Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 55 - PUBLIC SAFETY › Part V - Fire Protection › Chapter 30 - Portable Fire Extinguishers, Fire Hoses, Hydrostatic Testing, Fixed Fire Suppression Equipment and/or Systems and Fire Detection and Alarm Equipment and/or Systems Rules › Section V-3039 - Service Tags, Yellow Tags, Red Tags, and Stenciling

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. All portable fire extinguishers, fire
				hoses, fixed fire suppression equipment and/or systems, and fire detection and
				alarm equipment and/or systems shall be tagged or stenciled in the following
				manner.
B. Service Tags
1. A service tag shall be completed and
				attached to a portable fire extinguisher, fire hoses, a fixed fire suppression
				system, and a fire detection and alarm system, after it has been certified,
				hydrostatically tested, inspected, installed, maintained or serviced indicating
				all work that has been done. Fire hoses shall be stenciled in ink after being
				hydrostatically tested.
2. Service
				tags shall be green in color for fixed fire suppression systems, and fire
				detection and alarm systems. Service tags may be of any color but yellow or red
				for portable fire extinguishers and fire hoses. Fire hoses shall be stenciled
				in a contrasting color to that of the hose.
3. The service tag shall be attached at the
				following locations.
a. For portable fire
				extinguishers, the tag shall be attached at the valve/neck assembly or gauge.
				It shall not be attached on the hose.
b. For fixed fire suppression systems, the
				tag shall be attached at each cylinder and each control panel.
c. For kitchen fixed fire suppression
				systems, the tag shall be attached at each cylinder and each manual pull
				station.
d. For fire detection and
				alarm systems, the tag shall be attached at each control panel, (Booster panels
				that are part of a fire detection and alarm system need not be
				tagged.).
e. For fire hoses, the
				tag shall be located at the female coupling.
f. For fire hoses, the stencil shall be
				located at both couplings.
4. The service tag shall be attached in such
				a way as to not hamper the actuation and operation of the equipment or
				system.
5. A service tag shall be
				attached on all systems or equipment found to be in proper working condition
				and which are found to be in an operational condition per the inspection,
				testing and maintenance chapters of the applicable NFPA codes and standards.
				This tag shall be used for new installations and shall be in addition to the
				installation tag provided for in these rules. This tag shall also be used for
				all service and maintenance where the system is found to meet the above
				conditions.
6. Service tags must
				contain all of the information listed below:
a. "
DO NOT REMOVE BY ORDER OF THE STATE
				FIRE MARSHAL
" (all capital letters in bold face type);
b. servicing firm's name, address and
				telephone number;
c. servicing
				firm's State Fire Marshal certificate number;
d. servicing technician's name and State Fire
				Marshal license number to be printed on tag either at the time of service or
				preprinted;
e. servicing
				technician's signature to be signed at time of service (no preprinted
				signatures nor initials are permitted, except that tags attached to portable
				fire extinguishers may use preprinted signatures; apprentices are not permitted
				to sign tags);
f. day, month and
				year in which service was performed (must be punched through service tag at
				designated marks for day, month and year; designated marks for day, month and
				year shall only be punched once per tag);
g. type of work performed, only installation,
				certification, and service shall be noted on tag for type of work performed
				(must be punched through the service tag):
i.
				"Installation" shall be punched on the tag when the fire protection system or
				equipment is initially placed into service or after an addition or extension to
				the system has been made. Punching "Installation" indicates the initial
				certification of the system or equipment has been completed;
ii. "Certification" shall be punched on the
				tag when the fire protection system or equipment has its six month or annual
				inspection or maintenance. Punching "Certification" indicates that any required
				service performed to the system or equipment at the time has been
				completed;
iii. "Service" shall be
				punched on the tag when the fire protection system or equipment is repaired or
				replaced to ensure proper operation in between required certification
				periods;
iv. specifics as to the
				type of work performed shall be noted on rear of tag, (i.e., new installation,
				annual certification, annual maintenance, recharged cylinder, changed smoke
				detector, repaired pull station, etc);
h. serial number of portable fire
				extinguisher, fixed fire suppression system cylinder and/or panel and fire
				detection and alarm system control panel;
i. owner of system and address of owner (to
				be noted on rear of tag).
7. Other information may be permitted on the
				tag after a review and approval by the fire marshal. A request for additional
				information shall be made to the fire marshal in writing with a sample tag
				indicating the requested additions.
8. Stenciled information on fire hoses shall
				include the test pressure, date of test and firm license number.