Section 13195 Of Chapter 1.8. Automatic Fire Extinguisher Systems From California Health And Safety Code >> Division 12. >> Part 2. >> Chapter 1.8.
13195
. The State Fire Marshal shall adopt and administer the
regulations and building standards he or she deems necessary in order
to (1) establish and control a program for servicing, testing, and
maintaining all automatic fire extinguishing systems, including but
not limited to, fire sprinkler systems, engineered and preengineered
fixed extinguishing systems, standpipe systems, and water flow alarm
devices and (2) establish minimum frequencies of service, inspection,
and testing for the various types of automatic fire extinguishing
systems. All tests of automatic sprinkler systems shall include a
test of all supervisory signaling equipment that is provided to
determine whether a condition exists that will impair the
satisfactory operation of the system.
The regulations and building standards established by the State
Fire Marshal for servicing, testing, and maintaining automatic fire
extinguishing systems shall consider the requirements of the
applicable standards of the National Fire Protection Association and
the voluntary standards published by the State Fire Marshal entitled
the "California Voluntary Standards for Residential Sprinkler
Systems," dated January 1982.