of the means of escape must provide for a rapid escape to a weather deck.

## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 73-251, 43 FR 56808, Dec. 4, 1978, as amended by USCG-2024-1103, 90 FR 52880, Nov. 24, 2025]

### Authority

Authority: 43 U.S.C. 1333; 46 U.S.C. 3102, 3306; DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4.

### Source

Source: CGD 73-251, 43 FR 56808, Dec. 4, 1978, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[CGD 73-251, 43 FR 56808, Dec. 4, 1978, as amended by USCG-2024-1103, 90 FR 52880, Nov. 24, 2025]