All Class 1 powerboats (16 to less than 26 feet) are required to carry one (1) B-I type
hand portable fire extinguisher unless the boat is equipped with a fixed fire extin-
guishing system in the engine compartment.
Hand-held portable fire extinguishers should be mounted in readily accessible locations
away from the engine compartment. All persons aboard should know the location and
proper operation of the fire extinguisher(s).
: Don’t test fire extinguishers by squirting small amounts of the extinguishing
compound. The extinguisher might not work when you really need it!
Visual distress signal devices approved by the U.S. Coast Guard are required on all
recreational boats operating on coastal waters and on boats owned in the United
States when they are operating on the high seas. Coastal waters include territorial
seas and those waters directly connected to the Great Lakes and the territorial seas
up to a point where the waters are less than two miles (3.2 km) wide. Visual distress
signal equipment may be of the pyrotechnic or non-pyrotechnic type. Regulations
prohibit display of visual distress signals on the water under any circumstances
except when assistance is required to prevent immediate or potential danger to per-
sons on board a vessel.
The equipment must be approved by the U.S. Coast Guard, be in serviceable condi-
tion, and be stowed in a readily accessible location. Equipment having a date for
serviceable life must be within the specified usage date shown.
In case of fire, do not open engine compartment. Turn off engine. Using
portable CO2 fire extinguisher, continuously discharge entire contents at base of
fire.
Day Use Only
Three orange smoke sig-
nals (one hand held and
two floating) or one
orange flag with black
square and disk
Night Use Only
One S-O-S electric distress
light
Day and Night Use
Three flares of the hand
held, meteor or parachute
type
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