William Harrison, Fire Marshal, Clermont Fire Department; The Notice of Petition for Declaratory Statement was published in Vol. 39, No. 150, of the Florida Administrative Register on August 2, 2013. The subject of the Petition is whether Section ...

 

DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Department of Financial Services has issued an order disposing of the petition for declaratory statement filed by William Harrison, Fire Marshal, Clermont Fire Department, on July 26, 2013. The following is a summary of the agency’s disposition of the petition:

The Notice of Petition for Declaratory Statement was published in Vol. 39, No. 150, of the Florida Administrative Register on August 2, 2013. The subject of the Petition is whether Section 633.082, Florida Statutes (2012), would allow county, municipal, and special district utilities to perform inspections of privately owned fire protections systems, including fire hydrants, in lieu of inspections by the systems’ owners. The Division of State Fire Marshal determined that privately owned fire protection systems, including private fire hydrants, must be inspected, tested and maintained by a licensed contractor; the statute does not allow county, municipal, or special district utilities to perform tests of public fire hydrants by using employees that are qualified to inspect but are not licensed contractors;  a county, municipal, or special district utility that chooses to inspect, test and maintain private fire protection systems, including private hydrants, may do by utilizing a licensed contractor.

A copy of the Order Disposing of the Petition for Declaratory Statement may be obtained by contacting: R. Terry Butler, Assistant General Counsel, Department of Financial Services, Room 612A, Larson Building, 200 E. Gaines Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0333.