Concepts, preparation for NFPA 72 certification, calculations, and step-by-step design of a fire alarm system.
Every day we see more complex constructions with more demanding requirements, which require extensive knowledge of the concepts and standards by engineers and architects for the design of fire alarm systems as well as field personnel responsible for installations and testing.
What you’ll learn
- Design fire alarm systems for any type of project..
- Fundamentals and operation of fire alarm systems.
- Prepare to become NFPA 72 certified.
- Design a fire alarm system of a hotel.
- Interpret and correctly apply the codes presented in NFPA 72..
- Locate information in NFPA 72 code..
- Evaluate the systems that interact with fire alarm systems..
- Documentation required for a fire alarm design.
- Battery and voltage drop calculation.
- Fill a activation Matrix.
Course Content
- Introduction –> 1 lecture • 6min.
- Concepts of Fire Alarm Systems –> 13 lectures • 56min.
- NFPA 72 –> 6 lectures • 26min.
- Practice – Designing Fire Alarm system of an Hotel –> 4 lectures • 43min.
- Design documentation –> 1 lecture • 7min.
- Conclusion –> 1 lecture • 4min.
Requirements
Every day we see more complex constructions with more demanding requirements, which require extensive knowledge of the concepts and standards by engineers and architects for the design of fire alarm systems as well as field personnel responsible for installations and testing.
In this course you will learn the design procedures and calculations of fire alarm systems while clarifying the concepts of each component. It is designed for beginner students as well as professionals with previous knowledge in fire alarm systems.
The course uses a theoretical/practical methodology so we will be working together on a Hotel project design, where we will have to make calculations and locate the different components based on what NFPA 72 standarizes. Before working on the design we will focus on reviewing each component of a fire alarm system, how it works and interacts with other system.
What concepts will you learn in this course?
- Concepts of a fire alarm system:
- Main Panel Characteristics
- Types of detectors
- Pull stations
- Input and output modules
- Horns, loudspeakers and strobe lights
- Wiring
- Interaction of fire alarm systems with other systems:
- Sprinkler systems
- Clean agent suppression systems
- Kitchen hood suppression systems
- Air sampling detection
- Air conditioning systems
- Elevators
- Stairway pressurization systems
- Doors
- NFPA 72 Standard Concepts
- We will study the composition of all the chapters.
- We will study concepts such as coverings and spacing of devices.
- Occupancy type and hazard
- Design of a real fire alarm system for a Hotel
- Location devices following NFPA 72 and other standards
- Calculations
- Minimum documentation to include in your design
- Voltage drop calculation
- Calculation of wiring voltage drop
- Activation matrix