Requirements, license levels, and the issuing authority, sourced from Nevada's official board.
Nevada regulates fire sprinkler work twice over: a company needs a Nevada State Contractors Board C-41a Automatic Fire Sprinklers license to contract for the work, and it also needs a State Fire Marshal Type G (or Type J for residential NFPA 13D and 13R) license, while every individual who installs, maintains, services or supervises the work must hold a State Fire Marshal certificate of registration and be employed by a licensee. On-site work must be supervised at all times by a certificate of registration holder.
| Requirements | NAC 624.572 provides that the Nevada State Contractors Board grants a license in the specialty of fire protection contracting, designated a classification C-41 license, and that the C-41a Automatic Fire Sprinklers subclassification covers the fabrication, installation, alteration, repair and service of fire protection systems using water, including required pressure and storage tanks, fire pumps and drivers, sprinkler heads and nozzles, and all associated valves and piping, together with control wiring, any required excavation, backfilling and grading, and piping to an adjacent off-premises water supply. The C-41d subclassification covers inspection, testing, maintenance and repair of existing privately owned fire hydrants. The board requires at least four full years of experience as a journeyman, supervising employee or contractor in the specific classification requested within the preceding 15 years, a trade examination for the requested classification unless waived, the Business and Law (CMS) examination for the qualifying individual, a financial statement scaled to the monetary limit requested, and a bond the board sets from $1,000 to $500,000. Separately, NAC 477.345 requires any firm that holds a license to service or install any fire alarm system, standpipe system, residential sprinkler system, automatic sprinkler system or other extinguishing system to be properly equipped, to employ qualified personnel, and to possess a state contractors license pertinent to the work; the State Fire Marshal issues licenses in five basic classifications, of which Type G authorizes the holder to design the placement of, install, maintain and service automatic sprinkler systems and Type J covers residential sprinkler systems classified under NFPA 13D or 13R. Under NAC 477.346 no person may supervise, install, maintain or service such a system unless the person has a certificate of registration issued by the State Fire Marshal and is employed by a licensee, and all work must be supervised on site by a holder of a certificate of registration. NAC 477.348 requires a person engaging in installation, repair, restoration or testing for maintenance of a fire system to pass a written examination and pay the appropriate fee. The State Fire Marshal's licensing FAQ states that certification tests are based on the appropriate NFPA standards and NAC 477. |
| Reciprocity | The Nevada State Contractors Board states that licensure by endorsement is available to applicants licensed in a state with substantially equivalent requirements who have held an active license for four years without disciplinary action. The State Fire Marshal's published fire protection licensing pages do not address reciprocity. |
| Renewal | NRS 624.283 provides that each contractor license expires 2 years after the date on which it is issued, except that the board may by regulation prescribe shorter or longer periods and prorated fees to establish staggered biennial renewals, and that any license not renewed on or before the renewal date is automatically suspended. On the fire marshal side, the office's licensing FAQ states that fire protection companies and individuals expire yearly at 5:00 pm PST on December 31, that renewal notices for fire protection are mailed October 1, that an application must be filed for every renewal, and that there is no grace period, so a lapsed holder must start the process over including retaking the exam. |
| Notes | Nevada regulates fire sprinkler work twice over: a company needs a Nevada State Contractors Board C-41a Automatic Fire Sprinklers license to contract for the work, and it also needs a State Fire Marshal Type G (or Type J for residential NFPA 13D and 13R) license, while every individual who installs, maintains, services or supervises the work must hold a State Fire Marshal certificate of registration and be employed by a licensee. On-site work must be supervised at all times by a certificate of registration holder. |
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