Effective January 1, 2007, all persons engaged in the installation, servicing and/or repair of gas fired appliances shall be licensed by the NH State Fire Marshal’s Office (RSA 153:27). The law, known as Amilia’s Law, was enacted by the NH General Court during the 2005 session and was the result of a tragic incident which took the life of Amilia Luhrmann. You can learn more about Amilia and her family by visiting her Web site. Governor Lynch signed the bill into law on June 28, 2006. Rules were approved by the Joint Committee on Legislative Rules in July of 2007 and were officially adopted by the Commissioner of Safety on July 19, 2007.

Status Update: May 28, 2009
Applications Now Available

CONTINUING EDUCATION
The rules require that all licensees show proof of at least eight (8) hours of continuing education prior to renewal of the license. In addition, those applicants that received their license utilizing the existing technician application route, must complete eight hours of instruction on NFPA 54 or must take an approved NFPA 54 challenge exam.

LIST OF NFPA 54 CLASS PROVIDERS

SCHEDULE OF FREE NHFMO SPONSORED NFPA 54 CLASSES (NEW 5/12/09)

Many applications are being returned for lack of supporting documentation.

REMEMBER: ALL APPLICATIONS MUST INCLUDE A PHOTOCOPY OF A GOVERNMENT ISSUED ID SUCH AS A DRIVER’S LICENSE OR NON-DRIVER ID AND TWO PASSPORT SIZED COLOR PHOTOGRAPHS.

The application guide has been modified to cover the requirement for demonstrating the applicant’s passing grade on certification exams. Despite the fact that most of the certification programs use 70% as the passing grade, the NH Gasfitter’s rules require a passing grade of 75%. This requires that applicants submit their transcript with their certificate.

Three application routes have been identified and all use the same form. The trainee route is for those not having the educational nor experience requirements to become fully licensed. They will receive a restricted license and must work under the direct supervision of a licensed individual. The regular application route is for those persons who have a certification from one of the approved training or testing agencies and who can demonstrate the requisite number of work experience hours for the level of licensure they are applying for. The final method is for existing technicians that can demonstrate that they have achieved at least 8000 hours of experience obtained prior to January 1, 2007 and who have had some educational training on gas fitting. Existing Technician applicants will be required to sit through an 8-hour NFPA 54 class or take a specialized test on NFPA 54 prior to their two-year renewal.

Turn around time for license application remains very good with most applications being processed within a day and half of receipt.

Supply House Outreach Program
A new program has been released by the NH State Fire Marshal's Office as part of the overall marketing campaign for the gas fitter’s licensing program. The new program, Supply House Outreach Program, or SHOP, is designed to get inforamation and materials out to the technicians at one of the places they spend some of their working day: In the Supply House. We would like to recognize and congratulate those organizations and companies that have taken advantage of this valuable program. You can view these companies by viewing the SHOP register (NEW: 04-15-08).

If you have any questions regarding the rules, please contact this office.

Information

APPENDIX A
APPLICATION FORM (DSFM123)
APPLICATION GUIDE (October 18, 2007)
APPROVED TRAINING PROGRAM MATRIX
BROCHURE
EXISTING TECHNICIAN APPLICATION PACKET
FINAL ADOPTED RULES (July 17, 2007)
FIVE EASY STEPS!
FLYER
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQ) (October 11, 2007)
HEATING TECHNICIAN CERTIFICATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEMBERS
INFORMATIONAL BULLETIN 2006-04 (September 2006)
LICENSING UPDATED INFORMATION
NFPA 58 BULLETIN
REGULAR TECHNICIAN APPLICATION PACKET (May 15, 2008)
TRAINEE APPLICATION PACKET (May 15, 2008)

Licensed Technicians

The first technician to become licensed in the State of New Hampshire was recognized by Director Degnan who formerly presented the license to the applicant.

Within hours of opening up the application process, John Meisenburg, presented his application in person to the office. For his promptness, Mr. Meisenburg received the first license number. Director Degnan congratulated Mr. Meisenburg and presented him with his wallet card and wall certificate personally.

ALPHABETICAL LICENSED GASFITTERS LIST
Licensed Gasfitters (March 17, 2009)

Next Committee Meeting Date:

TBA
Richard M. Flynn Fire Academy
110 Smokey Bear Blvd
Concord, NH

Meeting Minutes

All minutes have been saved in Adobe Acrobat Reader format.

Caution

Viewers of this Web site are cautioned not to confuse the Gas Fitter’s Law (Amilia’s Law) with the Voluntary Certification of Heating Technicians, which can be found elsewhere on this site.