---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 108.445"
title: "46"
number: "108.445"
heading: "Alarm and means of escape."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/108.445"
---

# §108.445. Alarm and means of escape.

- (a) Each CO2 system that has a supply of more than 136 kilograms (300 pounds) of CO2, except a system that protects a tank, must have an alarm that sounds for at least 20 seconds before the CO2 is released into the space.
- (b) Each audible alarm for a CO2 system must have the CO2 supply for the system as its source of power and must be in a visible location in the spaces protected.

## 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.