[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 46, Volume 4]

[Revised as of October 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 46CFR108.489]



[Page 140]

 

                            TITLE 46_SHIPPING



                  (This book contains parts 90 to 139)

 

   CHAPTER I--COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (CONTINUED)

 

PART 108_DESIGN AND EQUIPMENT--Table of Contents

 

                  Subpart D_Fire Extinguishing Systems

 

Sec.  108.489  Helicopter fueling facilities.



    (a) Each helicopter fueling facility must have a fire protection 

system that discharges one of the following agents in the amounts 

prescribed for the agents over the area of the fuel containment systems 

around marine portable tanks, fuel transfer pumps and fuel hose reels:

    (1) Protein foam at the rate of 6.52 liters per minute for each 

square meter (.16 gallons per minute for each square foot) of area 

covered for five minutes.

    (2) Aqueous film forming foam at the rate of 4.07 liters per minute 

for each square meter (.1 gallon per minute for each square foot) of 

area covered for five minutes.

    (3) 22.5 kilograms (50 pounds) of dry chemical (B-V semi-portable) 

for each fueling facility of up to 27.87 square meters (300 square 

feet).

    (b) If the fire protection system required by Sec.  108.487 of this 

subpart is arranged so that it covers both a helicopter fueling facility 

and a landing deck, the system must have the quantity of agents required 

by this section in addition to the quantity required by Sec.  108.487.



        Hand Portable and Semiportable Fire Extinguishing Systems