In order to comply with the Statewide Fire Prevention Code, fire sprinkler systems are required to be inspected and tested at certain intervals. These inspections and tests are to be conducted by qualified individuals. Virginia currently does not have a standard definition for qualified. This leads consumers to have to make a guess as to what a qualified individual is. What building owner wants to have to make a guess about something as important as their fire protection systems?

For this reason I support the licensing of Inspection Contractors under SB1774.