33 CFR § 149.402 - What firefighting and fire protection equipment must be approved by the Coast Guard?
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t33/s149.402"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "33 CFR § 149.402 - What firefighting and fire protection equipment must be approved by the Coast Guard?"
title_number: 33
title_name: "Navigation and Navigable Waters"
section_number: "149.402"
section_name: "What firefighting and fire protection equipment must be approved by the Coast Guard?"
chapter_name: "COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY"
subchapter_number: "NN"
subchapter_name: "DEEPWATER PORTS"
part_number: "149"
part_name: "DEEPWATER PORTS: DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, AND EQUIPMENT"
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, 1509; DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4."
regulatory_source: "USCG-1998-3884, 71 FR 57651, Sept. 29, 2006, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "149"
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# 149.402 What firefighting and fire protection equipment must be approved by the Coast Guard?
Except as permitted under § 149.403, § 149.415(c) or (d), § 149.419(a)(1), or § 149.420 of this part, all required firefighting and fire protection equipment on a deepwater port must be approved by the Commandant (CG-ENG). Firefighting and fire protection equipment that supplements required equipment must also be approved by the Commandant (CG-ENG), unless approval by the Officer in Charge of Marine Inspection (OCMI) is requested and granted pursuant to § 149.403 of this subpart.
[USCG-1998-3884, 71 FR 57651, Sept. 29, 2006, as amended by USCG-2013-0397, 78 FR 39179, July 1, 2013]