---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 111.103-7"
title: "46"
number: "111.103-7"
heading: "Ventilation stop stations."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/111.103-7"
---

# §111.103-7. Ventilation stop stations.


Each power ventilation system stop station must:

- (a) Be protected by an enclosure with a glass-paneled door on the front;
- (b) Be marked, “In Case of Fire Break Glass and Operate Switch to Stop Ventilation;”
- (c) Have the “stop” position of the switch clearly identified;
- (d) Have a nameplate that identifies the system controlled; and
- (e) **Be arranged so that damage to the switch or cable automatically stops the equipment controlled.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 74-125A, 47 FR 15236, Apr. 8, 1982, as amended by USCG-2020-0075, 88 FR 16365, Mar. 16, 2023]

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 3306, 3703; DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.2. Section 111.05-20 and Subpart 111.106 also issued under sec. 617, Pub. L. 111-281, 124 Stat. 2905.

### Source

Source: CGD 74-125A, 47 FR 15236, Apr. 8, 1982, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[CGD 74-125A, 47 FR 15236, Apr. 8, 1982, as amended by USCG-2020-0075, 88 FR 16365, Mar. 16, 2023]