2009/08/19 Council Agenda Packet

PLEASE NOTE, THE GLOBAL SERVICES AGREEMENT MUST BE SIGNED BY AN AUTHORIZED OFFICIAL OF YOUR COMPANY AND RETURNED TO UL BEFORE UL MAY PERFORM SERVICES UNDER THIS QUOTATION. The Program Terms and Conditions are intended to cover charges associated with our inspection of your aerial lift devices and/or pumpers and/or ground ladders,to determine that equipment conforms to the appropriate provisions of the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA)Standard No. 1911, "Standard for the Inspection, Maintenance,Testing, and Retirement of In-Service Automotive Fire Apparatus", 2007 Edition; and/or NFPA 1932, "Use, Maintenance, and Service Testing of Fire Department Ground Ladders,"2004 Edition. Devices covered under our Inspection Program are not eligible for Listing by UL. Shortly after completion of our work, a copy of our inspection and test Report will be provided. Upon completion of the inspection, if the equipment is found to comply with the applicable requirements, UL will issue a Certificate of Inspection. Charges are due and payable without discount upon presentation of our invoice. You will receive a copy of the Inspection and Test Report prior to receiving our invoice. The current charge for testing aerial devices is $ 1,075.00 per unit. The charge for testing ground ladders is $ 2.50 per linear foot. These are the current charges for testing services. If pricing changes, you will receive a letter with the updated pricing. Please direct your attention to the paragraphs that are applicable to your equipment. AERIAL DEVICES: Inspections of aerial devices use non-destructive testing methods that can include magnetic particle inspection, ultrasonic inspection, dye penetrant inspection and hardness inspection as appropriate for the materials involved. Also, the equipment is required to be subjected to operation and load tests as specified in the above referenced Standards. NFPA 1901 requires that the manufacturer provide to the purchaser technical information needed to conduct aerial service tests under NFPA 1911. A copy of this document should be available to the UL Representative in order to assure that the proper test criteria are applied. If your apparatus predates this requirement and you did not receive this document, UL can provide you with a form for this purpose. UL will make every effort to complete all testing in one day. However, circumstances may make completion of testing in one day impractical, if not impossible. These circumstances may include weather, or structural problems with the aerial device. Inclement Weather: If weather conditions, such as high winds or freezing cold interrupt testing, twn_aptionsare_availabla_The Authority Having Jurisdiction (AHJ) may accept an incomplete set of tests. In this case, the report would list all completed tests and inspections, along with their results. The report would also list all tests that were not completed due to the inclement conditions. A Certificate of Inspection to NFPA 1911, stating that the test work was incomplete, can also be issued. The AHJ would also have the option of requesting a completion of the inspection. In this case, UL would schedule a second date that is mutually convenient to complete the testing. The fire department would receive a second report, showing that all inspections were completed. A Certificate of Inspection to NFPA 1911, this time showing that all work was completed, would be issued. Structural Damage: If structural damage is identified which makes completion of testing unwise, some tests will not be conducted on the day of test. Typically, the load test is not completed. Other tests may include Water 79