[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: 46CFR122.612]



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                            TITLE 46_SHIPPING



                  (This book contains parts 90 to 139)

 

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

 

PART 122_OPERATIONS--Table of Contents

 

                       Subpart F_Markings Required

 

Sec.  122.612  Fire protection equipment.



    (a) Complete but simple instructions for the operation of a fixed 

gas fire extinguishing system must be located in a conspicuous place at 

or near each pull box and stop valve control and in the space where the 

extinguishing agent cylinders are stored. If the storage cylinders are 

separate from the protected space, the instructions must also include a 

schematic diagram of the system and instructions detailing alternate 

methods of releasing the extinguishing agent should the local manual 

release or stop valve controls fail to operate. Each control valve to a 

distribution line must be marked to indicate the space served.

    (b) An alarm for a fixed gas fire extinguishing system must be 

clearly and conspicuously marked ``WHEN ALARM SOUNDS--VACATE AT ONCE. 

CARBON DIOXIDE BEING RELEASED.'' Where a different extinguishing agent 

is installed, that agent shall be marked in place of ``carbon dioxide.''

    (c) Each distribution line valve of a fixed gas fire extinguishing 

system and the fire main, must be plainly, conspicuously, and 

permanently marked indicating the space served.

    (d) A manual fire alarm box must be conspicuously marked in clearly 

legible letters ``IN CASE OF FIRE BREAK GLASS''.

    (e) An alarm for an automatic fire detecting system or a manual 

alarm system must be conspicuously marked in clearly legible letters 

``FIRE ALARM''.

    (f) An alarm for an automatic sprinkler system must be conspicously 

marked in clearly legible letters ``SPRINKLER ALARM''.

    (g) An alarm bell for a smoke detecting system must be conspicuously 

marked in clearly legible letters ``SMOKE DETECTION ALARM''.

    (h) A control cabinet or space containing valves, manifolds, or 

controls for any fixed gas fire extinguishing system must be 

conspicuously marked in clearly legible letters ``CARBON DIOXIDE FIRE 

EXTINGUISHING APPARATUS'', or as otherwise required by the cognizant 

OCMI. Where a different extinguishing agent is installed, that agent 

shall be marked in place of ``carbon dioxide.''



[CGD 85-080, 61 FR 935, Jan. 10, 1996, as amended at 62 FR 51353, Sept. 

30, 1997]