---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 27.201"
title: "46"
number: "27.201"
heading: "What are the requirements for general alarms on towing vessels?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/27.201"
---

# §27.201. What are the requirements for general alarms on towing vessels?

- (a) You must ensure that your vessel is fitted with a general alarm that:
  - (1) Has a contact-maker at the operating station that can notify persons on board in the event of an emergency.
  - (2) **Is capable of notifying persons in any accommodation, work space, and the engine room.**
  - (3) Has installed, in the engine room and any other area where background noise makes a general alarm hard to hear, a supplemental flashing red light that is identified with a sign that reads:
  - (4) **Is tested at least once each week.**
- (b) You or the operator may use a public-address (PA) system or other means of alerting all persons on your towing vessel instead of a general alarm, if the system—
  - (1) Is capable of notifying persons in any accommodation, work space, and the engine room;
  - (2) Is tested at least once each week;
  - (3) Can be activated from the operating station; and
  - (4) **Complies with paragraph (a)(3) of this section.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 3306, 4102 (as amended by Pub. L. 104-324, 110 Stat. 3901); Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1.

### Source

Source: USCG-2000-6931, 69 FR 34069, June 18, 2004, unless otherwise noted.