---
kind: "section"
citation: "46 C.F.R. § 98.30-37"
title: "46"
number: "98.30-37"
heading: "Firefighting requirements."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/46/98.30-37"
---

# §98.30-37. Firefighting requirements.


No person may lift a portable tank on or off a vessel, or transfer a product with a flashpoint of less than 300 °F to or from a portable tank or IBC unless—

- (a) Water pressure is maintained on the firemain;
- (b) Firehoses, fitted with a Coast Guard-approved combination nozzle, are attached to each fire hydrant in the vicinity of the portable tanks;
- (c) Except as provided in [§ 98.30-39](/cfr/46/98.30-39.md), fire extinguishers of a dry chemical type are—
  - (1) Located to protect the deck area 10 feet in any horizontal direction from each portable tank and its associated cargo handling system;
  - (2) Coast Guard approved; and
  - (3) Capable of covering the deck area without being moved;
- (d) In a deck area of 500 square feet or less, there are two or more dry chemical fire extinguishers of 300 pounds or more total capacity of extinguishing agent; and
- (e) In a deck area of more than 500 square feet, there are three or more dry chemical fire extinguishers of 450 pounds or more total capacity of extinguishing agent.

## Notes

### Amendments

[CGD 73-172, 39 FR 22954, June 25, 1974, as amended by USCG-2011-0088, 78 FR 54787, Sept. 6, 2013]

### Source

Source: CGD 73-172, 39 FR 22954, June 25, 1974, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 33 U.S.C. 1903; 46 U.S.C. 3306, 3307, 3703; 49 U.S.C. App. 1804; E.O. 12234, 45 FR 58801, 3 CFR, 1980 Comp., p. 277; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1.

### Source

Source: CGFR 65-50, 30 FR 17022, Dec. 30, 1965, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[CGD 73-172, 39 FR 22954, June 25, 1974, as amended by USCG-2011-0088, 78 FR 54787, Sept. 6, 2013]