---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 108.477"
title: "46"
number: "108.477"
heading: "Fire hydrants."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/108.477"
---

# §108.477. Fire hydrants.

- (a) If a fixed foam extinguishing system has outlets in a main machinery space, at least 2 fire hydrants, in addition to the fire hydrants required by [§ 108.423](/cfr/46/108.423.md) of this subpart, must be installed outside the entrances to the space with each at a separate entrance.
- (b) Each hydrant must have enough hose to spray any part of the space.
- (c) Each hydrant must have a combination nozzle and applicator.

## 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.