California Code of Regulations › Title 25 - Housing and Community Development › Division 1 - Housing and Community Development › Chapter 2.2 - Special Occupancy Parks › Article 6 - Fire Protection Standards for Parks › Section 2317 - Private Fire Hydrant Test and Certification

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) Verification of Private Fire Hydrant Test
				  and Certification. The Private Fire Hydrant Test and Certification Report, a
				  form defined in section 2002 of this chapter, shall be used to verify that
				  private fire hydrants have been tested and certified for operation and water
				  flow. All park operators shall submit the form, including parks that qualify
				  for testing exceptions, to the enforcement agency for the park.
(b) Annual Test and Certification of
				  Operation. Private fire hydrants shall be tested annually in order to determine
				  that they are operational as specified in subsection 2316(b) of this article.
				  Verification shall be submitted to the enforcement agency and to the fire
				  agency responsible for fire suppression in the park, as required in section
				  2319 of this article. The annual hydrant operational test may be performed and
				  verified by a park operator for the years between the five-year water flow
				  tests. However, the five-year test and certification of water flow and the
				  operational test performed at that time shall not be certified by the park
				  operator. The five-year test and certification of water flow and the
				  operational test shall only be certified by one of the entities listed in
				  subsection (c) of this section.
(c)
				  Five-Year Test and Certification of Water Flow and Operational Test.
(1) Private fire hydrants shall be tested and
				  certified at least once every five (5) years for minimum water flow as
				  prescribed in section 2316 of this article, as well as for operation as
				  specified in subsection 1316(b) of this article. Certification shall be
				  submitted to the enforcement agency and to the fire agency responsible for fire
				  suppression in the park as required in section 2319 of this article.
(2) Parks existing prior to December 31,
				  2002, shall submit verification of their five-year test and certification for
				  minimum water flow, beginning with the permit to operate renewal year 2008,
				  after the initial water flow test has been completed.
(3) The five-year test and certification of
				  the required water flow and the operational test shall be conducted during the
				  12 months prior to the renewal of each fifth year park permit to operate. The
				  previous five-year renewal for the prior permit to operate must have complied
				  with the required water flow standards set forth in section 2316 of this
				  article.
(4) Testing for the
				  required water flow shall be conducted in such a manner as to ensure there is
				  no pollution of the storm drain system or any other water or drainage systems
				  within, or serving, the park, and no damage to structures or improvements
				  within or outside of the park.
(5)
				  The test results reported on the designated form shall only be certified by one
				  of the following:
(A) the fire agency
				  responsible for fire suppression in the park,
(B) a local water district,
(C) a licensed C-16 Fire Protection
				  Contractor, or
(D) a licensed Fire
				  Protection Engineer.
(6)
				  In order to certify the test results reported on the form, the fire agency
				  responsible for fire suppression in the park, local water district, licensed
				  C-16 fire protection contractor, or licensed Fire Protection Engineer shall
				  witness the test. The fire agency responsible for fire suppression in the park,
				  local water district, licensed C-16 fire protection contractor, or licensed
				  Fire Protection Engineer, may also perform the test.