---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 95.15-30"
title: "46"
number: "95.15-30"
heading: "Alarms."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/95.15-30"
---

# §95.15-30. Alarms.

- (a) A protected space must be fitted with an approved audible alarm if:
  - (1) The space is normally accessible to persons onboard while the vessel is being navigated; and
  - (2) **Is not a paint locker or similar small space.**
- (b) **The alarm must—**
  - (1) Sound automatically and audibly for at least 20 seconds before carbon dioxide is discharged into the space;
  - (2) Be conspicuously and centrally located and be marked as required by [46 CFR 97.37-9](/cfr/46/97.37-9.md); and
  - (3) Use stored gas power provided by the extinguishing agent, gas from pilot cylinders, or gas from cylinders specifically provided to power the alarms.
- (c) For systems installed on or after July 1, 1957, alarms are mandatory only for systems required to be fitted with a delayed discharge.

## Notes

### Amendments

[USCG-2006-24797, 77 FR 33878, June 7, 2012]

### Authority

Authority: 46 U.S.C. 3306; E.O. 12234, 45 FR 58801, 3 CFR, 1980 Comp., p. 277; DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4.

### Source

Source: CGFR 65-50, 30 FR 17001, Dec. 30, 1965, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[USCG-2006-24797, 77 FR 33878, June 7, 2012]