West Virginia Code of State Rules › Agency 103 - Fire Marshal › Title 103 - LEGISLATIVE RULE STATE FIRE MARSHAL › Series 103-03 - Supervision of Fire Protection Work › Section 103-3-3 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 28, July 12, 2024
3.1. "Agent
				Suppression System" shall mean systems discharging chemicals or gases, and as
				further defined in this rule by type of system.
3.2. "Board" means a government agency,
				board, department, or other government entity that regulates a lawful
				occupation and issues an occupational license or other authorization to
				practice to an individual.
3.3.
				"Certified Person" shall mean a person that has been certified by an
				organization recognized by the state fire marshal through a formal
				certification program or by an equipment manufacturer that has a certification
				program accepted by the state fire marshal.
3.4. "Combination Fire/Smoke Damper" shall
				mean a device that meets both fire damper and smoke damper
				definitions.
3.5. "Damper" shall
				mean a fire damper, smoke damper, or combination fire/smoke damper.
3.6. "Damper Work" means to install, test,
				maintain, or repair a damper.
3.7.
				"Engineered Systems" shall mean those agent suppression systems requiring
				individual calculation and design to determine the flow rates, nozzle
				pressures, pipe size, area or volume protected by each nozzle, quantities of
				agent, number and type of nozzles, and their placement in a specific
				system.
3.8. "Engineered
				Suppression Systems Installer" means a person certified by the respective
				manufacturer to install, alter, extend, maintain, layout or repair an
				engineered suppression system. This shall not include the fabrication or
				installation of any associated exhaust recovery appliances such as "hoods" and
				exhaust pipes or plenums.
3.9.
				"Engineered Suppression Systems Technician" means a person certified by a
				manufacturer to maintain or repair an engineered suppression system. This shall
				not include the fabrication or installation of any associated exhaust recovery
				appliances such as "hoods" and exhaust pipes or plenums.
3.10. "Fire Damper" means a device installed
				in an air distribution system, designed to close automatically upon detection
				of heat, to interrupt migratory airflow, and to restrict the passage of flame.
				Fire dampers are classified for use in either static systems or for dynamic
				systems, where dampers are rated for closure under airflow.
3.11. "Fire Protection Damper Technician"
				means a person certified to install, test, maintain, or repair a
				damper.
3.12. "Fire Protection
				Damper Technician In-Training" means a person with interest in and an aptitude
				for performing installation, maintenance, or repair work to a damper as defined
				by this rule, but who alone is not capable or authorized to perform damper work
				unless directly supervised by a Fire Protection Damper Technician.
3.13. "Fire Protection Technician" means the
				following technicians required to be licensed under the provisions of this
				rule: portable fire extinguisher technician, pre-engineered suppression systems
				technician, and sprinkler-based fire protection layout technician.
3.14. "Fire Protection Worker" means a person
				engaged in the installation, alteration, extension, maintenance, or testing of
				all piping, materials and equipment inside a building, including the use of
				shop drawings prepared by a fire protection layout technician, in connection
				with the discharge of water, other special fluids, chemicals, or gases, and
				backflow preventers for fire protection for the express purpose of
				extinguishing or controlling fire. Fire protection worker includes fire
				protection damper technician, fire protection damper technician in training,
				journeyman sprinkler fitter, sprinkler fitter in training, portable fire
				extinguisher technician, pre-engineered suppression systems installer,
				pre-engineered suppression systems technician, and sprinkler-based fire
				protection layout technician.
3.15.
				"Fire Protection System" means any fire protection suppression device or system
				designed, installed and maintained in accordance with the applicable National
				Fire Protection Association (NFPA) codes and standards, but does not include
				public or private mobile fire vehicles.
3.16. "Fire Protection Work" shall mean the
				installation, alteration, extension, maintenance, or testing of all piping,
				materials and equipment inside a building, including the use of shop drawings
				prepared by a fire protection layout technician, in connection with the
				discharge of water, other specialty fluids, chemicals, or gases, and backflow
				preventers for fire protection for the express purpose of extinguishing or
				controlling fire.
3.17. "Journeyman
				sprinkler fitter" means a person qualified by at least 2,000 hours of work
				experience installing, adjusting, repairing, and dismantling fire protection
				systems and who is competent to instruct and supervise fire protection work:
Provided
, That current license renewal exemptions to
				examinations apply.
3.18. "Layout"
				shall mean the preparation of shop drawings used in the installation of fire
				protection systems in either commercial or residential occupancies implementing
				engineering contract documents using applicable codes and standards.
3.19. "NFPA" means "National Fire Protection
				Association", 1 Batterymarch Park, Quincy, MA 02169. The standards and
				requirements as set out and as published by the NFPA as listed in this rule,
				have the same force and effect as if set out verbatim in this rule.
3.20. "NICET" means the National Institute
				for Certification in Engineering Technologies. The standards and requirements
				as set out and as published by the NICET as listed in the rule, have the same
				force and effect as if set out verbatim in this rule.
3.21. "Portable Fire Extinguisher Technician"
				means a person certified in accordance with NFPA 10 to install, maintain,
				repair and certify portable fire extinguishers as defined by NFPA 10.
3.22. "Pre-Engineered Suppression Systems
				Installer" means a person certified by the respective manufacturer to install,
				alter, extend, maintain, layout, or repair a pre-engineered suppression system.
				This shall not include the fabrication or installation of any associated
				exhaust recovery appliances such as "hoods" and exhaust pipes or
				plenums.
3.23. "Pre-Engineered
				Suppression Systems Technician" means a person certified to maintain or repair
				a pre-engineered suppression system. This shall not include the fabrication or
				installation of any associated exhaust recovery appliances such as "hoods" and
				exhaust pipes or plenums.
3.24.
				"Pre-Engineered Systems" shall mean those agent suppression systems having
				predetermined flow rates, nozzle pressures, and quantities of extinguishing
				agent. These systems have the specific pipe size, maximum and minimum pipe
				lengths, flexible hose specifications, number of fittings, and number and types
				of nozzles prescribed by a testing laboratory. The maximum and minimum pipe
				lengths and the number of fittings shall be permitted to be expressed in
				equivalent feet of pipe. The hazards protected by these systems are
				specifically limited as to type and size by a testing laboratory, based on
				actual fire tests. Limitations on hazards that are permitted to be protected by
				these systems and piping and nozzle configurations are contained in the
				manufacturer's listed installation and maintenance manual, which is part of the
				listing of the system.
3.25.
				"Sprinkler-Based Fire Protection Layout Technician" is an individual who has
				achieved National Institute for Certification in Engineering Technologies
				(NICET) Level III or higher certification, and who has the knowledge,
				experience, and skills necessary to layout fire protection systems based on
				engineering design documents.
3.26.
				"Sprinkler Systems" shall mean for fire protection purposes, an integrated
				system of underground and overhead piping designed in accordance with fire
				protection engineering standards, discharging water or a combination of water
				and chemicals, and for the purposes of this rule as further defined in NFPA
				13.
3.27. "State Fire Marshal"
				shall mean the West Virginia State Fire Marshal.
3.28. "Supervision" shall mean for the
				purposes of this rule, the availability of a higher classification to be
				located on the work-site. All work required to be supervised shall be inspected
				upon the completion of the fire protection work performed.
3.29. "Single Family Dwelling" means a
				building which is occupied as, or designed or intended for occupancy as, a
				single residence for one or more persons.