---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 122.524"
title: "46"
number: "122.524"
heading: "Fire fighting drills and training."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/122.524"
---

# §122.524. Fire fighting drills and training.

- (a) The master shall conduct sufficient fire drills to make sure that each crew member is familiar with his or her duties in case of a fire.
- (b) A fire drill must be conducted at least once each month.
- (c) Each fire drill must include:
  - (1) Summoning passengers on a vessel on an overnight voyage to areas of refuge or embarkation stations;
  - (2) Summoning the crew to report to assigned stations and to prepare for and demonstrate assigned duties; and
  - (3) Instructions in the use and location of fire alarms, extinguishers, and any other fire fighting equipment on board.
- (d) **Each fire drill must, as far as practicable, be conducted as if there were an actual emergency.**
- (e) Fire fighting drills and training shall be logged or otherwise documented for review by the Coast Guard upon request. The drill entry shall include the following information:
  - (1) Date of the drill and training; and
  - (2) **General description of the drill scenario and training topics.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 85-080, 61 FR 935, Jan. 10, 1996, as amended at 62 FR 51353, Sept. 30, 1997; USCG-2014-0688, 79 FR 58284, Sept. 29, 2014]

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 2103, 3306, 6101; E.O. 12234, 45 FR 58801, 3 CFR, 1980 Comp., p. 277; DHS Delegation 00170.1, Revision No. 01.2, paragraph (II)(92)(a).

### Source

Source: CGD 85-080, 61 FR 935, Jan. 10, 1996, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[CGD 85-080, 61 FR 935, Jan. 10, 1996, as amended at 62 FR 51353, Sept. 30, 1997; USCG-2014-0688, 79 FR 58284, Sept. 29, 2014]