NFPA 25 "Qualified Maintenance Personnel"

[mikeeb1234]

Background - Building with approx 90 recalled CSC upright heads. Somehow missed in previous 10 years of thrid-party inspections. Caught this year.

Problem - price to correct painfully high.

Potential solution - do work in-house, have re-inspected after corrected.

Problem - under 4.1.4.1 (Corrections and repairs shall be performed by qualified maintenance personnel or a qualified contractor.), do building engineers fit the "qualified maintenance personnel"?

Any direction/help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[NJ1]

You need to start by requesting information from the State Fire Marshall's Office. They may have a licensing requirement that requires licensing/certification to perform this particular required task. The NFPA 25 only provides general information as to minimum requirements but does not has authority to require state wide licensing requirement.

That is the problem when you hired companies with trained personnel against certified personnel. Even if not required in some states you should always request certified personnel on site to avoid these type of issues. What state you located?

 

[stookeyfpe]

In some states (Texas for example) you can have your facility personnel perform the work provided you're a registered Professional Engineer. Also, you may be required under your fire code to submit plans for the replacement of the sprinklers.

 

[NJ1]

stookeyfpe is very right on that comment but also in many states the only way you are allowed to performed work in-house is if indeed is an emergency and your staff is only there to control that situation. Just be very careful on how you approach this. As I said before just make one phone call to the Local Fire Marshall before you do anything.