46 CFR § 76.60-10 - Location.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t46/s76.60-10"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "46 CFR § 76.60-10 - Location."
title_number: 46
title_name: "Shipping"
section_number: "76.60-10"
section_name: "Location."
chapter_name: "COAST GUARD, DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY"
subchapter_number: "H"
subchapter_name: "PASSENGER VESSELS"
part_number: "76"
part_name: "FIRE PROTECTION EQUIPMENT"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "46 U.S.C. 3306; E.O. 12234, 45 FR 58801, 3 CFR, 1980 Comp., p. 277; DHS Delegation No. 00170.1, Revision No. 01.4."
regulatory_source: "CGFR 65-50, 30 FR 16940, Dec. 30, 1965, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "76"
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# 76.60-10 Location.

(a) Fire axes shall be distributed throughout the spaces available to passengers and crew so as to be most readily available in the event of emergency.

(b) If fire axes are not located in the open or behind glass so that they may be readily seen, they may be placed in enclosures together with the fire hose, provided such enclosures are marked as required by § 78.47-20 of this subchapter.