[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: 46CFR111.99-3]



[Page 243]

 

                            TITLE 46_SHIPPING



                  (This book contains parts 90 to 139)

 

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

 

PART 111_ELECTRIC SYSTEMS_GENERAL REQUIREMENTS--Table of Contents

 

          Subpart 111.99_Fire Door Holding and Release Systems

 

Sec.  111.99-3  Definitions.



    As used in this subpart--

    Central control panel means a manually-operated device on the 

navigating bridge or in the fire control room for releasing one or more 

fire doors.

    Fire door means a door that is in a fire boundary, such as a 

stairway enclosure or main vertical zone bulkhead, that is not usually 

kept closed.

    Fire door holding magnet means an electromagnet for holding a fire 

door open.

    Local control panel means a manually-operated device next to a fire 

door for releasing the door so that the fire door self-closing mechanism 

may close the door.



[CGD 94-108, 61 FR 28284, June 4, 1996; 61 FR 33045, June 26, 1996; as 

amended by USCG-2004-18884, 69 FR 58348, Sept. 30, 2004]