---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 144.605"
title: "46"
number: "144.605"
heading: "Means to stop fans and close openings."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/144.605"
---

# §144.605. Means to stop fans and close openings.


Means must be provided for stopping each fan in a ventilation system serving machinery spaces and for closing, in case of fire, each doorway, ventilator, and annular space around funnels and other openings into such spaces.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 3103, 3301, 3306, 3308, 3316, 8104, 8904; 33 CFR 1.05; DHS Delegation 00170.1, Revision No. 01.2.

### Source

Source: USCG-2006-24412, 81 FR 40101, June 20, 2016, unless otherwise noted.