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DA Form 4005 exists to automatic sprinkler and standpipe equipments inspections and tests — that is the short version. Title of record: AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER AND STANDPIPE EQUIPMENTS INSPECTIONS AND TESTS. The page covers the download, the entries and the disposition, nothing else. Current here: edition 01/01/1973, status ACTIVE, 1 page(s), near 200 fields.
Authority sits in two places. USACE owns the form, TM 5-695 says when it is raised and where it goes. Routine cases need neither read in full — the page itself carries the sequence. The entries are completed by their subject or by unit administrative staff working from what that person supplies.
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What the form asks for
- AIR
- AIR_1
- AIR_10
- AIR_11
- AIR_12
- AIR_13
- AIR_14
- AIR_2
- AIR_3
- AIR_4
- AIR_5
- AIR_6
- AIR_7
- AIR_8
- AIR_9
- ALARMVAL
- ALARMVAL_1
- ALARMVAL_10
- ALARMVAL_11
- ALARMVAL_12
- ALARMVAL_13
- ALARMVAL_14
- ALARMVAL_2
- ALARMVAL_3
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Questions and answers
- What is DA Form 4005?
- AUTOMATIC SPRINKLER AND STANDPIPE EQUIPMENTS INSPECTIONS AND TESTS
- Which edition is current?
- 01/01/1973
- Who is responsible for this form?
- USACE
- In which formats can it be downloaded?
- PDF, PDF
Publisher notes
- 42-ITEM ONLY PRODUCED IN ELECTRONIC MEDIA