---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 25.30-15"
title: "46"
number: "25.30-15"
heading: "Fixed fire extinguishing systems."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/25.30-15"
---

# §25.30-15. Fixed fire extinguishing systems.

- (a) When a fixed fire extinguishing system is installed, it must be a type approved or accepted by the Commandant (CG-ENG-4) or the Commanding Officer, U.S. Coast Guard Marine Safety Center.
- (b) If the system is a carbon-dioxide type, then it must be designed and installed in accordance with [subpart 76.15 of part 76](/cfr/46/part76-subpart76.15.md) of subchapter H (Passenger Vessels) of this chapter.
- (c) If the system is an automatic sprinkler system then it must be designed and installed in accordance with Chapter 25 of NFPA 13 (incorporated by reference, see [§ 25.01-3](/cfr/46/25.01-3.md)).

## Notes

### Amendments

[USCG-2012-0196, 81 FR 48245, July 22, 2016]

### Authority

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1903(b); 46 U.S.C. 2103, 3306, 4102, 4302; DHS Delegation 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4.

### Source

Source: CGFR 65-50, 30 FR 16653, Dec. 30, 1965, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[USCG-2012-0196, 81 FR 48245, July 22, 2016]