2006 New York Code - Public Vessel Equipment.

 
    § 67. Public  vessel  equipment.  1.  Buoyant  apparatus. Every public
  vessel of over fifty tons burden, navigating more  than  one  mile  from
  shore,  shall  carry  in  addition  to  other equipment required by this
  section, sufficient buoyant apparatus for not less than twenty per  cent
  of  all  persons on board. Buoyant apparatus shall mean and include life
  rafts, or life floats, of a type  approved  by  the  commissioner.  Such
  apparatus  shall be equipped with oars or paddles and other equipment as
  specified by the inspector. All buoyant apparatus  shall  be  stowed  in
  such a manner that it is easily accessible and capable of being launched
  into the waters in case of need.
    2.  Life preservers. Every public vessel engaged in the transportation
  of passengers shall have on board a life preserver  for  each  passenger
  the  veseel  is  allowed to carry, and one additional preserver for each
  member of the crew. The life preservers shall be of a type  approved  by
  the United States coast guard for use on vessels carrying passengers for
  hire.  The  life  preservers  shall  be  in  good  condition and kept in
  convenient, accessible places, having the approval of the inspector,  in
  readiness  for  immediate  use in case of emergency. The location of the
  life preservers shall be indicated by legible printed notices. It  shall
  be  the  duty of the inspector to ascertain that every life preserver is
  as herein required.
    3. Ventilation. The inspector shall require that machinery  and  other
  enclosed  spaces be adequately ventilated by means of free or forced air
  ventilation. The inspector shall require that all installed  fuel  tanks
  be properly vented.
    4.  Portable  fire  extinguishers.  The  inspector  shall require that
  public vessels carry  such  portable  fire  extinguishers  as  he  deems
  necessary  and  to  specify their type, size and location on the vessel,
  dependent upon the type of vessel, the  number  of  passengers  and  the
  amount and character of freight carried and other fire hazards.
    5. Fixed fire extinguishing systems. Fixed fire extinguishing systems,
  hereinafter  termed "fixed systems", are considered to be total flooding
  systems using carbon dioxide  as  the  extinguishing  agent  and  having
  components   fixed   in   position.  The  inspector  shall  require  the
  installation of a fixed system on every passenger carrying public vessel
  which has enclosed engine and fuel tank compartments.
    6. Marking of equipment. All equipment, unless otherwise  directed  by
  the  inspector,  shall  be  legibly marked with the name or registration
  number of the public vessel on which it is carried.
    7. The commissioner is hereby authorized to make rules and regulations
  pertaining to equipment on public vessels. In  framing  such  rules  and
  regulations  the  commissioner shall, as far as practicable, be governed
  by the rules and regulations of the United States coast guard prescribed
  for the regulation of commercial vessels.