46 CFR § 181.610 - Fire bucket.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t46/s181.610"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "46 CFR § 181.610 - Fire bucket."
title_number: 46
title_name: "Shipping"
section_number: "181.610"
section_name: "Fire bucket."
chapter_name: "COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY"
subchapter_number: "T"
subchapter_name: "SMALL PASSENGER VESSELS (UNDER 100 GROSS TONS)"
part_number: "181"
part_name: "FIRE PROTECTION EQUIPMENT"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "46 U.S.C. 2103, 3306; E.O. 12234, 45 FR 58801, 3 CFR, 1980 Comp., p. 277; DHS Delegation 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4."
regulatory_source: "CGD 85-080, 61 FR 982, Jan. 10, 1996, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "181"
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# 181.610 Fire bucket.

A vessel not required to have a power driven fire pump by § 181.300 must have at least three 9.5 liter (2
1/2 gallon) buckets, with an attached lanyard satisfactory to the cognizant OCMI, placed so as to be easily available during an emergency. The words “FIRE BUCKET” must be stenciled in a contrasting color on each bucket.

[CGD 85-080, 61 FR 982, Jan. 10, 1996, as amended at 62 FR 51358, Sept. 30, 1997]