and recharging of the fire protection system responsibility has not been transferred in written from to a management
company, tenant or other party, (17a 7.1)
On a monthly basis, inspection shall be conducted in accordance with the manufacturer's design, installation, and maintenance
manual or the owner's manual (17a 7.2.1)
At a minimum the inspection shall include verification (1) The extinguishing system is in its proper location
of the following: (2) The manual actuators are unobstructed,
(3) The tamper indicators and seals are intact
(4) The maintenance tag or certificate is in place,
(5) No obvious physic damage or condition Exists that might prevent
operation
(6) The pressure gauge(s), if provided, has been inspected physically or
electronically to ensure it is in the operable range
(7) The nozzle blow-off caps where provided are intact and undamaged
(8) The hazard has not changed, including replacement, modification and
relocation of protected equipment (17a 7.2.2)
If any deficiencies are found, appropriate corrective action shall be taken immediately (17a 7.2.3)
Where the corrective action invokes maintenance it shall be conducted by a service technician as outlined in 7.3.1 (17a 7.2.3.1)
, Personnel making inspections shall keep records for those extinguishing systems that were found to require
corrective actions, (17a 7.2.4)
At least monthly, the date the inspection is performed and the initials of the person performing
the inspection shall be recorded, (17a 7.2.5)
The records shall be retained for the period between the semi-annual maintenance inspections,
(17a 7.2.6)
A service technician who performs maintenance on an trained and shall have passed a written or online test that is acceptable to the
extinguishing system shall be authority having jurisdiction (17a 7.3.1)
The service technician shall possess a certification document confirming the requirements in 7.3.1 and issued by the
manufacturer or testing organization that is acceptable to the authority having
jurisdiction. (17a 7.3.1.1)
A service technician who has the applicable service the wet chemical fire-extinguishing system at intervals of no more than
manufacturer's design, installation, and maintenance 6 months as outlined in 7.3.3. (17a 7.3.2)
manual and service bulletins shall
At least semi-annually and after any system activation, conducted in accordance with the manufacturer's design, installation, and
maintenance shall be maintenance manual (17a 7.3.3)