TEXAS ADMINISTRATIVE CODE TITLE
28. TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF
INSURANCE PART 1. TEXAS
DEPARTMENT OF INSURANCE
CHAPTER 34. STATE FIRE MARSHAL
SUBCHAPTER E. FIRE EXTINGUISHER
AND INSTALLATION 28 TAC
§§34.501-34.524
____________ ______________for certificates of registration and licenses ought to be
submitted on bureaucracy provided by way of the state fire marshal and accompanied through
all other information required by means of Insurance Code Chapter 6001 and this subchapter.
An utility will no longer be deemed entire until all required paperwork and files were acquired
within the kingdom hearth marshal's workplace. - ANS-Renewal packages
________________ all present pre-engineered constant fireplace extinguishing systems,
established according with NFPA 17 or NFPA 17A or NFPA ninety six of the adopted standards,
for the protection of industrial cooking areas, should meet the minimal necessities of
Underwriters Laboratories, Inc., Standard 300, "Fire Testing of Fire Extinguishing Systems for
Protection of Restaurant Cooking Area" (UL three hundred) or a crimson tag will be connected
following the techniques in §34.521 of this subchapter (relating to Red Tags). - ANS-After
January 1, 2008
______is required for a licensee whose license is renewed within two years of expiration. -
ANS-No take a look at
(four) All packages have to imply if the man or woman is an employee or agent of the registered
firm. - ANS-(A)If the individual is an worker of the registered company, the State Fire Marshal's
Office may additionally request from the registered company verification of employment of the
man or woman.
(B)If the man or woman is an agent of the fireplace extinguisher firm, the State Fire Marshal's
Office may additionally request the company to offer a letter or different file appropriate to the
State Fire Marshal's Office issued by using the firm's insurance organization, verifying the policy
,wide variety and that the acts of the individual are included through the identical coverage
coverage required with the aid of this subchapter to attain the company's registration. If
required, the verifying record must be submitted to the State Fire Marshal's Office before a
license may be issued or when there may be a trade within the licensee's registered firm.
Unless otherwise required via the State Fire Marshal's Office, renewal of a license does now not
require coverage verification until there has been a alternate in the insurance provider.
A _____ provider tag, yellow tag or purple tag, as applicable, ought to be attached each time
carrier is achieved. - ANS-new
A ______________ will no longer be issued to an individual except the character has held an
apprentice permit or a Type B license for as a minimum six months or has held a license to
carrier fixed extinguisher structures for at least six months from another country. - ANS-Type A
or Type K license
A finished ______ ought to be connected to signify that _____________ is important. - ANS-a.
Crimson tag
b. Corrective action or replacement
A company issued a ___________registration and whose facility has been awarded an identity
number (RIN) by the DOT is allowed to hydrostatically take a look at DOT specification hearth
extinguisher cylinders. There isn't any Type C license> - ANS-Type C (No Type C License).
A license is _____________from one man or woman To any other. - ANS-neither briefly nor
completely transferable
A license or registration will expire at 12:00 middle of the night at the date printed on the license
or registration. A renewal utility and fee for license or registration n to be accepted as timely. -
ANS-have to be postmarked on or before the date of expiration
A licensee have to
(5)
It will not be necessary for the applicant of a Type R license to hold an apprentice permit prior to
the issuance of a Type R license. - ANS-now not engage in any act of the commercial enterprise
unless employed by a registered company and conserving an unexpired license.
A licensee who services transportable fire extinguishers according with paragraph (3) of this
subsection, shall follow the following: - ANS-(A) The returned of the carrier tag shall be it
appears that evidently marked with the phrases "No Listing Mark".
(B)
All lacking markings, code symbols, commands and records, required by way of the applicable
performance general and fireplace take a look at popular specified in §34.507(1) of this
subchapter (regarding Adopted Standards), except for the approving or listing mark of the
checking out laboratory, shall be affixed to every extinguisher within the form of a label specified
inside the trendy.
A licensee who offerings transportable hearth extinguishers according with paragraph (three) of
this subsection, shall comply with the following: - ANS-(A) The lower back of the service tag
shall be plainly marked with the words "No Listing Mark".
, (B)All missing markings, code symbols, instructions and records, required via the relevant
overall performance general and fireplace take a look at standard specified in §34.507(1) of this
subchapter (referring to Adopted Standards), besides for the approving or list mark of the testing
laboratory, shall be affixed to each extinguisher inside the form of a label distinct in the
fashionable.
A partial trade in a company's ownership will require a revised certificate if it influences the firm's
call, place, or mailing deal with. - ANS-(i)Change of corporate officers. Any exchange of
company officers must be said in writing to the nation fire marshal inside 14 days. This
exchange does now not require a revised certificate.
(j)Duplicate certificates. A reproduction certificates have to be received from the state fire
marshal to replace a misplaced or destroyed certificate. The certificate holder need to publish
written notification of the loss or destruction at once, followed by way of the desired charge.
(k)Revised certificate. The change of a company's call, place, or mailing cope with requires a
revised certificates. Within 14 days after the change requiring the revision, the registered
company must submit written notification of the essential alternate observed with the aid of the
desired rate to the State Fire Marshal's Office.
(l) Nontransferable. A certificate is neither temporarily nor permanently transferable from one
company to any other.
(m)Initial Alignment of the Expiration and Renewal Dates of Existing Branches. For branch
offices in existence as of the effective date of this rule, branch office certificate of registration
shall expire and renew on the equal date as the certificate of registration issued to the primary
office for that company. All prices related to the preliminary alignment of expiration and renewal
dates for the branch workplace certificate of registration will be prorated as a consequence.
A character whose license has been expired for _____ or longer who makes utility for a new
license must take and pass another take a look at. No check is needed for a licensee whose
license is renewed within ______of expiration. - ANS-two years
A pre-engineered constant fire extinguisher system, besides the ones protected by means of
subsection (f) of this segment, which has been formerly installed in one area can be reinstalled
in any other location if: - ANS-(1)the device is of the dimensions and sort essential to defend all
risks;
(2)all parts and equipment, while hooked up, will feature as designed with the aid of the
manufacturer; and
(3)the machine shall comply with all applicable followed requirements
A pre-engineered fixed hearth extinguisher gadget, except the ones blanketed via subsection (f)
of this section, which has been previously hooked up in one place can be reinstalled in another
region if: - ANS-(1)the device is of the dimensions and kind necessary to defend all hazards;
(2)all parts and system, while mounted, will function as designed through the manufacturer; and
(3)the system shall observe all applicable followed standards.
A pink tag can be removed handiest through - ANS-a. A certified worker of a registered firm who
has corrected the impairments and certified the service,
b. An employee of the kingdom fire marshal's workplace, or
c. An employee of any other governmental agency with regulatory authority.
A registered firm ought to notify the state fireplace marshal within ___ after termination of
employment of a license - ANS-14 days
