The layout of fire sprinkler systems is not engineering and it is to be performed by qualified individuals who have demonstrated a level of proficiency as deemed acceptable to the board. In the case of Texas this is an individual that is certified to a minimum Level III, in the subfield of "Automatic Sprinkler Systems Layout", through the National Institute for Certification in Engineering Technologies (NICET);. It is very important to note, as well, that when Texas mentions the role and responsibility of the engineer that they use the phrase, “Competent in Fire Protection Engineering”. We all know that a doctor is not always a doctor. A horse doctor can not perform brain surgery any more than an unqualified engineer can perform fire sprinkler layout in a competent manner. I’m not trying to bash engineers, but instead simply making the point that just because an individual has a PE after their name, it does not make them qualified to practice outside of their field of expertise. This has been a very real issue over the past several years as more and more unqualified mechanical PE’s have been dabbling in the fire protection field.
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