Initiating and Notification Devices
Every device that detects a fire or warns people about one, followed through Bramwell Fire Protection's Saskatoon crew: conventional and addressable reporting, photoelectric, ionization, multi-criteria, duct, beam and air-sampling smoke detection, carbon monoxide and video detection, heat and flame detectors, manual stations, sprinkler waterflow and supervisory devices, horns, speakers and strobes, and the CAN/ULC-S524 spacing and placement rules, ending with a device layout for a school wing.
FAT-120 12 lessons · 3 h 49 min ▶ Video lessons coming soon
Offered by HSM University · Fire Alarm Systems
This is the Canadian version of this course. See the American version.
What you'll learn
- Explain how conventional and addressable initiating devices report alarm, supervisory and trouble conditions, and the role of product listings and installation standards
- Compare photoelectric and ionization smoke detection, recognize nuisance alarm sources and explain sensitivity, drift and drift compensation
- Select and install duct, projected beam and air-sampling smoke detection for the spaces each one suits
- Explain how multi-criteria, carbon monoxide, video and thermal image detection work and how their signals are handled
- Choose fixed-temperature, rate-of-rise, rate-compensated and linear heat detectors for a space, with ratings that suit its normal temperatures
- Apply flame detector coverage and false alarm rules, and describe cross-zoned releasing sequences for special hazards
- Locate and mount manual stations to CAN/ULC-S524 and reduce false pulls without compromising the stations
- Explain how waterflow, valve tamper and other sprinkler supervisory devices work, are wired and are tested with the sprinkler trade
- Calculate required audible levels under the National Building Code and place horns and speakers for even coverage
- Size, mount and synchronize strobes for rooms, corridors and sleeping areas, and account for their current draw
- Apply spacing rules for smooth, high, sloped, beamed and ventilated ceilings to spot detectors
- Prepare a device layout and schedule for a building wing and check it against the code, the brief and the other trades' drawings
Course content
12 lessons · 3 h 49 min total · final exam
- 1 Initiating devices and how they report 19 min · quiz
- 2 Photoelectric and ionization smoke detectors 19 min · quiz
- 3 Duct, beam and aspirating smoke detection 19 min · quiz
- 4 Multi-criteria, CO and video-based detection 19 min · quiz
- 5 Heat detectors: fixed temperature and rate of rise 19 min · quiz
- 6 Flame and special hazard detectors 19 min · quiz
- 7 Manual pull stations 19 min · quiz
- 8 Sprinkler supervisory and waterflow devices 19 min · quiz
- 9 Audible notification: horns, speakers and audibility 19 min · quiz
- 10 Visual notification: strobes and candela 19 min · quiz
- 11 Device spacing and placement rules 19 min · quiz
- 12 Capstone: laying out devices for a school wing 20 min · quiz
- E Final exam 20 questions
Requirements
Recommended background. You can start any course at any time.
Description
Every device that detects a fire or warns people about one, followed through Bramwell Fire Protection's Saskatoon crew: conventional and addressable reporting, photoelectric, ionization, multi-criteria, duct, beam and air-sampling smoke detection, carbon monoxide and video detection, heat and flame detectors, manual stations, sprinkler waterflow and supervisory devices, horns, speakers and strobes, and the CAN/ULC-S524 spacing and placement rules, ending with a device layout for a school wing.