| Committee of Jurisdiction: | Government, Military and Veterans Affairs |
| Occupation Regulated: | Water-Base Fire Protection System Contractor |
| Occupational Board: | N/A |
| Contact: | Doug Hohbein |
| Purpose: | Fire Sprinkler systems are an integral part of ensuring public safety—simply put they save lives. The licensing requirement was put in place to ensure that the installation companies have a person on staff that had the required knowledge, training and experience to adequately perform the duties required to be in compliance with the various Code requirements. |
| Regulated Professionals: | 63 |
| Year Created: | 1997 |
| Year Active: | 27 |
| Sunset Date: | N/A |
| Statutory Authorization: | §81-5,158-§81-5,164 |
| Parent Agency: | State Fire Marshal |
| Number of Members: | |
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| Legislative Approval: | |
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| Terms Rotate or Expire at Once: |
| Required FY 2024-2023: | 0 |
| Held FY 2024-2023: | 0 |
| Required FY 2023-2022: | 0 |
| Held FY 2023-2022: | 0 |
| Required FY 2022-2021: | 0 |
| Held FY 2022-2021: | 0 |
| Required FY 2021-2020: | 0 |
| Held FY 2021-2020: | 0 |
| Required FY 2020-2019: | 0 |
| Held FY 2020-2019: | 0 |
| Support Staff: | 0 |
| Shared or Separate: | shared |
| FY 2024-2023 Budget: | 0 |
| FY 2023-2022 Budget: | 0 |
| FY 2022-2021 Budget: | 0 |
| FY 2021-2020 Budget: | 331 |
| FY 2020-2019 Budget: | 427 |
| Other Funding Sources: | §81-5,159 allows for up to a $100.00 fee to the State Fire Marshal Cash Fund |
| Spending Authority: | §81-505.01 |
| Government Certificates Issued: | 274 |
| Issued Certificate Descriptions: | A letter acknowledging the certification of a specific individual for a specific company for a set time period accompanies a numbered certificated issued to the individual who was submitted as the Responsible Managing Employee. |
| Government Certificates Revoked: | 0 |
| Revoked Certificate Descriptions: | N/A |
| Government Certificates Denied: | 0 |
| Denied Certificate Descriptions: | N/A |
| Government Certificates Penalties Against: | 0 |
| Penalty Certificate Descriptions: | N/A |
| Explanation of Effectiveness: | https://nebraskalegislature.gov/pdf/SurveyDocs/explanation1734987755.pdf |
| Potential Harm | If fire sprinkler systems are not designed, installed, inspected and maintained correctly all people are at risk of injury or death in a fire event. |
| Regulation Comparison: | https://nebraskalegislature.gov/pdf/SurveyDocs/comparison1734987755.pdf |
| Subject to Regulations of Act(LB407): | No |
| Survey Submitted: | December 23, 2024 03:02 PM |