---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 109.223"
title: "46"
number: "109.223"
heading: "Fire fighting equipment."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/109.223"
---

# §109.223. Fire fighting equipment.


The master or person in charge shall insure that each hand portable fire extinguisher, semi-portable fire extinguisher, and fixed fire-extinguishing system is tested and inspected at least once each twelve months.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 43 U.S.C. 1333; 46 U.S.C. 3306, 6101, 10104; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4.

### Source

Source: CGD 73-251, 43 FR 56828, Dec. 4, 1978, unless otherwise noted.