---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 108.403"
title: "46"
number: "108.403"
heading: "Fire extinguishing systems: General."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/108.403"
---

# §108.403. Fire extinguishing systems: General.

- (a) Each of the following on a unit must have an approved fixed gaseous type extinguishing system:
  - (1) **Each paint locker, oil room, and similar space.**
  - (2) **Each enclosed space containing internal combustion or gas turbine main propulsion machinery.**
  - (3) Each enclosed space containing internal combustion machinery with an aggregate power of at least 1000 B.H.P.
  - (4) Each enclosed space containing a fuel oil unit, including purifiers, valves, or manifolds for main propulsion machinery or internal combustion machinery with an aggregate power of at least 1000 B.H.P.
  - (5) Each enclosed ventilation system for electric motors or generators used for vital services including bilge pumps, fire pumps, or propulsion.
- (b) Each space containing an oil fired boiler, the fuel oil unit or valves for the boiler, or manifolds in the line between the fuel settling tanks and the boiler on a unit must have a fixed gas type, foam, or other approved fire extinguishing system.

## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 73-251, 43 FR 56808, Dec. 4, 1978, as amended by CGD 95-027, 61 FR 26008, May 23, 1996]

### 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 CGD 95-027, 61 FR 26008, May 23, 1996]