33 CFR § 127.1509 - Equipment for controlling and extinguishing fires.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t33/s127.1509"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "33 CFR § 127.1509 - Equipment for controlling and extinguishing fires."
title_number: 33
title_name: "Navigation and Navigable Waters"
section_number: "127.1509"
section_name: "Equipment for controlling and extinguishing fires."
chapter_name: "COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY"
subchapter_number: "L"
subchapter_name: "WATERFRONT FACILITIES"
part_number: "127"
part_name: "WATERFRONT FACILITIES HANDLING LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS AND LIQUEFIED HAZARDOUS GAS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "33 U.S.C. 1504(j)(2); 46 U.S.C. 70011 and 70034; 46 U.S.C. Chapter 701; DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.2, paragraph (II)(92)(a)."
regulatory_source: "CGD 78-038, 53 FR 3376, Feb. 7, 1988, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "127"
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# 127.1509 Equipment for controlling and extinguishing fires.
(a) Within each marine transfer area for LHG of each waterfront facility handling LHG that transfers a flammable LHG, portable or wheeled fire extinguishers suitable for gas fires, preferably dry chemical extinguishers, must be available at strategic sites, as determined by the evaluation required by § 127.1501(a).
(b) Fixed systems for extinguishing or controlling fires may be appropriate for protection against particular hazards. The evaluation required by § 127.1501(a) may specify the use of one or more of the following fixed systems:
(1) Low-, medium-, or high-expansion foam.
(2) Dry chemicals.
(3) Water applied as deluge, spray, or sprinkle.
(4) Carbon dioxide.
(5) Other NFPA approved fire extinguishing media.