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-3033 - Fixed Fire Suppression and Fire Detection and Alarm Systems and Equipment

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. All new
				(complete or renovated) required fixed fire suppression systems including
				kitchen, pre-engineered and engineered systems, and fire detection and alarm
				systems shall be certified, hydrostatically tested, inspected, installed,
				integrated, maintained and serviced in compliance with the manufacturer's
				installation manuals, specifications, reviewed plans and the applicable codes
				and standards adopted in LAC 55:V:103 or noted in these rules.
B. All existing required fixed fire
				suppression systems including kitchen, pre-engineered and engineered systems,
				and fire detection and alarm systems shall be certified, hydrostatically
				tested, inspected, integrated, maintained and serviced in an operational
				condition in accordance with the manufacturer's installation manuals,
				specifications, and per the inspection, testing and maintenance chapters of the
				applicable codes and standards adopted in L.A.C.55:V.103 or noted in these
				rules.
C. All non-required and
				non-conforming fixed fire suppression systems including kitchen, pre-engineered
				and engineered systems, and fire detection and alarm systems shall be
				certified, inspected, installed, integrated, maintained and serviced in
				compliance with the manufacturer's installation manuals, specifications, and
				deviations from the applicable codes and standards adopted in LAC 55:V.103 and
				these rules as authorized by the Office of the State Fire Marshal.
D. Non-required and/or non-conforming
				systems/ equipment which only comprise of smoke or heat detectors connected to
				a burglar alarm system need not be inspected and certified annually by a
				certified fire alarm system firm. The owner of these systems must ensure these
				systems are functional and maintained in compliance with the manufacturer's
				specifications and NFPA 101 as adopted in LAC 55:V:103 and these
				rules.
E. All systems, except as
				noted in Subsection D above, shall be certified, hydrostatically tested,
				inspected, installed, integrated, maintained and serviced by certified firms
				having licensed personnel working within their certification and licensing
				discipline. In cases where disciplines cross over, the following reasoning will
				prevail.
1. Automatic detection and control
				systems will be certified, inspected, installed, integrated, maintained and
				serviced by firms certified to install fire detection and alarm systems and/or
				equipment unless it is just the section device associated with the actuation of
				a kitchen, pre-engineered or engineered system, in which case the fire
				detection and alarm firm is not needed. However, any connection of that
				kitchen, pre-engineered or engineered system to any alarm initiated system, to
				include but not limited to annunciator panels, HVAC shutdown and any other
				auxiliary feature controlled by the fire alarm system, then a firm with a Fire
				Alarm endorsement must certify, inspect, install, integrate, maintain or
				service the device.
2. Water supply
				and distribution piping systems as provided for in NFPA 25, as adopted in
				LAC-55:V.103 and these rules will be certified, inspected, installed,
				integrated, maintained and serviced by a firm with a Fire Sprinkler endorsement
				as regulated by
				R.S.
				40:1664.1 et seq. Foam systems providing foam
				solution to fire monitors, portable nozzles, or fire trucks are excluded from
				this rule.
3. Alarm devices such as
				flow switches, pressure switches, low air pressure switches that are an
				integral part of a fire protection sprinkler piping system must be installed by
				a firm with a Fire Sprinkler endorsement as regulated by R.S. 40:16641 et seq.,
				and connected to the fire alarm system by a firm with a Fire Alarm
				endorsement.