Re: City of Pittsburgh going 3rd party inspect on fire

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Nick Markowitz said:

>Found out today that city of pittsburgh with all its budget cuts eliminated
>its fire prevention inspectors most who were ready to retire and turned fire
>inspection over to building inspection bureau who has no one at present
>certified under ICC to due inspections for fire alarms,hoods sprinklers etc.
>and we now have to use 3rd party service.
>and there are very few 3rd party service available.

I'm a little confused.  The only fire inspector certification program I
know of is NFPA's.  But I assume the building inspection bureau is
qualified, technically, just because they're a government agency and can do
what they want.  What kind of certification are you talking about?

I'm also curious about who certifies those third parties to inspect fire
alarms and other stuff.  I don't think there's a UL listing classification
for independent fire inspector service, is there?

- badenov