The purposes of this rule workshop are twofold. (1) To implement, interpret, and clarify the requirements and purposes of listing a product containing two or more components by a nationally recognized testing laboratory under Section 633.065, ...

DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES
Division of State Fire Marshal

RULE NO: RULE TITLE
69A-21.303: Standard Service Tag
PURPOSE AND EFFECT: The purposes of this rule workshop are twofold.
(1) To implement, interpret, and clarify the requirements and purposes of listing a product containing two or more components by a nationally recognized testing laboratory under Section 633.065, Florida Statutes, and (2) to adopt, revise, and clarify standards for tagging fire extinguishers and preengineered systems, as required by Section 633.065, Florida Statutes, and Rule 69A-21.303, Florida Administrative Code. The Division of State Fire Marshal provides the following information as background for these workshops.
(1) Questions have arisen concerning the effect of the listing by a nationally recognized testing laboratory required by Section 633.065, Florida Statutes, such as Underwriter’s Laboratories, with respect to preengineered systems, and whether that statute requires that the entire preengineered system be listed for the purposes for which it is intended to be used, or if it is sufficient that all the component parts of the product are listed, regardless of the use for which the product is placed in service. These questions have been presented most often in the context of specific kinds of restaurant tables, commonly referred to as “hibachi downdraft tables,” that permit cooking at the table and that have a system of downward ducts or pipes which propels the steam, smoke, and grease laden vapors down under the floor and out of the building through the flooring and/or walls, but which do not contain any type of hood fire extinguishment system.
(2) Fire extinguishers and preengineered systems are treated differently under Section 633.065, Florida Statutes. Questions have arisen concerning the effect of placing a tag on a fire extinguisher as opposed to placing a tag on a preengineered system, and what in addition, if anything, may be required if a preengineered system is non-compliant. This rule workshop is for the Bureau of Fire Prevention to receive comments and suggestions from the fire extinguisher and preengineered system industries, the restaurant industry, and firesafety enforcement officials (local authorities having jurisdiction) concerning the practices and procedures now in use, the preferred method(s) of handling non-compliant fire extinguishers and preengineered systems, and the expertise and opinions of those who will be substantially affected by any new rule or rule amendment. The Bureau of Fire Prevention is also seeking guidance from the persons named above and any other substantially affected persons on proposed definitions including, but not limited to a definition for the phrase, “complete in detail,” as used in Section 633.065, Florida Statutes.
SUBJECT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED: Hibachi type downdraft cooking tables in restaurants, and service tags on fire extinguishers and preengineered systems.
SPECIFIC AUTHORITY: 633.01, 633.022, 633.065 F.S.
LAW IMPLEMENTED: 633.022, 633.065 F.S.
A RULE DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP WILL BE HELD AT THE DATE, TIME AND PLACE SHOWN BELOW:
DATE AND TIME: Thursday, November 16, 2006, 9:00 a.m.
PLACE: Department of Transportation Office, 1109 South Marion Avenue, Lake City, Florida
Pursuant to the provisions of the Americans with Disabilities Act, any person requiring special accommodations to participate in this workshop/meeting is asked to advise the agency at least 48 hours before the workshop/meeting by contacting: Marcia Brock, [phone]. If you are hearing or speech impaired, please contact the agency using the Florida Relay Service, 1(800)955-8771 (TDD) or 1(800)955-8770 (Voice).
THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT AND A COPY OF THE PRELIMINARY DRAFT, IF AVAILABLE, IS: Jim Goodloe, Chief, Bureau of Fire Prevention, Division of State Fire Marshal, 200 East Gaines Street, Tallahassee, FL 32399-0342. Phone: [phone]; Fax: [phone].

THE PRELIMINARY TEXT OF THE PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT IS NOT AVAILABLE.