Virginia Administrative Code
Title 4 - CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES
Agency 15 - DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE RESOURCES
Chapter 430 - WATERCRAFT: SAFETY EQUIPMENT REQUIREMENTS
Section 4VAC15-430-190 - Fire extinguishing equipment required
Universal Citation: 4 VA Admin Code 15-430-190
Current through Register Vol. 41, No. 3, September 23, 2024
A. Motorboats.
1. All motorboats shall carry at least the
minimum number of hand-portable fire extinguishers set forth in the following
table, except that motorboats less than 26 feet in length, propelled by
outboard motors and not carrying passengers for hire, need not carry such
portable fire extinguishers if the construction of such motorboats will not
permit the entrapment of explosive or flammable gases or vapors.
|
Length, feet |
Minimum number of 5-B hand-portable fire extinguishers required1 |
|
|
No fixed fire extinguishing systems in machinery space |
Fixed fire extinguishing system in machinery space |
|
|
Under 16 |
1 |
0 |
|
16 to less than 26 |
1 |
0 |
|
26 to less than 40 |
2 |
1 |
|
40 to 65 |
3 |
2 |
1One 20-B hand-portable fire extinguisher may be substituted for two 5-B hand-portable fire extinguishers.
2. Fire
extinguishers are required if any one or more of the following conditions
exist:
a. Closed compartment under thwarts and
seats wherein portable fuel tanks may be stored.
b. Double bottoms not sealed to the hull or
that are not completely filled with flotation material.
c. Closed living spaces.
d. Closed stowage compartments in which
combustible or flammable materials are stowed.
e. Permanently installed fuel
tanks.
3. The following
conditions do not, in themselves, require that fire extinguishers be carried:
a. Bait wells.
b. Glove compartments.
c. Buoyant flotation material.
d. Open slatted flooring.
e. Ice chests.
B. Motorboats greater than 65 feet in length.
1. All motorboats greater than 65
feet in length shall carry at least the minimum number of hand-portable fire
extinguishers set forth in the following table:
|
Gross tonnage |
Minimum number of 20-B hand-portable fire extinguishers |
|
|
Over |
Not over |
|
|
50 |
2 |
|
|
50 |
100 |
2 |
|
100 |
500 |
3 |
|
500 |
1000 |
6 |
|
1000 |
8 |
|
2.
In addition to the hand-portable fire extinguishers required by subdivision 1
of this subsection, the following fire-extinguishing equipment shall be fitted
in the machinery space:
a. One Type 20-B
hand-portable fire extinguisher shall be carried for each 1,000 B.H.P. of the
main engines or fraction thereof. However, not more than six such extinguishers
need be carried.
b. On motorboats
of over 300 gross tons, either one 160-B semiportable fire-extinguishing system
shall be fitted, or alternatively, a fixed fire extinguishing system shall be
fitted in the machinery space.
3. The frame or support of each Type 160-B
fire extinguisher required by subdivision 2 b of this subsection must be welded
or otherwise permanently attached to a bulkhead or deck.
4. If an approved semiportable fire
extinguisher has wheels and is not required by this section, it must be
securely stowed when not in use to prevent it from rolling out of control under
heavy sea conditions.
C. Barges carrying passengers.
1. Every barge of
65 feet in length or less while carrying passengers when towed or pushed by a
motorboat shall be fitted with hand-portable fire extinguishers as required by
the table in subsection B of this section, depending upon the length of the
barge.
2. Every barge of over 65
feet in length while carrying passengers when towed or pushed by a motorboat
shall be fitted with hand-portable fire extinguishers as required by the table
in subsection B of this section, depending upon the gross tonnage of the
barge.
Statutory Authority: §§ 29.1-701 and 29.1-735 of the Code of Virginia.
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