Regulations last checked for updates: Feb 12, 2026

Title 33 - Navigation and Navigable Waters last revised: Feb 03, 2026
§ 146.110 - Emergency signals.

(a) The owner, the owner's agent, or the person in charge shall establish emergency signals to be used for calling the personnel to their emergency stations.

(b) The signal to man emergency stations shall be an intermittent signal on the general alarm system for not less than 10 seconds. The abandon facility signal shall be a continuous signal on the general alarm system.

authority: 43 U.S.C. 1333,1348,1350,1356; 46 U.S.C. 70001,70116; Sec. 109, Public Law No. 109-347, 120 Stat. 1884; Department of Homeland Security Delegation No. 0170.1
source: CGD 78-160, 47 FR 9383, Mar. 4, 1982, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 33 CFR 146.110