New Jersey Administrative Code › Title 5 - COMMUNITY AFFAIRS › Chapter 74 - STANDARD FOR THE CERTIFICATION OF FIRE PROTECTION EQUIPMENT CONTRACTORS › Subchapter 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 5:74-1.4 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 14, July 15, 2024
The following terms shall have the meanings indicated except
				  where the context clearly requires otherwise.
"Business entity" means a proprietor, corporation, partnership or
				  company operating as a fire protection contractor.
"Carbon dioxide fire protection system" means a special hazard
				  fire suppression system that uses carbon dioxide as its extinguishing agent.
"Certificate of certification" means a certificate issued by the
				  Commissioner that authorizes a person to engage in the fire protection equipment
				  business to the degree indicated on the certificate.
"Certificate holder" means a person who is certified to engage in
				  the fire protection equipment business.
"Clean agent fire suppression system" means a special hazard fire
				  suppression system that uses an extinguishing agent that will not damage the
				  contents of the hazard.
"Commissioner" means the Commissioner of Community
				  Affairs.
"Director" means the Director of the Division of Fire Safety in
				  the Department of Community Affairs.
"Division" means the Division of Fire Safety in the Department of
				  Community Affairs.
"Emergency work" means immediate, Uniform Construction
				  Code-compliant actions taken solely to stabilize an unexpected situation thereby
				  reducing property damage or protecting life safety including, but not limited to,
				  actions taken as a result of frozen sprinkler piping or interrupted water or power
				  supplies.
"Engineered fire suppression system" means a fire suppression
				  system which is designed individually to suit a particular purpose or hazard. Such a
				  system requires individual calculation and design to determine the flow rates,
				  nozzle pressures, pipe size, area or volume to be protected by each nozzle,
				  quantities of extinguishing agent and the number and types of nozzles and their
				  placement in a specific system.
"Fire alarm system" means a system which provides a warning alarm
				  signaling the presence of fire conditions and may be capable of initiating an action
				  to suppress a fire condition.
"Fire protection contractor" or "contractor" means a person,
				  including an in-house employee who performs other than routine maintenance,
				  inspection or testing, or business entity that offers to undertake or represents
				  itself as being able to undertake, or does undertake the installation, service,
				  sale, repair, inspection or maintenance of fire protection equipment.
"Fire protection contractor business permit" means a permit
				  issued by the Commissioner to a business entity to operate as a fire protection
				  contractor.
"Fire protection equipment" includes fire pumps, control valves,
				  water storage tanks, fire alarm systems, fire sprinkler systems, standpipe systems,
				  clean agent fire suppression systems, special hazard fire suppression systems,
				  carbon dioxide fire protection systems, foam fire protection systems, kitchen fire
				  protection systems, portable fire extinguishers, or any other equipment designed to
				  detect, suppress or extinguish a fire.
"Fire protection subcode official" means a qualified person
				  appointed by the appropriate appointing authority or the Commissioner pursuant to
				  the authority of the "State Uniform Construction Code Act," P.L. 1975, c.217
				  (52:27D-119 et seq.).
"Fire sprinkler system" means an automatic fire suppression
				  system that includes an automatic water sprinkler system or a standpipe system and
				  related system components, including detection.
"Fire suppression system" means an engineered or pre-engineered
				  system that suppresses a fire using an extinguishing agent distributed through fixed
				  piping and nozzles that are activated either manually or automatically. The system
				  may include containers, nozzles, controls, automatic detection, manual releases,
				  equipment shut downs and alarms. In such systems, an extinguishing agent is
				  discharged through fixed pipes and nozzles into or over a potential fire
				  hazard.
"Foam fire protection system" means a special hazard fire
				  suppression system that uses foam as its extinguishing agent.
"Kitchen fire suppression system" means a pre-engineered system
				  which is designed specifically to protect the hood, duct, and cooking appliances of
				  a kitchen. The system, which may include containers, nozzles, controls, automatic
				  detection, manual release, cooking appliance shutdown equipment, and alarms will
				  have an extinguishing agent discharged through fixed pipes and nozzles over and into
				  the fire hazard area.
"Maintenance" means the function of keeping equipment in such a
				  condition that it will perform as it originally was designed to do.
"NAFED" means the National Association of Fire Equipment
				  Distributors, Inc., 180 North Wabash Avenue, Suite 401, Chicago, Illinois
				  60601.
"NFPA" means the National Fire Protection Association, 1
				  Batterymarch Park, Quincy, Massachusetts 02269.
"NICET" means the National Institute for Certification in
				  Engineering Technologies, 1420 King Street, Alexandria, Virginia 22314.
"Portable fire extinguisher" means a portable device, carried or
				  on wheels and operated by hand, containing an extinguishing agent that can be
				  expelled under pressure for the purpose of suppressing or extinguishing fire.
"Plan" means to lay out, detail, draw, calculate, devise, or
				  arrange an assembly of fire alarm or detection devices, equipment, and
				  appurtenances, including monitoring equipment, in accordance with the provisions
				  adopted by the Uniform Construction Code, N.J.A.C. 5:23.
"Pre-engineered system" means a fire suppression system having
				  predetermined flow rates, nozzle pressures, detection and quantities of
				  extinguishing agent. Such a system has the specific pipe size, maximum and minimum
				  pipe lengths, flexible hose specifications, number of fittings and types of nozzles
				  prescribed by a testing laboratory. The hazards protected by such a system are
				  specifically limited as to type and size by a testing laboratory based upon actual
				  fire tests. Limitations on hazards which can be protected by such a system are
				  contained in the manufacturer's installation manual which is referenced as part of
				  the listing.
"Repair" means to restore to proper operating conditions as
				  specified by the manufacturers' recommendations for each type or class of fire alarm
				  or protection equipment.
"Shall" means a mandatory requirement.
"Should" means a recommendation or that which is advised but not
				  required.
"Special hazard fire suppression system" means a fire suppression
				  system that uses an extinguishing agent other than water.
"Standpipe system" means a fire protection system consisting of
				  an arrangement of piping, valves, hose outlets, and allied equipment installed in a
				  building or structure.
"Test" means the act of subjecting a fire detection, alarm, or
				  protection device or system, including monitoring equipment, to any procedure
				  required by applicable standards or manufacturers' recommendations to determine
				  whether it is properly installed or operates correctly.
"Unit" means the Contractor Certification and Emblems
				  Unit.
"Warranty" means a written guarantee given to a purchaser of fire
				  protection equipment covering a period of one year after the installation of new
				  fire protection equipment.