Control Panels and Circuits

The fire alarm control unit from the inside out, followed through Bramwell Fire Protection's Saskatoon crew: conventional zones and addressable loops, isolators, Class A and Class B circuits and protected wiring, initiating and notification circuits, synchronization, single-stage and two-stage systems, programming, the cause-and-effect matrix, annunciators and networked panels, ending with the replacement and CAN/ULC-S537 verification of an office building's panel.

FAT-210 12 lessons · 3 h 54 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

Describe the parts and functions of a fire alarm control unit listed to CAN/ULC-S527, and read its alarm, supervisory and trouble indications in order of priority
Plan and annunciate conventional zones within the building code's limits, and find alarms and wiring faults on a conventional zone
Explain addressable polling, address plans, analog values and loop capacity, and place isolators so a single short affects only one floor or zone
Compare Class A and Class B circuits, explain how isolation confines a short, and apply the protection the building code requires for circuits that must survive a fire
Wire and supervise initiating and supervisory circuits, find ground faults and set waterflow retard and timing within the limits
Explain how notification circuits are supervised, coded and synchronized across circuits and remote power supplies, and set their silence behaviour
Explain single-stage and two-stage systems, including the National Building Code's 5-minute acknowledgement rule, and program and test each path
Build a site program with correct device types, labels, groups, logic and special functions, and control changes with comparisons, versions and security
Write and use a sequence of operation and cause-and-effect matrix for elevator recall, fans, doors, locks and off-site signals
Plan annunciators and point lists with the fire department, and read the panel's event history
Explain networked panels, degraded mode, global logic and the supervision and synchronization of remote power supplies
Program, install and verify a replacement control unit to CAN/ULC-S537, from the point list to the final report

Course content

12 lessons · 3 h 54 min total · final exam

1 The fire alarm control unit 20 min · quiz
2 Conventional panels and zones 19 min · quiz
3 Addressable systems and their loops 19 min · quiz
4 Circuit classes and pathway survivability 20 min · quiz
5 Initiating circuits and supervision 20 min · quiz
6 Notification circuits and synchronization 19 min · quiz
7 Single-stage and two-stage systems 19 min · quiz
8 Programming the control unit 20 min · quiz
9 Sequences of operation and the cause-and-effect matrix 20 min · quiz
10 Annunciators, displays and the fire department interface 19 min · quiz
11 Networked panels and remote power supplies 19 min · quiz
12 Capstone: programming and testing a panel for a mid-rise office 20 min · quiz
E Final exam 20 questions

Requirements

Recommended background. You can start any course at any time.