---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 118.300"
title: "46"
number: "118.300"
heading: "Fire pumps."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/118.300"
---

# §118.300. Fire pumps.

- (a) A self priming, power driven fire pump must be installed on each vessel.
- (b) On a vessel without overnight accommodations, or with overnight accommodations for not more than 49 passengers, the fire pump must be capable of delivering a single hose stream from the highest hydrant, through the hose and nozzle required by [§ 118.320](/cfr/46/118.320.md) of this part, at a pitot tube pressure of 345 kPa (50 psi).
- (c) On a vessel carrying more than 600 passengers or with overnight accommodations for more than 49 passengers, the fire pump must meet [§ 76.10-5](/cfr/46/76.10-5.md) of this chapter.
- (d) A fire pump may be driven by a propulsion engine. A fire pump must be permanently connected to the fire main and may be connected to the bilge system to meet the requirements of [§ 119.520](/cfr/46/119.520.md) of this subchapter.
- (e) A fire pump must be capable of both remote operation from the operating station and local operation at the pump.

## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 85-080, 61 FR 917, Jan. 10, 1996; 61 FR 20556, May 7, 1996, as amended at 62 FR 51351, Sept. 30, 1997]

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 2103, 3306; E.O. 12234, 45 FR 58801, 3 CFR, 1980 Comp., p. 277; DHS Delegation 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4.

### Source

Source: CGD 85-080, 61 FR 917, Jan. 10, 1996, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[CGD 85-080, 61 FR 917, Jan. 10, 1996; 61 FR 20556, May 7, 1996, as amended at 62 FR 51351, Sept. 30, 1997]