| (a) The following requirements are applicable to all
portable extinguishers.
(1) Portable extinguishers must be installed, serviced,
and maintained in compliance with the manufacturer's instructions
and with the applicable standards adopted in this subchapter.
(2) A service tag certifying the work performed must
be securely attached by the licensee to the portable extinguisher
upon completion of the work.
(3) When requested in writing by the owner, a portable
fire extinguisher of the type described in subparagraphs (A), (B),
and (C) of this paragraph may be serviced in accordance with the requirement
of this subchapter, regardless of whether it carries the label of
approval or listing of a testing laboratory approved in accordance
with this subchapter.
(A) All portable fire extinguishers that are serviced
in accordance with the requirements of the United States Coast Guard
and installed for use in foreign shipping vessels;
(B) All portable carbon dioxide fire extinguishers
that are serviced in accordance with the requirements of the United
States Department of Transportation; or
(C) Cartridge actuated portable fire extinguishers
used exclusively by employees of the firm owning the extinguishers.
(4) A licensee who services portable fire extinguishers
in accordance with paragraph (3) of this subsection, shall comply
with the following:
(A) The back of the service tag shall be plainly marked
with the words "No Listing Mark".
(B) All missing markings, code symbols, instructions
and information, required by the applicable performance standard and
fire test standard specified in §34.507(1) of this subchapter
(relating to Adopted Standards), except for the approving or listing
mark of the testing laboratory, shall be affixed to each extinguisher
in the form of a label designated in the standard.
(b) The following requirements are applicable to all
fixed fire extinguisher systems.
(1) Fixed systems must be planned, installed, and serviced
in compliance with the manufacturer's installation manuals and specifications
or the applicable standards adopted in this subchapter.
(2) Upon completion of the installation of a pre-engineered
fixed fire extinguisher system, a licensee authorized to certify pre-engineered
fixed fire extinguishing systems under the provisions of this subchapter,
must place an installation label on the system to certify that the
system was installed in compliance with the manufacturer's installation
manuals and specifications or standards adopted by the commissioner
in this subchapter. The licensee whose signature appears on the installation
label must be present for the final test of the system prior to certification.
(3) Upon completion of the installation of a fixed
fire extinguisher system other than a pre-engineered system, a Type
A or Type PL licensee must place an installation label on the system
to certify that the system was installed in compliance with the manufacturer's
installation manuals and specifications, plans developed by a Type
PL licensee or professional engineer, or standards adopted by the
commissioner in this subchapter. The licensee whose signature appears
on the installation label must be present for the final test of the
system prior to certification.
(4) A service tag certifying the work performed must
be securely attached by the licensee to the system upon completion
of servicing.
(c) Pre-engineered fixed fire extinguisher systems
must be installed and serviced by a licensee authorized to install
or service pre-engineered fixed fire extinguishing systems under the
provisions of this subchapter.
(d) A pre-engineered fixed fire extinguisher system,
except those covered by subsection (f) of this section, which has
been previously installed in one location may be reinstalled in another
location if:
(1) the system is of the size and type necessary to
protect all hazards;
(2) all parts and equipment, when installed, will function
as designed by the manufacturer; and
(3) the system shall comply with all applicable adopted
standards.
(e) Fixed fire extinguisher systems other than pre-engineered
systems must be planned, installed, or serviced by a Type PL licensee
or professional engineer. Installation and servicing of such a system
may also be performed by or supervised by a Type A licensee. An employee
of the registered firm may install such systems, under the direct
supervision of a Type A or PL licensee, without obtaining a license
or permit.
(f) All pre-engineered fixed fire extinguishing systems,
installed or modified after July 1, 1996, in accordance with NFPA
17 or NFPA 17A or NFPA 96 of the adopted standards, for the protection
of commercial cooking areas, must meet the minimum requirements of
Underwriters Laboratories, Inc., Standard 300, "Fire Testing of Fire
Extinguishing Systems for Protection of Restaurant Cooking Area" (UL
300). After January 1, 2008 all existing pre-engineered fixed fire
extinguishing systems, installed in accordance with NFPA 17 or NFPA
17A or NFPA 96 of the adopted standards, for the protection of commercial
cooking areas, must meet the minimum requirements of Underwriters
Laboratories, Inc., Standard 300, "Fire Testing of Fire Extinguishing
Systems for Protection of Restaurant Cooking Area" (UL 300) or a red
tag shall be attached following the procedures in §34.521 of
this subchapter (relating to Red Tags).
(g) If the installation or servicing of a fixed fire
extinguishing system includes the installation or servicing of any
part of a fire alarm or detection system or a fire sprinkler system
other than the installation and servicing of mechanical or pneumatic
detection or actuation devices in connection with the fire extinguishing
system, the licensing requirements of the appropriate Insurance Code
Chapters 6002 or 6003 must be satisfied.
(h) The fixed temperature-sensing elements of the fusible
metal alloy type, replaced while servicing a kitchen hood fire extinguishing
system, must bear the manufacturer's date stamp which must be within
one year of the date of the replacement.
(i) The disposable actuation cartridge, replaced while
servicing a kitchen hood fire extinguisher system, must bear the date
of replacement.
(j) After operating the pull pin or locking device
during maintenance of a portable fire extinguisher, the flag of the
new seal or tamper indicator shall bear the year it was attached.
(k) All pre-engineered dry chemical fixed fire extinguishing
systems, installed in new, remodeled or relocated protected areas
after January 1, 2006, must meet the minimum requirements of the second
edition (1996) or more recent edition of Underwriters Laboratories,
Inc., Standard 1254, "Pre-engineered Dry Chemical Extinguishing System
Units".
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| Source Note: The provisions of this §34.517 adopted to be effective December 5, 1984, 9 TexReg 6006; amended to be effective April 14, 1989, 14 TexReg 1632; transferred effective September 1, 1991, as published in the Texas Register March 6, 1992, 17 TexReg 1745; amended to be effective September 20, 1995, 20 TexReg 7077; amended to be effective May 10, 1996, 21 TexReg 3714; transferred effective September 1, 1997, as published in the Texas Register November 14, 1997, 22 TexReg 11091; amended to be effective August 26, 2001, 26 TexReg 6105; amended to be effective March 7, 2002, 27 TexReg 1496; amended to be effective September 20, 2004, 29 TexReg 9006; amended to beeffective April 1, 2006, 31 TexReg 1706; amended to be effective February 14, 2013, 38 TexReg 662 |
