---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 127.225"
title: "46"
number: "127.225"
heading: "Structural fire protection."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/127.225"
---

# §127.225. Structural fire protection.

- (a) Each OSV of at least 6,000 GT ITC (500 GRT if GT ITC is not assigned) must comply with the provisions of [Chapter II-2](/cfr/46/chII..2.md) of SOLAS, 1974, as amended (incorporated by reference, see [§ 125.180](/cfr/46/125.180.md)), for Method IC cargo ships.
- (b) All structural fire-protection materials must be approved by the Coast Guard in accordance with the regulations of [subpart 2.75](/cfr/46/subpart2.75.md) of this chapter.
- (c) The exterior boundaries of superstructures, except wheelhouses, containing accommodation, service and control spaces, facing the cargo area must be constructed of steel and comply with §§ [32.56-20](/cfr/46/32.56-20.md), [32.56-21](/cfr/46/32.56-21.md), and [32.56-22](/cfr/46/32.56-22.md) of this chapter.
- (d) Cargo pump rooms must be separated from accommodation spaces, service spaces, and control stations by A-60 divisions.
- (e) Cargo pump rooms must be separated from machinery spaces of category A by A-0 divisions.

## Notes

### Amendments

[USCG-2012-0208, 79 FR 48935, Aug. 18, 2014]

### 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.

### Amendments

[USCG-2012-0208, 79 FR 48935, Aug. 18, 2014]