---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 120.550"
title: "46"
number: "120.550"
heading: "General alarm systems."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/120.550"
---

# §120.550. General alarm systems.

- (a) All vessels with overnight accommodations must be equipped with a general alarm system.
- (b) A vessel of more than 19.8 meters (65 feet) in length with overnight accommodations for more than 49 passengers must have a general alarm that meets the requirements of [§ 113.25](/cfr/46/113.25.md) in subchapter J of this chapter.
- (c) The public address system required by [§ 121.610](/cfr/46/121.610.md) of this chapter may be used to sound the general alarm signal.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 2103, 3306; E.O. 12234, 45 FR 58801, 3 CFR, 1980 Comp., p. 277; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1.

### Source

Source: CGD 85-080, 61 FR 928, Jan. 10, 1996, unless otherwise noted.