Hawaii Administrative Rules › Title 3 - DEPARTMENT OF ACCOUNTING AND GENERAL SERVICES › Building Code Council › State Fire Code › 75 - Other fire protection systems inspection, testing, and maintenance label

Current through June, 2024
Section 138 is amended to add as follows: Section 1381
				  Inspection, Testing, and Maintenance Label Other fire protection systems
				  satisfactorily passing an inspection, testing, and maintenance test shall have
				  an approved label affixed to the manual activation device or, if not present,
				  actuator valve to the extinguishing agent The label shall, as a minimum, entail
				  the following:
(1) Removal of the
				previous label;
(2) Indicate the
				type of system, month and year the system was tested;
(3) Certificate of fitness holder's name and
				number;
(4) Certificate of fitness
				holder's company name, address and contact information;
(5) Be yellow, at least two and one-fourth of
				an inch in width, and three and one-fourth of an inch in length;
(6) Be constructed of a durable material
				approved by the AHJ;
(7) Be clearly
				visible without obstructing the visibility or operation of the system;
				and
(8) Be punched with no more
				than one year and one month
13.8.2 Hydrostatic Testing
Every twelve years from the date of manufacture, stored
				  pressure extinguishing agent cylinders shall be hydrostatically tested.
13.8.3 Hydrostatic Testing Label.
Stored pressure extinguishing agent cylinders satisfactorily passing a
				  twelve-year hydrostatic test shall, as a minimum, have a label attached to the
				  cylinder as follows:
(1) Removal of
				the previous label.
(2) Indicate
				the type of system, and month and year the system was tested.
(3) Certificate of fitness holder's name and
				number.
(4) Certificate of fitness
				holder's company name, address, and contact information.
(5) Be yellow, at least two and one-fourth of
				an inch in width, and three and one-fourth of an inch in length.
(6) Be constructed of a durable material
				approved by the AHJ.
(7) Be clearly
				visible without obstructing the visibility or operation of the
				system.
(8) Be punched with no more
				than one year and one month.
13.8.4 The fire department shall be verbally notified
				  immediately of any systems determined to be out of service. Systems that cannot
				  be utilized for firefighting operations shall have an inoperable system sign
				  affixed to the manual activation device. The sign shall remain in place until
				  all repairs have been made and a satisfactory system test is completed.
13.8.5 Inspection, testing, and maintenance report. An
				  inspection, testing, and maintenance report entitled "Foam Water Sprinkler
				  System", "Other Fire Protection Systems" available on the State Fire Council's
				  website and at each county fire department's fire prevention bureau, or a
				  similar report approved by the AHJ shall be provided to the property owner or
				  agent within fourteen days after the test.
13.8.6 Inspection Report. An electronic copy of the
				  unsatisfactory test report shall be submitted to the AHJ within five working
				  days. The AHJ shall determine if the submittal of a satisfactory test report
				  will be required.
13.8.7 Table 13.2.3.4.3A entitled "Fire Protection Systems
				  Reference Dates" may be used as a reference for applicable codes and standards
				  in effect when the building was permitted.