100C.1 - DEFINITIONS.
100C.1 DEFINITIONS.
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. "Alarm system" means a system or portion of a combination
system that consists of components and circuits arranged to monitor
and annunciate the status of a fire alarm, security alarm, or nurse
call or supervisory signal-initiating devices and to initiate the
appropriate response to those signals, but does not mean any such
security system or portion of a combination system installed in a
prison, jail, or detention facility owned by the state, a political
subdivision of the state, the department of human services, or the
Iowa veterans home.
2. "Alarm system contractor" means a person engaging in or
representing that the person is engaging in the business of layout,
installation, repair, alteration, addition, maintenance, or
maintenance inspection of alarm systems in this state.
3. "Alarm system installer" means a person engaged in the
layout, installation, repair, alteration, addition, or maintenance of
alarm systems as an employee of an alarm system contractor, or as an
employee of any employer other than an alarm system contractor in a
building or facility owned or occupied by such employer.
4. "Automatic dry-chemical extinguishing system" means a
system supplying a powder composed of small particles, usually of
sodium bicarbonate, potassium bicarbonate, urea-potassium-based
bicarbonate, potassium chloride, or monoammonium phosphate, with
added particulate material supplemented by special treatment to
provide resistance to packing, resistance to moisture absorption, and
the proper flow capabilities.
5. "Automatic fire extinguishing system" means a system of
devices and equipment that automatically detects a fire and
discharges an approved fire extinguishing agent onto or in the area
of a fire and includes automatic sprinkler systems, carbon dioxide
extinguishing systems, deluge systems, automatic dry-chemical
extinguishing systems, foam extinguishing systems, and halogenated
extinguishing systems, or other equivalent fire extinguishing
technologies recognized by the fire extinguishing system contractors
advisory board.
6. "Automatic sprinkler system" means an integrated fire
protection sprinkler system usually activated by heat from a fire
designed in accordance with fire protection engineering standards and
includes a suitable water supply. The portion of the system above
the ground is a network of specially sized or hydraulically designed
piping installed in a structure or area, generally overhead, and to
which automatic sprinklers are connected in a systematic pattern.
7. "Carbon dioxide extinguishing system" means a system
supplying carbon dioxide from a pressurized vessel through fixed
pipes and nozzles and includes a manual or automatic actuating
mechanism.
8. "Deluge system" means a sprinkler system employing open
sprinklers attached to a piping system connected to a water supply
through a valve that is opened by the operation of a detection system
installed in the same area as the sprinklers.
9. "Fire extinguishing system contractor" means a person
engaging in or representing oneself to the public as engaging in the
activity or business of layout, installation, repair, alteration,
addition, maintenance, or maintenance inspection of automatic fire
extinguishing systems in this state.
10. "Foam extinguishing system" means a special system
discharging foam made from concentrates, either mechanically or
chemically, over the area to be protected.
11. "Halogenated extinguishing system" means a fire
extinguishing system using one or more atoms of an element from the
halogen chemical series of fluorine, chlorine, bromine, and iodine.
12. "Maintenance inspection" means periodic inspection and
certification completed by a fire extinguishing system contractor.
For purposes of this chapter, "maintenance inspection" does not
include an inspection completed by a local building official, fire
inspector, or insurance inspector, when acting in an official
capacity.
13. "Responsible managing employee" means one of the
following:
a. An owner, partner, officer, or manager employed full-time
by a fire extinguishing system contractor who is certified by the
national institute for certification in engineering technologies at a
level three in fire protection technology, automatic sprinkler system
layout, or another certification in automatic sprinkler system layout
recognized by rules adopted by the fire marshal pursuant to section
100C.7 or who meets any other criteria established by rule.
b. An owner, partner, officer, or manager employed full-time
by an alarm system contractor who is certified by the national
institute for certification in engineering technologies in fire alarm
systems or security systems at a level established by the fire
marshal by rule or who meets any other criteria established by rule
under this chapter. The rules may provide for separate endorsements
for fire alarm systems, security alarm systems, and nurse call
systems and may require separate qualifications for each. Section History: Recent Form
2004 Acts, ch 1125, §2, 17; 2007 Acts, ch 197, §2, 3, 50; 2008
Acts, ch 1092, §1--3, 32; 2009 Acts, ch 41, §31
Referred to in § 100D.1