Understanding the Role of a Fire Marshal with Inspection, Testing and Maintenance Requirements of Water-based Fire Protection Systems.
The Fire Code is not only the handbook for Fire Marshals for enforcement, but it governs the process in in every aspect of life safety, from acceptance to the raising of a building.
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Check Our New ITM Website!
Inspection, Testing and Maintenance (ITM) of automatic sprinkler systems is an important part of the National Fire Sprinkler Association’s (NFSA) mission “To protect lives and property from fire through the widespread acceptance of the fire sprinkler concept.” To assist our members and improve the public's knowledge of existing fire sprinkler systems and ITM, the NFSA has an improved website at www.nfsa.org/itm.
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Carrol Valley Ruling
In 2004, Carrol Valley Borough (PA) passed an ordinance requiring all new single-family dwellings be protected with an automatic sprinkler system. In January of 2005, that decision was challenged to the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry, who upheld the Borough’s decision.
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