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Section 26 -8. Fire Watch for Systems Out of Service 1.7.15.4 is added to read: 1.7.15.4 Where a fire alarm or fire suppression system is out of service for more than 4 hours in a 24 -hour period, the AHJ shall be notified and an approved fire - watch shall be provided until such system is returned to service. Section 26 -9. Fire Watch- Assignment 1.7.15.5 is added to read: 1.7.15.5 Person(s) conducting fire watch duty shall be assigned to an area for the express purpose of notifying the Fire department, the building occupants or both of an emergency; preventing a fire from occurring; extinguishing small fires; or protecting the public from fire or life safety dangers. The fire watch personnel shall patrol the entire area or premise that the non - functioning system protects. Section 26 -10. Fire Watch- Documentation 1.7.15.6 is added to read: 1.7.15.6 Standby and fire watch personnel shall keep documentation on an hourly basis or as often as deemed necessary by the AHJ. Documentation shall be available for review upon the AHJ request. Section 26 -11. Public Fire Education 1.7.16.3 is added to read: 1.7.16.3 The Fire chief of each county may: (1) Appoint advisers, promote and secure the appointment and service of committees of commercial, industrial, labor, civic, and other organizations, who shall, without compensation, assist the county fire chief in establishing standards of safety; (2) Establish and maintain museums and exhibits of safety and fire prevention in which shall be exhibited equipment, safeguards, and other means and methods for protection against fire loss, and publish and distribute bulletins on any phase of this general subject; (3) Cause lectures to be delivered, illustrated by stereopticon or other views, diagrams, or pictures, for the information of owners or other persons and the general public, in regard to the causes and prevention of fires and related subjects. (HRS §132 -14) 3