Mich. Admin. Code R. 29.2801 - Definitions
Rule 1. As used in these rules:
(a) "Act" means 1941 PA 207, MCL 29.1 et
seq.
(b) "Approved" means acceptable
to the department of consumer and industry services, office of fire
safety.
(c) "As-built drawings"
means drawings portraying the actual construction or installation of a system
within a building or portion thereof, depicting any and all changes from the
original design of the system. "As-built drawings" may also be referenced as
"record drawings."
(d) "Custom
designed fire alarm system or fire suppression system" means a system that is
comprised of standard components which are individually listed by an approved
laboratory and which are selected and installed in accordance with the
listing.
(e) "Design location" means
the place where system layout and application engineering is performed for a
required system.
(f) "Documentation"
means a written instrument signed by a qualifying person of a certified firm
which does all of the following:
(i)
Identifies a specific installation or a specific modification of a required
fire alarm system or a required fire suppression system.
(ii) Contains statements to the effect that
the required fire alarm system or required fire suppression system has been
installed or modified pursuant to the instructions and specifications of the
manufacturer.
(iii) Identifies
applicable state laws and contains a statement that the required fire alarm
system or required fire suppression system has been installed or modified in
compliance with those laws.
(iv)
Contains a statement that the required fire alarm system or required fire
suppression system has been tested and placed in proper operating condition
under the supervision of a qualifying person employed by the certified
firm.
(g) "Plans and
specifications" means the detailed installation drawings, calculations, and
manufacturer submittals of equipment for a fire alarm system or fire
suppression system being installed in a regulated facility by a certified firm.
The installation drawings, calculations, and manufacturer submittals of
equipment are also known as shop drawings or shop sheets.
(h) "Pre-engineered or packaged system" means
a system consisting of components designed to be installed according to
pretested limitations as listed by an approved laboratory.
(i) "Qualifying person" means a person who
possesses technical qualifications and agrees to provide services to a firm for
the purpose of qualifying the firm for certification under these
rules.
(j) "Responsible person"
means a person who possesses certain technical qualifications and is employed
by the certified firm to perform on-site work on the system being documented. A
qualifying person may also serve as the responsible person.
(k) "Supervision" means the act of oversight
and monitoring of the work done by a certified firm for a fire alarm system or
a fire suppression system.
(l)
"Systems modification" means any changes to a required fire alarm system or
required fire suppression system involving more than the direct replacement of
the existing components with components approved for the use and
coverage.
(m) "Technical
qualification" means the knowledge of applicable codes, standards, and laws and
the practical knowledge of equipment, material, methods, and theory of
operation as they relate to fire alarm systems or fire suppression systems, the
combination of which, when applied to a facility under the jurisdiction of the
department of consumer and industry services, office of fire safety shall
result in a properly operating required fire alarm system or required fire
suppression system which is acceptable to the department of consumer and
industry services, office of fire safety.
Notes
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