The State of Illinois requires ALL contractors (plumbing and fire) performing fire sprinkler work to be licensed and to have a NICET Level III individual on their staff. If a company has multiple locations, each location must have such a person employed.
However, there are no present requirements for licensing on the inspections and testing of such systems, BUT this will be proposed in the near future for this to be instituted. The current scuttlebutt on this is that when the legislation does pass, it will not be enough to simply have a NICET Level III sprinkler layout person on staff. It would be proposed that the actual individual performing the inspections and testing would have to hold a minimum NICET Level II certification in the Inspection and Testing subfield. Loren Johnson - CFPS, CET Fire Protection System Consultant The Hitchcock Company Peoria, IL --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > That would most likely depend on the contracting > laws of your state or > municipality. In our state in order to perform fire > sprinkler tests or > inspections you have to be a licensed sprinkler > contractor. In order to > hold that license you have to have a full time NICET > level III or IV in > Sprinkler Layout on staff. I doubt that an > electrical contractor would > have someone like that on staff. > > I would contact the state or local licensing board > with that question. > > Craig L. Prahl, CET > Fire Protection Group > Mechanical Department > CH2MHILL > Lockwood Greene > 1500 International Drive > PO Box 491, Spartanburg, SC 29304-0491 > Direct - 864.599.4102 > Fax - 864.599.8439 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.lg.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Gregg > Fontes > Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2007 2:56 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Testing > > Does a C-10 and/or electrical/alarm contractors > license allow them to > contract the testing of water base fire protection > systems? (I.E. > opening inspectors test valves, operating control > valves, testing of > Pre-action/Deluge/Dry systems, generally can they > operate any component > of a fire sprinkler system that has an alarm > affiliated with it?) > > Gregg Fontes > Cen-Cal Fire Systems, Inc. > 209-334-9119 > > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum > _______________________________________________ > Sprinklerforum mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail beta. http://new.mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected] http://lists.firesprinkler.org/mailman/listinfo/sprinklerforum
