● The owner must appoint a person in charge of the system, who will be instructed
by the Authorized Distributor about how to safely perform tasks and checks at
the owner’s site of operation. The owner will confirm in the documentation of the
Authorized Distributor that these instructions have been given.
● The owner must confirm to the Authorized Distributor that the system's function
and mode of operation have been understood and the system was ready for
operation when accepted by the owner.
● The owner must ensure the availability of substitute extinguishing agents suit-
able for fire fighting in case the system is taken out of operation/disassembled.
3.10
Responsibility of the Authorized Distributor
3.10.1
Authorized Distributor
The Authorized Distributor is the entity that installs the system, commissions the
system, and can perform the service on the system.
3.10.2
Obligations of the Authorized Distributor
● The Authorized Distributor must ensure that the extinguishing system complies
with the provisions and regulations applicable for installation of extinguishing
systems in enclosed equipment and that the system has been correctly chosen
for the protection of this equipment (correct nominal fill, density given, ...). In this
regard, the following particularly applies:
– The Authorized Distributor must comply with the applicable local regulations,
and consider these regulations in the selection of the system.
– The Authorized Distributor must take the current state of the technology into
consideration at all times.
● The "Occupational Safety and Health Act" of 1970 specifies that a safe work-
place must be provided at all times for execution of tasks. To this end, the
Authorized Distributor must ensure that the system is erected, installed, and
maintained in accordance with all applicable commercial, industrial, local, federal
and state laws, standards and regulations.
● The Authorized Distributor must label the system and affix all necessary informa-
tion where it is permanently visible.
● The Authorized Distributor must ensure that the personnel performing the tasks
have the qualifications necessary for execution of the tasks.
● The Authorized Distributor must instruct a responsible person appointed by the
owner in the safe execution of the tasks and inspections that must be executed
by the owner, and document execution of this instruction.
● The Authorized Distributor must document the actual status of the system at the
time of transfer and inform the owner’s responsible person of the actual status.
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