Louisiana Administrative Code › Title 55 - PUBLIC SAFETY › Part V - Fire Protection › Chapter 31 - Fire Sprinkler Systems and/or Equipment and Fire Hose Rules › Section V-3111 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 6, June 20, 2024
A. The following
				words and terms, when used in these rules, shall have the following meanings,
				unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
Activity
-the act of certifying, hydrostatic
				  testing, inspecting, installing, maintaining, planning or servicing of
				  commercial fire sprinkler equipment and/or systems and/or fire hoses pursuant
				  to
				  R.S.40:1664.1 et
				  seq.
Certificate
of
				  Registration
-that document issued by the State Fire Marshal to a firm
				  authorizing it to engage in such activities as defined in these rules.
Certify
-to attest to the proper
				  functionality, or hydrostatic testing, or inspection, or installation, or
				  maintenance, or service, or testing of fire sprinkler systems/equipment in
				  accordance with manufacturer's specifications and per the inspection, testing
				  and maintenance chapters as set forth in the applicable NFPA codes and
				  standards.
Contact Person
-that individual designated by
				  a firm to act as liaison with the Office of the State Fire Marshal.
Fire Hose
-a flexible conduit used to convey
				  water.
Fire Sprinkler Systems/Equipment
-a
				  commercial fire sprinkler system consisting of underground and above ground
				  piping and valves designed to suppress fire by means of water discharge through
				  system piping and sprinkler heads. Fire sprinkler equipment includes but is not
				  limited to standpipes, fire pumps, and hose stations in commercial occupancies.
				  Fire sprinkler systems/equipment is governed by the provisions of NFPA 11, 11A,
				  13, 13D, 13R, 14, 15, 16, 20, 22, 24, 25, 1961 and 1962.
Firm
-a sole proprietorship, partnership,
				  corporation, limited liability company or any other entity. For the purpose of
				  these rules the term
firm
shall also mean
fire
				  sprinkler contractor
as used in
				  R.S.40:1664.1 et
				  seq.
Foreman
-an employee designated by a
				  sprinkler firm, who certifies an installation, or service work, or completes
				  the acceptance test, or identifies impairments of fire sprinkler equipment
				  and/or system.
Hydrostatic Testing
-pressure testing fire
				  sprinkler equipment and/or systems or fire hoses by approved hydrostatic
				  methods and in accordance with NFPA codes.
Inspection
-the act of visually checking the
				  physical condition and placement of fire sprinkler equipment and/or systems or
				  fire hoses and/or certifying the same for functional performance in accordance
				  with all applicable engineered specifications, manufacturer's specifications
				  and per the inspection, testing and maintenance chapters as set forth in the
				  applicable NFPA codes and standards.
Inspector
-an individual licensed pursuant to
				  R.S.
				  40:1664.1 et seq., and these rules that
				  certifies, inspects or performs hydrostatically testing of fire sprinkler
				  equipment and/or systems or fire hoses.
Installation
-the initial placement of a fire
				  sprinkler system or an extension, or alteration after initial placement.
License
-that document issued by the State
				  Fire Marshal to an employee of a certified firm authorizing the employee to be
				  a qualifier or inspector as defined by these rules.
Maintenance
-repair service, including
				  periodically recurrent inspections and tests, required to keep fire protection
				  equipment/systems and fire sprinkler systems and their components in an
				  operable condition at all times, together with replacement of the
				  equipment/system or of its components, when for any reason they become
				  undependable or inoperable.
Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory
-a
				  nationally recognized testing company concerned with product and service
				  evaluation, which, after conducting successful examinations, inspections, tests
				  and reexaminations, reflects approval by various labeling, listing and
				  classification actions.
NFPA
-the National Fire Protection
				  Association, Inc., a nationally recognized standards-making
				  organization.
Non-Conforming
-a system or component of a
				  system which does not comply with applicable NFPA codes or standards.
Non-Required
-a system or component of a
				  system which is not required by the applicable occupancy chapter of NFPA 101
				  (Life Safety Code).
Office
-Office of State Fire Marshal.
Operating Location
-a physical office from
				  which the acts authorized by the certificate of registration are
				  performed.
Person
-a natural individual, including any
				  owner, manager, officer, or employee of any firm.
Planning
-the laying out a fire sprinkler
				  system by a qualifier for installation in a commercial occupancy for protecting
				  the occupants and structure from fire.
Pocket License
-that document issued by the
				  State Fire Marshal to an employee of a certified firm, in pocket size and
				  bearing a photographic image of the licensee, authorizing the employee to
				  engage in the activities as defined by these rules.
Principal
-
Principal
means a
				  person or entity that owns at least five percent of a life safety and property
				  protection contracting firm regardless of the form of organization.
Principal
includes a person or entity entitled to exercise the
				  prerogatives or indicia of ownership or control of a life safety and property
				  protection contracting firm whether by direct action, assignment, or any other
				  kind of substitution or subrogation, to the extent that such person or entity
				  would be entitled to receive at least 5 percent of the remaining assets of the
				  life safety and property protection contracting firm upon dissolution.
Principal
includes, if the entity is a partnership, each
				  partner, including any general or limited partner.
Principal
includes, if the entity is organized as a corporation, any person or entity who
				  owns or controls five percent or more of the total aggregate number of shares
				  of all types of stock issued by a life safety and property protection
				  contracting firm organized as a corporation or shares of a corporation that
				  owns or controls a life safety and property protection contracting firm.
Principal
includes any member if the entity is organized as a
				  limited liability company.
Qualifying Person
-the employee of a firm who
				  plans fire sprinkler systems.
Required
-a system or component of a system
				  which is required by the applicable occupancy chapter of NFPA 101 (Life Safety
				  Code).
Residential Fire Sprinkler System
-a fire
				  sprinkler system consisting of underground and above ground piping and valves
				  designed to suppress fire by means of water discharge through system piping and
				  sprinkler heads within a one or two family dwelling.
Service
-the act of repair or replacement of
				  fire sprinkler systems or their components to ensure the proper functioning of
				  the equipment/system.
Sprinkler Firm
Employee
-one
				  who works for a firm for which a certificate is issued as required by
				  R.S.40:1664.1 et
				  seq., in return for financial or other compensation. For the purposes of these
				  rules, only qualifiers, inspectors and foremen are considered employees. Also
				  where the term
employee
is used in the body of these rules, it
				  refers to
sprinkler firm employee
.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
				  Promulgated in accordance with
				  R.S.
				  40:1664.1 et
				  seq.