---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 108.473"
title: "46"
number: "108.473"
heading: "Foam system components."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/108.473"
---

# §108.473. Foam system components.

- (a) Each foam agent, each tank for a foam agent, each discharge outlet, each control, and each valve for the operation of a foam extinguishing system must be approved by the Commandant.
- (b) Each foam agent tank and each control and valve for the operation of a foam extinguishing system with outlets in a space must be outside the space and must not be in a space that may become inaccessible if a fire occurs in the space.
- (c) Each control for a foam extinguishing system with outlets in a space must be near a main escape from the space.

## 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.