S12 Certificate of Fitness Sprinkler Exam
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Buildings (4.1.1.1) - Shall be inspected (how often) the building owner shall ensure that
all areas of the building containing water-filled piping shall be maintained at a
minimum temperature of 40°F and not exposed to freezing conditions - ANSWER✔✔-
When the pump is in operation a small water leak on the pump bearings is desirable
and should not be considered a malfunction. Additionally, water should discharge from
a ---- relief valve (electric pump) or --- exchanger (diesel pump) while the fire pump is
operating under a "no-flow" condition. - ANSWER✔✔-circulation /heat
A sprinkler system is a - ANSWER✔✔-fire extinguishing system, other than a water
mist system, that utilizes water as the extinguishing agent.
Inspection, testing, servicing and other maintenance of sprinkler systems must be -
ANSWER✔✔-personally supervised and be performed in accordance with NFPA
(National Fire Protection Association) #25 2011 edition.
All multiple dwellings, factories, office buildings, warehouses, stores and offices,
theaters and music halls, hospitals and asylums, and all public schools and other public
buildings, churches and other places where large numbers of persons are congregated
for purposes of worship, instruction, amusement, and all piers, bulkheads, wharves,
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,pier sheds, bulkhead sheds or other waterfront structures shall provide - ANSWER✔✔-
fire extinguishers, buckets, axes, fire hooks, fire doors and other means of preventing
and extinguishing fires as the commissioner may direct.
Required fire protection systems shall be extended or altered as necessary to maintain
and continued protection whenever - ANSWER✔✔-the building or structure is altered.
Systems not complying with this section shall be considered to be impaired.
It shall be unlawful to install or maintain any fire protection system or device that has -
ANSWER✔✔-the physical appearance of fire protection equipment but that does not
perform a fire protection function where it may be confused with actual fire protection
equipment. An example would be a CCTV camera that is installed inside a shell that
resembles a sprinkler head
SPRINKLER AND/OR STANDPIPE SYSTEM MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTIONS -
ANSWER✔✔-
1. Automatic and non-automatic sprinkler systems shall be inspected, tested and
maintained as required by NFPA #25 2011 edition by a competent person holding a S-
12 Certificate of Fitness and employed or contracted by the owner, to see that all parts
of the system are in good working order, and that the Fire Department connection(s), if
any, are ready for immediate use by the Fire Department. A detailed record shall be
kept on the premises or other approved location, for a minimum of 3 years for
examination by any representative of the Fire Department. - ANSWER✔✔-
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,2.A supply of at least six extra sprinkler heads shall be kept available on the premises,
to replace promptly any fused or damaged sprinklers. Any head which has opened or
has been damaged shall be replaced immediately with sprinkler head of similar
characteristics such as operating temperature, orifice size, deflector orientation and
thermal sensitivity. - ANSWER✔✔-
3. At least once every five years, the Fire Department connection or connections for a
sprinkler system shall be subjected to a hydrostatic pressure test to demonstrate its
suitability for Fire Department use. The test shall be arranged to be conducted by a
Master Fire Suppression Piping Contractor in the presence of a Fire Department
representative.
The contractor shall be hired by the owner or the owner's representative. -
ANSWER✔✔-
4.There shall be one or more employees or individuals contracted by the owner with a
Certificate of Fitness to inspect the sprinkler system following the standard of the NFPA
25 of 2011. - ANSWER✔✔-
Automatic and non-automatic sprinkler systems shall be inspected, tested and
maintained as required by NFPA #25 2011 edition by - ANSWER✔✔-competent person
holding a S-12 Certificate of Fitness and employed or contracted by the owner, to see
that all parts of the system are in good working order, and that the Fire Department
connection(s), if any, are ready for immediate use by the Fire Department.
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, A detailed record shall be kept on the premises or other approved location, for a
minimum of - ANSWER✔✔-3 years for examination by any representative of the Fire
Department.
A supply of at least----extra sprinkler heads shall be kept available on the premises, to
replace promptly any fused or damaged sprinklers. - ANSWER✔✔-6
Any head which has ----or has been----1. shall be replaced immediately with sprinkler
head of similar characteristics such as operating temperature, orifice size, deflector
orientation and thermal sensitivity. - ANSWER✔✔-opened/damaged
At least once every ---- years - ANSWER✔✔-Fire Department connection or connections
for a sprinkler system shall be subjected to a hydrostatic pressure test to demonstrate its
suitability for Fire Department use.
At least once every five years, the Fire Department connection or connections for a
sprinkler system shall be subjected to a hydrostatic pressure test to demonstrate its
suitability for Fire Department use. The test shall be arranged to be conducted by a ----
by a----The contractor shall be hired by----- - ANSWER✔✔-Master Fire Suppression
Piping Contractor/1. a Fire Department representative/the owner or the owner's
representative.
There shall be---more employees or individuals contracted by the owner with a----
Certificate of Fitness 1. inspect the sprinkler system following the standard of the NFPA
25 of 2011. - ANSWER✔✔-one/COF
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