P2904 requires modifications to a sprinkler system to be reviewed by a fire protection specialist.
Of course, "fire protection specialist" isn't defined in the IRC.
So is a plumber one?
How about a volunteer firefighter?
Or a park ranger?
Or Smokey the Bear?
Or you as a code official?
And if you serve as the fire protection specialist - aka the only person actually reviewing the modifications, will you be responsible for errors and omissions?
Remember this isn't a chapter one administrative requirement, a fire protection specialist acts on behalf of the applicant not on behalf of the building department.
And to think, someone in Colorado actually read the code and decided that they should define it's terms.
Of course, "fire protection specialist" isn't defined in the IRC.
So is a plumber one?
How about a volunteer firefighter?
Or a park ranger?
Or Smokey the Bear?
Or you as a code official?
And if you serve as the fire protection specialist - aka the only person actually reviewing the modifications, will you be responsible for errors and omissions?
Remember this isn't a chapter one administrative requirement, a fire protection specialist acts on behalf of the applicant not on behalf of the building department.
And to think, someone in Colorado actually read the code and decided that they should define it's terms.