---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 154.1170"
title: "46"
number: "154.1170"
heading: "Hand hose line: General."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/154.1170"
---

# §154.1170. Hand hose line: General.


Each dry chemical hand hose line must:

- (a) Not be longer than 33m (108 ft.);
- (b) Be stored on a hose reel or in a hose cabinet and be one that is operable whether or not it is unwound from a hose reel or removed from a hose cabinet;
- (c) Be non-kinkable;
- (d) Have a nozzle with a valve to start and stop the flow of chemical;
- (e) Have a capacity of at least 3.5 kg/sec (7.7 lb./sec); and
- (f) **Be one that can be operated by one person.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 3703, 9101; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1.

### Source

Source: CGD 74-289, 44 FR 26009, May 3, 1979, unless otherwise noted.