Florida Administrative Code › 61 - DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL REGULATION › 61G15 - Board of Professional Engineers › Chapter 61G15-32 - RESPONSIBILITY RULES OF PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS CONCERNING THE DESIGN OF FIRE PROTECTION SYSTEMS › Section 61G15-32.002 - Definitions

Current through Reg. 50, No. 138; July 16, 2024
(1) Engineer of Record for the Fire
				Protection System(s): The Florida licensed Professional Engineer who develops
				the Fire Protection System(s) design criteria; performs analysis as required:
				and is responsible for the preparation of the Fire Protection System
				Engineering Documents. Except to the limited extent provided in subsection
				61G15-32.002(10),
				F.A.C., the Engineer of Record for the Fire Protection system(s) is responsible
				for providing sealed, signed and dated Fire Protection System Engineering
				Documents that are in full conformity with the applicable design standards set
				forth in rule Chapter 61G15-32, F.A.C.
(2) Fire Protection Component: Any individual
				part, subsystem or device to be incorporated in a Fire Protection
				System.
(3) Fire Protection System:
				Any assembly of Fire Protection components, materials, equipment, which require
				design to form a fully functional fire protection system.
(4) Listed: A fire protection component
				tested by a nationally recognized fire protection equipment testing
				organization. Recognized organizations include Underwriters Laboratories, Inc.
				and Factory Mutual Research Corporation.
(5) Fire Protection System Engineering
				Documents: The fire protection system engineering drawings, specifications,
				prescriptive and performance criteria, water supply analysis and other
				materials or representations, which are submitted with the general construction
				documents pursuant to Section
				553.79(6),
				F.S., that set forth the overall design requirements and provide sufficient
				direction for the contractor to layout the construction, alteration,
				demolition, renovation, repair, modification, permitting and such, for any
				public or private fire protection system(s), which are prepared, signed, dated
				and sealed by the Engineer of Record for the Fire Protection
				System(s).
(6) Fire Protection
				System Layout Documents: Layout drawings, supporting calculations, catalog
				information on standard products, and other construction data prepared by
				either a licensed contractor or a licensed Engineer that provides detail on the
				location of risers, service mains, distribution lines, devices, equipment,
				sizing of pipe and/or circuits, hanger locations, and supporting calculations
				and also serves as a guide for fabrication and installation of a fire
				protection system. Fire Protection System Layout Documents are based upon
				engineering direction provided in the Fire Protection System Engineering
				Documents and require no additional engineering input.
(a) If prepared by a licensed contractor,
				these documents do not require the seal of a Florida licensed
				engineer.
(b) If prepared by a
				licensed engineer, these documents are Engineering Documents and therefore meet
				the definition of Engineering Documents in subsection
				61G15-30.002(4),
				F.A.C., and accordingly, require sealing by a Florida licensed engineer in
				accordance with Rule 61G15-23.001, F.A.C., Signature,
				Date and Seal Shall Be Affixed.
(c)
				If prepared by a licensed engineer other than the engineer who prepared,
				signed, dated, and sealed the Fire Protection System Engineering documents,
				that engineer shall additionally meet the requirements of Rule
				61G15-27.001, F.A.C., Procedures
				for a Successor Professional Engineer Adopting as His Own the Work of Another
				Engineer.