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Section 100C.10 - Fire extinguishing system contractors and alarm systems advisory board.

IA Code § 100C.10 (2019) (N/A)
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100C.10 Fire extinguishing system contractors and alarm systems advisory board.

1. A fire extinguishing system contractors and alarm systems advisory board is established in the division of state fire marshal of the department of public safety and shall advise the division on matters pertaining to the application and certification of contractors and installers pursuant to this chapter.

2. The board shall consist of eleven voting members appointed by the commissioner of public safety as follows:

a. Two full-time fire officials of incorporated municipalities or counties.

b. One full-time building official of an incorporated municipality or county.

c. Three fire extinguishing system contractors, certified pursuant to this chapter, of which at least one shall be a water-based fire sprinkler contractor.

d. Three alarm system contractors, certified pursuant to this chapter, at least one of whom shall have experience with fire alarm systems, at least one of whom shall have experience with security alarm systems, and at least one of whom shall have experience with nurse call systems.

e. One professional engineer or architect licensed in the state.

f. One representative of the general public.

3. The state fire marshal, or the state fire marshal’s designee, and the chairperson of the electrical examining board created in section 103.2 shall be nonvoting ex officio members of the board.

4. The commissioner shall initially appoint two members for two-year terms, two members for four-year terms, and three members for six-year terms. Following the expiration of the terms of initially appointed members, each term thereafter shall be for a period of six years. No member shall serve more than two consecutive terms. If a position on the board becomes vacant prior to the expiration of a member’s term, the member appointed to the vacancy shall serve the balance of the unexpired term.

5. Six voting members of the advisory board shall constitute a quorum. A majority vote of the board shall be required to conduct business.

2004 Acts, ch 1125, §11; 2005 Acts, ch 35, §27; 2007 Acts, ch 126, §20; 2007 Acts, ch 197, §10, 50; 2008 Acts, ch 1031, §33; 2008 Acts, ch 1092, §6, 32; 2017 Acts, ch 131, §1

Referred to in §100D.5

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Section 100C.10 - Fire extinguishing system contractors and alarm systems advisory board.