Terms Used In Michigan Laws 29.28

  • Building: means a structure, framework, or place for housing 1 or more persons or a tank, receptacle, or container for the storage of commodities or other materials. See Michigan Laws 29.1
  • Bureau: means the bureau of fire services created in section 1b. See Michigan Laws 29.1
  • Fire alarm system: means an assemblage of components that indicates or provides a warning of a fire emergency, installation of which is required by the bureau under rules promulgated under section 3c. See Michigan Laws 29.1
  • Fire suppression system: means an integrated combination of a fire alarm system and fire suppression equipment that, as a result of predetermined temperature, rate of temperature rise, products of combustion, flame, or human intervention, will discharge a fire extinguishing substance over a fire area, installation of which is required by the bureau under rules promulgated under section 3c. See Michigan Laws 29.1
  • Firm: means a sole proprietorship, partnership, association, or corporation. See Michigan Laws 29.1
  • Owner: means a person with an ownership interest in property, and includes a trustee, a board of trustees of property, and a person with a freehold interest in property. See Michigan Laws 29.1
  (1) A firm certified under section 26 shall display the certificate issued by the bureau or a duplicate of that certificate at each location where the firm conducts business.
  (2) A firm certified under section 26 shall maintain a record of the installation, testing, service, inspection, maintenance, modification, and documentation of each fire alarm system or fire suppression system the firm installed, tested, modified, inspected, serviced, maintained, or documented, pursuant to rules promulgated by the bureau. A copy of the record shall be kept in the building or other location acceptable to the bureau in which the system has been installed. The owner, operator, or a designated representative of the owner or operator of the building shall make the record available for inspection by the bureau during normal business hours.
  (3) A firm required to be certified under section 26 shall secure recertification every 3 years and pay a fee of $150.00 for the recertification.
  (4) The fees specified in this section and section 26 and 29 shall be paid to the bureau for implementation of section 26 to 33.