---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 183.550"
title: "46"
number: "183.550"
heading: "General alarm systems."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/183.550"
---

# §183.550. General alarm systems.


All vessels with overnight accommodations must be equipped with a general alarm system. The public address system required by [§ 184.610](/cfr/46/184.610.md) of this chapter may be used to sound the general alarm signal.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 2103, 3306; E.O. 12234, 45 FR 58801, 3 CFR, 1980 Comp., p. 277; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1.

### Source

Source: CGD 85-080, 61 FR 997, Jan. 10, 1996, unless otherwise noted.