| (a) If a fire protection sprinkler system has an impairment
which constitutes an emergency impairment, as defined in the adopted
edition of NFPA 25, the service person or inspector must complete
and attach a red tag to the respective riser of each system to indicate
corrective action is necessary.
(b) Immediately after attaching a red tag, the inspector
or service person must orally notify the building owner or the building
owner's representative and, where available, the local AHJ all impairments.
The inspector or service person must also provide written notice to
the building owner or the building owner's representative and, where
available, the local AHJ of all impairments, and the written notice
must be postmarked, emailed, faxed, or hand delivered within 24 hours
of the attachment of the red tag.
(c) The signature of the service person or inspector
on the red tag certifies the impairments listed constitute an emergency
impairment.
(d) A red tag may only be removed by an authorized
employee of a registered firm or an authorized representative of a
governmental agency with appropriate regulatory authority after the
employee or representative completes and attaches a service tag that
indicates the impaired conditions were corrected. The local AHJ must
be notified when corrections are made and a red tag is removed or
revised. The notification must be postmarked, emailed, faxed, or hand
delivered within five business days of the removal of the red tag.
(e) Red tags may be printed for a multiple period of
years.
(f) Red tags must be the same size as service tags.
(g) Red tags must contain the following information
in the format of the sample tag as set forth in subsection (h) of
this section:
(1) "DO NOT REMOVE BY ORDER OF THE TEXAS STATE FIRE
MARSHAL" (all capital letters, at least 10-point boldface type);
(2) firm's name, address, and phone number;
(3) firm's certificate of registration number;
(4) license number of RME;
(5) printed name of service person or inspector;
(6) signature of service person or inspector;
(7) day, month, and year (to be punched);
(8) name and address of owner or occupant;
(9) building number, location, or system number; and
(10) list of emergency impairments.
(h) Sample red tag:
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