§ 121.309 Emergency equipment.
(c)Hand fire extinguishers for crew, passenger, cargo, and galley
compartments. Hand fire extinguishers of an approved type must be
provided for use in crew, passenger, cargo, and galley compartments in
accordance with the following:
(1) The type and quantity of extinguishing agent must be suitable for
the kinds of fires likely to occur in the compartment where the
extinguisher is intended to be used and, for passenger compartments,
must be designed to minimize the hazard of toxic gas concentrations.
(2)Cargo compartments. At least one hand fire extinguisher must be
conveniently located for use in each class E cargo compartment that is
accessible to crewmembers during flight.
(3)Galley compartments. At least one hand fire extinguisher must be
conveniently located for use in each galley located in a compartment
other than a passenger, cargo, or crew compartment.
(4)Flightcrew compartment. At least one hand fire extinguisher must be
conveniently located on the flight deck for use by the flightcrew.
(5)Passenger compartments. Hand fire extinguishers for use in
passenger compartments must be conveniently located and, when two or
more are required, uniformly distributed throughout each compartment.
Hand fire extinguishers shall be provided in passenger compartments as
follows:
(i) For airplanes having passenger se ats accommodating more than 6
but fewer than 31 passengers, at least one.
(ii) For airplanes having passenger se ats accommodating more than 30
but fewer than 61 passengers, at least two.
(iii) For airplanes having passenger se ats accommodating more than 60
passengers, there must be at least the following number of hand fire
extinguishers:
Minimum Number of Hand Fire Extinguishers Passenger seating
accommodations:
61 through 200: 3
201 through 300: 4
301 through 400: 5
401 through 500: 6
501 through 600: 7
601 or more: 8
(6) Notwithstanding
the requirement for uniform distribution of hand fire extinguishers as
prescribed in paragraph (c)(5) of this section, for those cases where
a galley is located in a passenger compartment, at least one hand fire
extinguisher must be conveniently located and easily accessible for
use in the galley.
(7) At least two of the required hand fire extinguisher installed in
passenger-carrying airplanes must contain Halon 1211
(bromochlorofluoromethane) or equivalent as the extinguishing agent.
At least one hand fire extinguisher in the passenger compartment must
contain Halon 1211 or equivalent.