Washington Administrative Code › Title 212 - State Patrol (Fire Protection) (See also Titles 204, 446 and 448) › Chapter 212-90 - Fire protection sprinkler fitting › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 212-90-010 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
The following definitions will apply throughout this
				  chapter:
(1) "Authority having
				jurisdiction (AHJ)" means the organization, office, or individual responsible
				for issuing permits, approving layout drawings, enforcing the requirements of a
				code or standard or approving materials, an installation, or a procedure.
				Usually, the AHJ is the building or fire official of the city or county in
				which the job site is located. In certain cases, such as health care
				facilities, transient accommodations, and day care facilities, the AHJ is the
				city or county building or fire official and the director.
(2) "Certificate" means a certificate granted
				by the director under chapter 18.270 RCW, and is valid within the state and all
				political subdivisions, and meets all of the requirements for certification
				that may be applied by the political subdivision.
(3) "Citation" means written notification
				issued by the director pursuant to
				RCW
				   18.270.020 of a civil penalty for a violation
				of any provision of chapter 18.270 RCW or this chapter. A citation may include,
				but is not limited to, a description of the violation(s) and a notice of civil
				penalty assessment.
(4)
				"Contractor" means any person that submits a bid or offers to contract for the
				design, installation, inspection, testing, maintenance, or repair of a fire
				protection sprinkler system or any part of such system under chapter 18.160
				RCW.
(5) "Direct supervision" means
				the person providing direction, oversight, inspection, and observation of the
				work performed on the installation, maintenance, alteration, or repair of a
				fire protection sprinkler system. Supervision requirements are met when the
				supervisor is on the premises for the duration of the working day.
(6) "Director" means the chief of the
				Washington state patrol through the director of fire protection or his or her
				designee.
(7) "Fire protection
				sprinkler system" means an assembly of underground or overhead piping beginning
				at the connection to the primary water supply, whether public or private, that
				conveys water with or without other agents to dispersal openings or devices to
				extinguish, control, or contain fire or other products of combustion.
(8) "Formal hearing" means a hearing before a
				hearings officer where laws, rules, and evidence are presented, considered, and
				a decision is rendered.
(9)
				"Hazard" means a condition which could result in injury or death to a person or
				damage to property.
(10) "Hearings
				request" means the written request for a formal hearing to contest a civil
				penalty.
(11) "Licensed contractor"
				means a contractor issued a license to perform fire protection sprinkler system
				work by the director pursuant to WAC 212-90-053.
(12) "Maintenance" means work performed to
				keep the equipment operable in water-based fire protection systems.
(13) "Mitigation or hearing officer" is the
				state fire marshal or his or her designee who will preside over an informal,
				mitigation conference to discuss a civil penalty that has been assessed against
				a person for a violation of this chapter.
(14) "NFPA" means the National Fire
				Protection Association. The following national standards adopted by the NFPA
				apply to fire sprinkler suppression systems:
(a) "NFPA 13D" means, in addition to the
				definition contained in chapter 18.160 RCW, the inclusion of minor accessory
				uses such as garages normally found in residential occupancies.
(b) "NFPA 13R" means the installation and
				design of fire suppression sprinkler systems in residential occupancies up to
				and including four stories in height in buildings not exceeding 60 ft (18 m) in
				height above grade plane.
(c) "NFPA
				13" means the installation and design of fire suppression sprinkler systems in
				commercial or high occupancy facilities.
(d) "NFPA 14" means the installation of
				standpipe and hose systems.
(e)
				"NFPA 15" means the standard for water spray fixed systems.
(f) "NFPA 16" means the standard for the
				installation of foam-water sprinkler and foam-water spray systems.
(g) "NFPA 20" means the selection and
				installation of pumps, both centrifugal and positive displacement, that supply
				liquid for a private fire protection system.
(h) "NFPA 24" means the installation of the
				dedicated underground fire service main of a water-based fire protection
				system.
(i) "NFPA 25" means the
				inspection, testing, and maintenance of water-based fire protection
				systems.