Title 55:V: Chapter 30 - Louisiana Office of State Fire Marshal

2. the collar shall be placed around the exterior of the cylinder at or below the valve assembly.
G. The collar shall contain a single circular piece of uninterrupted material forming a hole of a size that will not
allow the collar assembly to move over the neck of the cylinder unless the valve is completely removed. In no case
shall the diameter of the opening exceed 1/4" the diameter of the cylinder's neck, measured directly below the valve
assembly.
AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 40:1664.2.
HISTORICAL NOTE: Promulgated by the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, Office of State Fire Marshal, LR
33:1672 (August 2007).
§3033. Fixed Fire Suppression and Fire Detection and Alarm Systems and Equipment
A. All new (complete or renovated) required fixed fire suppression systems including kitchen, pre-engineered
and engineered systems, and fire detection and alarm systems shall be certified, hydrostatically tested, inspected,
installed, integrated, maintained and serviced in compliance with the manufacturer's installation manuals,
specifications, reviewed plans and the applicable codes and standards adopted in LAC 55:V:103 or noted in these
rules.
B. All existing required fixed fire suppression systems including kitchen, pre-engineered and engineered
systems, and fire detection and alarm systems shall be certified, hydrostatically tested, inspected, integrated,
maintained and serviced in an operational condition in accordance with the manufacturer's installation manuals,
specifications, and per the inspection, testing and maintenance chapters of the applicable codes and standards
adopted in LAC 55:V.103 or noted in these rules.
C. All non-required and non-conforming fixed fire suppression systems including kitchen, pre-engineered and
engineered systems, and fire detection and alarm systems shall be certified, inspected, installed, integrated,
maintained and serviced in compliance with the manufacturer's installation manuals, specifications, and deviations
from the applicable codes and standards adopted in LAC 55:V.103 and these rules as authorized by the Office of the
State Fire Marshal.
D. Non-required and/or non-conforming systems/ equipment which only comprise of smoke or heat detectors
connected to a burglar alarm system need not be inspected and certified annually by a certified fire alarm system
firm. The owner of these systems must ensure these systems are functional and maintained in compliance with the
manufacturer's specifications and NFPA 101 as adopted in LAC 55:V:103 and these rules.
E. All systems, except as noted in Subsection D above, shall be certified, hydrostatically tested, inspected,
installed, integrated, maintained and serviced by certified firms having licensed personnel working within their
certification and licensing discipline. In cases where disciplines cross over, the following reasoning will prevail.
1. Automatic detection and control systems will be certified, inspected, installed, integrated, maintained and
serviced by firms certified to install fire detection and alarm systems and/or equipment unless it is just the section
device associated with the actuation of a kitchen, pre-engineered or engineered system, in which case the fire
detection and alarm firm is not needed. However, any connection of that kitchen, pre-engineered or engineered
system to any alarm initiated system, to include but not limited to annunciator panels, HVAC shutdown and any
other auxiliary feature controlled by the fire alarm system, then a firm with a Fire Alarm endorsement must certify,
inspect, install, integrate, maintain or service the device.