---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 28.325"
title: "46"
number: "28.325"
heading: "Fire detection and alarm systems."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/28.325"
---

# §28.325. Fire detection and alarm systems.

- (a) Each accommodation space must be equipped with an independent modular smoke detector or a smoke actuated fire detecting unit installed in accordance with [46 CFR part 76](/cfr/46/part76.md).
- (b) An independent modular smoke detector must meet UL 217 and be listed as a “Single Station Smoke Detector—Also suitable for use in Recreational Vehicles.”
- (c) The regulations in this section have preemptive effect over State or local regulation within the same field.

## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 88-079, 56 FR 40393, Aug. 14, 1991, as amended by USCG-2012-0196, 81 FR 48247, July 22, 2016]

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 3316, 4502, 4505, 4506, 6104, 8103, 10603; DHS Delegation 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4.

### Source

Source: CGD 88-079, 56 FR 40393, Aug. 14, 1991, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[CGD 88-079, 56 FR 40393, Aug. 14, 1991, as amended by USCG-2012-0196, 81 FR 48247, July 22, 2016]