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A. Motorboats shall carry, in a readily accessible place, a hand-portable fire extinguisher or extinguishers as follows:

1. Motorboats of 26 feet in length or less shall carry one Class B-I extinguisher.

2. Motorboats over 26 feet in length but not over 40 feet in length shall carry two Class B-I fire extinguishers or one Class B-II extinguisher.

3. Motorboats over 40 feet in length but not over 65 feet in length shall carry three Class B-I fire extinguishers or one Class B-I and one Class B-II extinguisher.

B. A fixed fire-extinguisher system of a type approved by the Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard, installed in the machinery space of any motorboat, may be substituted for one of the Class B-I hand-portable fire extinguishers required in subsection (A) of this section.

C. A fire extinguisher of the B-I classification shall be of a type approved by the U.S. Coast Guard and shall be of the following types and minimum sizes:

1. Foams type, one and three-fourths gallons;

2. Carbon dioxide, four pounds; and

3. Dry chemical, two pounds.

D. A fire extinguisher of the B-II classification shall be of a type approved by the U.S. Coast Guard and shall be of the following types and minimum sizes:

1. Foam, two and one-half gallons;

2. Carbon dioxide, 15 pounds; and

3. Dry chemical, 10 pounds.

E. Such fire extinguishers shall be of a type as is appropriate for the extinguishing of gasoline, oil, and grease fires, and such extinguishers shall show by a tag or other device attached thereto that the extinguisher has been examined and found to be in proper working order within the last year by the Coast Guard, an official of a municipal fire department or fire district, the manufacturer, or the manufacturer’s representative. [Ord. 8655 § 3(G)(2), 1978].