Regulations last checked for updates: May 01, 2025

Title 46 - Shipping last revised: Mar 17, 2025
§ 118.520 - Installation and location.

Portable fire extinguishers must be located so that they are clearly visible and readily accessible from the space being protected. The installation and location must be to the satisfaction of the cognizant OCMI.

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
source: CGD 85-080, 61 FR 917, Jan. 10, 1996, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 46 CFR 118.520