---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 185.507"
title: "46"
number: "185.507"
heading: "Passenger egress drills."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/185.507"
---

# §185.507. Passenger egress drills.

- (a) The master of a vessel described by [46 CFR 175.110(d)](/cfr/46/175.110.md?p=d) must conduct passenger emergency egress drills from the passengers' assigned overnight accommodation spaces prior to beginning an excursion with new passengers.
  - (1) If the passengers are not assigned an overnight accommodation space, the master of a vessel described by [46 CFR 175.110(d)](/cfr/46/175.110.md?p=d) must conduct passenger emergency egress drills from an accommodation space prior to beginning an excursion with new passengers.
  - (2) For the purposes of this section, excursion includes anytime the vessel gets underway, or anytime passengers remain overnight on the vessel.
- (b) Passenger egress drills must be logged or otherwise documented for review by the Coast Guard upon request. The drill entry must include the following information:
  - (1) Date and time of the drill; and
  - (2) **Number of drill participants.**

## Notes

### Amendments

[USCG-2021-0306, 86 FR 73173, Dec. 27, 2021, as amended by USCG-2021-0306, 88 FR 17741, Mar. 24, 2023]

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 2103, 3306, 6101; E.O. 12234, 45 FR 58801, 3 CFR, 1980 Comp., p. 277; DHS Delegation 00170.1, Revision No. 01.2, paragraph (II)(92)(a).

### Source

Source: CGD 85-080, 61 FR 1005, Jan. 10, 1996, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[USCG-2021-0306, 86 FR 73173, Dec. 27, 2021, as amended by USCG-2021-0306, 88 FR 17741, Mar. 24, 2023]