---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 28.385"
title: "46"
number: "28.385"
heading: "Structural fire protection for vessels that operate with more than 49 individuals on board."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/28.385"
---

# §28.385. Structural fire protection for vessels that operate with more than 49 individuals on board.

- (a) **Applicability.** Each vessel that operates with more than 49 individuals on board must comply with the requirements of this section in addition to the requirements of [§ 28.380](/cfr/46/28.380.md).
- (b) **Construction.** The hull, structural bulkheads, columns and stanchions must be composed of steel. Superstructures and deckhouses must be constructed of noncombustible material.
- (c) **Protection of accommodation spaces.** A bulkhead or deck separating an accommodation space from a control station, machinery space, cargo space, or service space must be constructed of noncombustible material.

## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 88-079, 56 FR 40393, Aug. 14, 1991; 56 FR 49822, Oct. 1, 1991]

### 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; 56 FR 49822, Oct. 1, 1991]