Alabama Administrative Code › Title 482 - ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE › Chapter 482-2-103 - FIRE PROTECTION SPRINKLER REQUIREMENTS › Section 482-2-103-.02 - Skilled Employee Exemption

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
(1)
			 Skilled employees of a fire protection sprinkler system owner are not required
			 to hold a fire protection sprinkler system contractor permit in order to
			 perform and certify to the weekly fire pump testing on the owner's systems
			 required by National Fire Protection Association Standard for Water Based Fire
			 Protection Systems (NFPA Standard 25). The State Fire Marshal will issue a
			 certificate of exemption to an employer for each such employee who meets the
			 requirements of this rule.
(2) An
			 employer seeking an exemption for an employee must apply to the State Fire
			 Marshal for a certificate of exemption on forms prescribed by the State Fire
			 Marshal for that purpose. The skilled worker exemption certificate fee
			 indicated in Rule
			 482-2-103-.01 must be paid with
			 each application. With the application the employer must submit documentation
			 (i) that the employee has satisfactorily completed a course of training in pump
			 maintenance and testing specific to the pump equipment the employee is
			 responsible for, and (ii) that, based on observation of the employee's
			 performance of a pump test, the certified fire protection sprinkler system
			 contractor responsible for overall maintenance of the employer's system
			 certifies to the employee's ability to perform testing on the specific pump
			 equipment the employee is responsible for.
(3) A certificate of exemption authorizes the
			 named employee to perform and certify to weekly pump testing required by NFPA
			 Standard 25 without holding a fire protection sprinkler system contractor
			 permit. A certificate is limited to (i) the employee named and (ii) the
			 specific pump equipment identified in the certificate (which must be located on
			 or within the employer's premises). The certificate is not transferable. If the
			 employee leaves employment, the certificate is void as of the date employment
			 terminates. Within seven (7) business days after the employee's termination
			 date, the owner/employer shall notify the State Fire Marshal in writing of the
			 employee's name, certificate number, and the employment termination
			 date.
(4) A certificate does not
			 authorize an employee to perform pump testing on equipment not specified in the
			 certificate or as to any system that is not located on the employer's premises
			 or owned by the employer or to engage in any activity for which a fire
			 protection sprinkler contractor permit is otherwise required.
(5) A certificate is valid until the earlier
			 to occur of one year after its issue date or the date the employee separates
			 from employment. A certificate may be renewed on an annual basis by payment of
			 the skilled worker exemption certificate annual renewal fee indicated in Rule
			 482-1-103-.01.
Author:
State Fire Marshal
Statutory Authority:
Code of Ala.
				  1975
, §§
										27-2-17,
				  34-33-2,
				  34-33-3,
				  36-19-2,
				  36-19-9.