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198B.550 Definitions for KRS 198B.555 to 198B.630.
As used in KRS 198B.555 to 198B.630, unless the context requires otherwise:
(1) "Department" means the Department of Housing, Buildings and Construction.
(2) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of the department.
(3) A "fire protection sprinkler contractor" is a person engaged in the preparation of
technical drawings, installation, repair, alteration, extension, maintenance or
inspection of fire protection sprinkler systems and has in his or her employment a
certificate holder.
(4) A "fire protection sprinkler contractor's license" is the license issued by the
commissioner to a fire protection sprinkler contractor upon application being
approved, fee paid and the satisfactory completion of the requirements of KRS
198B.580. The license shall be issued in the name of the fire protection sprinkler
contractor with the name or names of the certificate holder noted thereon.
(5) A "certificate holder" is an individual who has satisfactorily met and has received a
certificate from the commissioner under the provisions of KRS 198B.570.
(6) A "fire protection sprinkler system" is a system of piping for which technical
drawings have been prepared by or preparation supervised by a certificate holder in
accordance with fire protection engineering standards. The system is supplied from
a reliable, constant, and sufficient water, gas, or chemical supply, such as a gravity
tank, fire pump, reservoir, or pressure tank, or connection by underground piping to
a city, county, municipal water district, authorized water main, or both. The
sprinkler system is considered the fire protection sprinkler system for purposes of
KRS 198B.550 to 198B.630, and is a network of specially sized or hydraulically
designed piping and includes installations overhead and underground in a building,
structure, or area, and to which sprinklers are connected in systematic pattern. The
system includes a controlling valve and a device for actuating an alarm when a
system is in operation. The system is usually activated by heat from a fire and
causes the discharge of water, gas, or chemical over the fire area. Fire protection
sprinkler systems shall include the following types: wet-pipe systems, dry-pipe
systems, pre-action systems, deluge systems, combined dry-pipe and pre-action
systems, antifreeze systems and circulating closed loop systems, systems utilizing
gasses or chemicals, and any other fire suppression system approved by the state fire
marshal or the chief building code official of the department.
Effective: January 1, 2013
History: Amended 2012 Ky. Acts ch. 104, sec. 1, effective January 1, 2013. -Amended 2010 Ky. Acts ch. 24, sec. 273, effective July 15, 2010. -- Amended 2008
Ky. Acts ch. 82, sec. 6, effective July 15, 2008. -- Amended 1988 Ky. Acts ch. 372,
sec. 1, effective July 15, 1988. -- Created 1984 Ky. Acts ch. 383, sec. 1, effective
July 13, 1984.
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