Nebraska Administrative Code › Topic - FIRE MARSHAL, STATE › Title 153 - STATE FIRE MARSHAL › Chapter 19 - WATER-BASED FIRE PROTECTION SYSTEMS › Section 153-19-003 - Systems Acceptance Testing and Inspections

Current through June 17, 2024
003.01 All water-based fire protection
  systems shall be hydrostatically tested, in accordance with the currently
  adopted NFPA standards upon completion of the system or whenever more than ten
  (10) sprinkler heads are added or modified.
003.02 All other initial system testing
  required by currently adopted NFPA standards (dry valve trip tests, etc.) shall
  be performed upon completion of the system.
003.03 A Deputy State Fire Marshal or the
  delegated authority shall be notified within 48 hours in advance of a system
  acceptance testing.
003.04 Final
  system acceptance testing and inspection of any water-based fire protection
  system installed in a hospital, nursing home, or a residential care facility
  shall be witnessed by a Deputy State Fire Marshal or the delegated
  authority.
003.05 Upon completion
  of all required acceptance testing for new and altered systems, the Water-Based
  Fire Protection Contractor shall complete a Contractors Material and Test
  Certificate Form covering the work performed. Depending on whether the fire
  protection system utilizes aboveground or underground piping, the Contractors
  Material and Test Certificate Form is attached hereto as
ATTACHMENT
  B-1"
for aboveground piping and
ATTACHMENT B-2"
for
  an underground piping system and is incorporated by this reference. The
  certificate shall be signed by the Water-Based Fire Protection System
  Contractors Representative and the building owner or a representative of the
  building owner. A copy of the Nebraska State Fire Marshal
Fire Sprinkler Inspection Form, which is attached hereto as
ATTACHMENT C
and is incorporated be this reference and shall
	 also be completed and signed by the Water-Based Fire Protection System
	 Contractors Representative, the building owner or his or her representative and
	 the witnessing authority. A copy of the Contractors Material and Test
	 Certificate and the Nebraska State Fire Marshal Fire Sprinkler Inspection Form
	 shall be maintained at the system riser with a duplicate forwarded to the State
	 Fire Marshals Office.
003.06
  Whenever any repairs, modifications or additions are made to a water-based fire
  protection system, the Water-Based Fire Protection System Contractors
  Representative shall complete a Nebraska State Fire Marshal Fire Sprinkler
  Inspection Form. A copy of the form is to be maintained at the system riser
  with a duplicate forwarded to the State Fire Marshals Office.
003.07 In order for the State Fire Marshals
  Office to create a record of each system for tracking purposes, every
  water-based fire protection system shall have a separate and distinct serial
  identification number. Each system shall be tagged with a seal issued by the
  State Fire Marshal's Office. The seal shall be placed in a highly visible
  location. Each of the following devices must bear a separate identification tag
  and corresponding serial number.
(1) Each
  main control valve from each sprinkler riser. The identification tag shall be
  placed either on or around the main control valve or on or around the main
  drain.
(2) Each fire pump or
  booster pump, excluding jockey pumps, shall have a separate tag and serial
  number.
(3) Each main system
  double-check backflow preventer assembly. The tag should be placed on or around
  one of the control valves for the device.
(4) Auxiliary systems, such as pre-action
  systems, dry-systems, anti-freeze loops, etc.
do not
require a separate tag and serial number. However, in each annual inspection
  report, the condition of these auxiliary systems must be reported and noted on
  the corresponding main control valve inspection report.