---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 127.220"
title: "46"
number: "127.220"
heading: "General fire protection."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/127.220"
---

# §127.220. General fire protection.

- (a) Each vessel must be designed and constructed to minimize fire hazards, as far as reasonable and practicable.
- (b) Exhausts of internal-combustion engines, galley uptakes, and similar sources of ignition must be kept clear of and insulated from woodwork and other combustible matter.
- (c) Paint lockers and similar compartments must be constructed of steel or be wholly lined with steel.
- (d) Except as provided by [paragraph (e)](#e) of this section, when a compartment containing the emergency source of electric power, or vital components of that source, adjoins a space containing either the ship's service generators or machinery necessary for the operation of the ship's service generators, each common bulkhead and deck must be of “A-60” Class construction as defined by [§ 72.05-10](/cfr/46/72.05-10.md) of this chapter.
- (e) The “A-60” Class construction required by [paragraph (d)](#d) of this section is unnecessary if the emergency source of electric power is in a ventilated battery locker that—
  - (1) Is located above the main deck;
  - (2) Is located in the open; and
  - (3) **Has no boundaries contiguous with other decks or bulkheads.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 3306; sec. 617, Pub. L. 111-281, 124 Stat. 2905; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1.

### Source

Source: CGD 82-004 and CGD 86-074, 62 FR 49328, Sept. 19, 1997, unless otherwise noted.