By the end of this course, delegates will be able to learn about:

• • NFPA 1 Uniform Fire Code
  • NFPA 20 Stationary Fire Pumps
  • NFPA 72 National Fire Alarms and Signaling
  • NFPA 25 Maintenance and Testing of Water Based Fire Protection Systems

Anyone who fights fires, specifies, designs, reviews, or evaluates sprinkler systems including: fire engineers, engineers, plan reviewers, designers, installers, maintenance personnel, inspectors, manufacturers, insurers, and project managers, architects, designers, installers, engineers, electrical contractors, technicians, project managers, and fire marshals

Module I: NFPA 1 Uniform Fire Code

• • Administration and Enforcement
  • Definitions
  • General Provisions
  • Means of Egress
  • Features of Fire Protection
  • Building Services
  • Fire Protection Systems
  • Occupancy Fire Safety
  • Aerosol Products
  • Combustible Waste
  • Refuse, and Fibers
  • Commercial Cooking Equipment
  • Dry-cleaning
  • Dust Explosion Prevention
  • Fireworks
  • Model Rocketry and Explosives
  • Flammable and Combustible Liquids
  • Hot Work Operations
  • Industrial Ovens and Furnaces
  • Laboratories
  • Using Chemicals
  • Liquefied Petroleum Gases and Liquefied Natural Gases
  • Marinas
  • Boatyards
  • Marine Terminals, Piers, and Wharves
  • Mechanical Refrigeration
  • Oxidizer
  • Organic Peroxides
  • Parking Garages
  • Pesticides and Herbicides
  • Manufactured Home and Recreational Vehicle Sites
  • Refueling
  • Safeguards During Building Construction
  • Alteration and Demolition Operations
  • Service Stations and Repair Garages
  • Grandstands and Bleachers
  • Folding and Telescopic Seating
  • Tents and Membrane Structures

Module II: NFPA 20 Stationary Fire Pumps

• • Recognize different types of fire pumps and their applications
  • Use graphical determinations of fire pump output
  • Differentiate between electric and diesel drivers and controllers
  • Identify the correct application and installation of fire pumps components
  • Evaluate various types of power sources and the requirements for each
  • Assure continuity of power
  • Describe the difference between National Electrical Code requirements and NFPA 20 requirements
  • Commission fire pumps and related equipment
  • Determine the appropriate tests, required equipment, and correct test procedures
  • Assess fire pump test data

Module III: NFPA 72 National Fire Alarms & Signaling

• • Administration
  • Referenced Publications
  • Definitions
  • Fundamentals of Fire Alarm Systems
  • Initiating Devices
  • Protected Premises Fire Alarm Systems
  • Notification Appliances for Fire Alarm Systems
  • Supervising Station Fire Alarm Systems
  • Public Fire Alarm Reporting Systems
  • Inspection
  • Testing, and Maintenance
  • Single- and Multiple-Station Alarms
  • Household Fire Alarm Systems

Module IV: NFPA 25 Maintenance & Testing of Water Based Fire Protection Systems

• • Locate and explain the scope, purpose, definitions and reporting requirements of the 2008 edition of NFPA 25
  • Recognize the requirements and procedures for the inspection, testing, and maintenance of private service mains, common valve components, system valves, and sprinkler and standpipe systems
  • Plot flow test results to determine causes of water supply problems
  • Evaluate system test data
  • Differentiate between the types of storage tanks and their inspection and safety concerns
  • Identify water spray, foam-water and foam-water spray systems
  • Restore obstructed piping
  • Recognize the importance of having a procedure to deal with system impairment

CDGA attendance certificate will be issued to all attendees completing minimum of 80% of the total course duration.