---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 108.404"
title: "46"
number: "108.404"
heading: "Selection of fire detection system."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/108.404"
---

# §108.404. Selection of fire detection system.

- (a) If a fire detector is in a space, it must provide effective detection of fires most likely to occur in the space.
- (b) The fire detection system must be designed to minimize false alarms.

## Notes

### 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.