HIGH WATER ALARMS
APPLIES TO:
ALL DOCUMENTED COMMERCIAL FISHING VESSELS OPERATING
BEYOND THE BOUNDARY LINE OR WITH MORE THAN 16 POB ANYWHERE
36 FEET OR MORE IN LENGTH
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REQUIREMENTS:
Visual and audible alarm at the operating station to indicate high
water levels in normally unmanned spaces.
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STANDARD:
The following spaces should be included as appropriate:
-A space with a thru-hull fitting below the deepest load
waterline (such as a lazarette).
-A machinery space bilge.
-A bilge well.
-A shaft alley bilge.
-A space subject to flooding from sea water piping (such
as a machinery space bilge, bilge well, shaft alley
bilge).
-A space with a non-watertight closure (such as a space
covered with non-watertight deck hatch).
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INSTRUCTORS NOTES:
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REFERENCES: 46 CFR 28.250
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