KRS 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) "Fire protection sprinkler contractor" means 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) "Fire protection sprinkler contractor's license" means 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) "Certificate holder" means an individual who has satisfactorily met and the

requirements established in KRS 198B.570 and has received a certificate from

the commissioner; and

(6) "Fire protection sprinkler system" means 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.