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It shall be unlawful for any person to engage in the business of selling Portable Fire Extinguishers door to door to owners of buildings or businesses for use on their premises without a portable fire extinguisher sales company certificate.

The only Exception to this rule is : Sale to owners of Group R-2 and R-3 occupancy buildings.

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As per Fire Code 901.6.3.1 for Servicing of Portable Fire Extinguishers, It states as follows

Nothing in this section shall preclude Portable Fire Extinguishers that are maintained on premises for use,

from being serviced by the owner or occupant of the premises or an employee of such owner/occupant

Who possess a Certificate of Fitness for Portable Fire Extinguisher Servicing

and

the tools, materials, equipment, and facility necessary to perform such services.

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Portable Fire Extinguishers cannot be serviced by any random person.

It shall be Unlawful for any person engaging in the business of servicing portable Fire extinguishers to service portable Fire extinguishers without a portable Fire Extinguisher Servicing Company Certificate.

Any person that services portable Fire extinguishers shall require to hold a valid Certificate of Fitness, with exception to that, a person training for such Certificate of Fitness may service portable Fire extinguishers under the personal supervision of a Certificate of Fitness holder

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As per code 901.6.3 which pertains to the Supervision activities, it states as, A person holding a Certificate of Fitness for the following Fire protection systems shall personally supervise the inspection, testing, servicing and other maintenance required by this code or the rules with respect to the system supervised by such certificate of fitness holder:

Sprinkler systems. (Exception: Buildings classified in Group R-3 occupancies.)

Standpipe systems.

Foam fire extinguishing systems.

Fire alarm systems.

Private fire hydrant systems.

Yard hydrant systems

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The Fire Code 901.6.2.1 contains information pertaining to the Standpipe and sprinkler systems and inspection report.

In addition to those records required by NFPA 25

An approved card bearing the dates of each inspection

Certificate of fitness number

Signature of the certificate of fitness holder

shall be posted on the premises near the main water supply control valve.

A detailed inspection report relative to conditions of water supply, gravity and pressure tanks and levels therein, valves, risers, piping, sprinkler heads, hose valves, hose and nozzles, fire department connections, alarms, fire pumps, obstructions, and conditions of all other system equipment and appurtenances shall be completed monthly by the certificate of fitness holder. All defects or violations shall be noted on the inspection report.

NFPA 25 is the baseline for inspection, testing, and maintenance of water-based fire protection systems.

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The Fire Code 901.6.2 pertains to Records

Records of all System Inspections, Tests, Servicing and other Maintenance required by this code,

The rules or the referenced standards shall be maintained in accordance with FC 107.7

The Fire Code 107.7 Record keeping states as follows

A written record of the inspections, tests, servicing, fire watch and other operations and maintenance required by this code, the rules, the referenced standards and any other required record keeping referenced therein, shall be maintained on the premises or other approved location for a minimum of 3 years, Unless a different period of time is specified in such code, rules or referenced standards.

The commissioner may prescribe the form and format of such record keeping. Such records shall be made available for inspection by any department representative, and a copy of such records shall be provided to the department upon request, without charge.

The department additionally may require that certain records be filed with the department.

Electronic filings may be made in lieu of paper filings when approved

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TABLE 901.6.1 contains the Fire PROTECTION SYSTEM MAINTENANCE STANDARDS in detail as per various types of equipments used.

Portable Fire extinguishers should have a standard of NFPA 10

Low, medium and high expansion foam Systems should have a standard of NFPA 11 and NFPA 25

A carbon dioxide Fire Extinguishing System should have a standard of NFPA 12

Halon 1301 Fire Extinguishing Systems should have a standard of NFPA 12A

Foam Water Sprinkler and Spray Systems should have a standard of NFPA 16 and NFPA 25

Dry Chemical Fire Extinguishing Systems should have a standard of NFPA 17

Wet Chemical Fire Extinguishing Systems should have a standard of NFPA 17A

Water-Based Fire Protection Systems should have a standard of NFPA 25

Fire Alarm Systems should have a standard of NFPA 72

Water Mist Fire Extinguishing Systems should have a standard of NFPA 750

Clean Agent Fire Extinguishing Systems should have a standard of NFPA 2001

Aerosol Fire Extinguishing Systems should have a standard of NFPA 2010

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Fire Code 901.6.1 for Maintenance Standards states that Fire protection Systems shall be

Inspected, Tested, Serviced and Otherwise maintained in accordance with this section, the rules and the referenced standards listed in Table 901.6.1.

Where required by this section 901.6.1, such inspection, testing and maintenance shall additionally comply with the rules.

Where applicable, the requirements of the reference standards listed in Table 901.6.1 shall be in addition to those requirements specified in the rules.

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The Fire Code 901.6 for Maintenance of fire protection systems states that Fire Protection Systems shall be maintained in good working order at all times.

Any Fire Protection System that is not in a good working order shall be repaired or replaced as necessary to restore such system to good working order, or, where authorized by the Building Code, removed from the premises.

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As per code 901.5.1 relating to Occupancy, This is not allowed and unlawful

It shall be unlawful to occupy any portion of a building or structure until any required Fire Detection System, Fire Alarm System, Standpipe System, and Fire Extinguishing Systems have been tested and approved

This sub-code is based on the 901.5 Installation acceptance testing of Fire Protection Systems.

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