Permit application, approval and inspection procedures vary from state to state, county to county, city to city and to my knowledge, the NFPA code set is mute regarding best practices for this exercise. IBC defines the building and fire officials and establishes jurisdictional authority but again, codes are adopted at the state level, so I can tell you a little bit about the California Code of Regulations, but nothing about what may or may not be applicable in your markets.
Keep in mind that 3rd party plan review and inspection services are not autonomous. Usually - and I emphasize that word because I'm sure there are exceptions by my experience in CA has been - the 3rd party is charged with enforcing the AHJ's standing policies. In other words, they don't get to just say, "redundant permit required" unless that policy is already codified by the local building department, or through a state amendment during the code adoption process. Your questions and concerns will probably be better and more productively expressed directly to the building official/department that NIC is contracted with. My opinion only, Steve L. From: Chris Dorn <chris.d...@dornfireprotection.com> Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2024 12:40 PM To: sprinklerforum@lists.firesprinkler.org Subject: [Sprinklerforum] 13R water supply question I have a 13R sprinkler system whose water supply is a 2" combination domestic/fire line run from the city main into the mechanical room. The plumber installed the line and pulled the proper permits for the installation of that domestic line. The plumber left a 2" outlet left inside of the building as a fire supply. The local building department uses an outside corporation to review and handle permits / inspections called NIC or National Inspection Corporation. NIC is requiring that we as the fire protection contractor are also required to apply and pull a permit and perform all tests required for a fire line on the 2" domestic service that was installed. I am looking for backup to argue this requirement as it seems redundant and unnecessary. I cannot find where this is specifically addressed either in NFPA codes or the IBC. Does anyone have any information that may be applicable to this situation? Thank you, Chris
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