Installation Standard (CAN/ULC-S524)
Installing fire alarm systems to CAN/ULC-S524, followed through Bramwell Fire Protection's Saskatoon crew on a new hospital wing: how the standard is organized and adopted through the National Building Code, control units and annunciators, initiating and signal devices, wiring and pathways, power supplies, interfaces with elevators, fans, doors and sprinklers, high buildings, hospitals and residential suites, shop drawings and the as-built documentation, ending with an installation review before verification.
FAT-220 12 lessons · 4 h 9 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 CAN/ULC-S524 is organized, how it relates to the National Building Code and the other ULC standards, and how to find and read a clause
- Identify the codes, editions and authorities that apply to a project, and apply the standard's definitions, listing and compatibility requirements
- Install control units, transponders, remote equipment and annunciators in locations and environments that meet the standard and serve responders
- Install initiating devices to their listing and the standard, including construction protection, duct detectors and sprinkler devices
- Install notification appliances at the required heights and settings, synchronize them, and verify audibility by measurement
- Route, support, separate, terminate and test fire alarm pathways, including separate routing of Class A returns
- Install primary and secondary power supplies, branch circuits, batteries and remote power supplies to the standard
- Install and coordinate interfaces with elevators, air handling, doors, locks and suppression systems
- Apply the installation requirements for high buildings, hospitals and residential suites
- Prepare and use shop drawings, calculations and submittals, and manage revisions and field changes
- Produce record drawings, reconcile the device schedule and assemble the documentation package
- Plan and carry out an installation review, classify findings by severity and close them out before formal testing
Course content
12 lessons · 4 h 9 min total · final exam
- 1 How the installation standard is organized 20 min · quiz
- 2 Scope, definitions and how the standard is adopted 21 min · quiz
- 3 Control units, transponders and annunciator installation 20 min · quiz
- 4 Initiating device installation rules 21 min · quiz
- 5 Notification appliance installation rules 20 min · quiz
- 6 Wiring, pathways and circuit installation rules 21 min · quiz
- 7 Power supplies and secondary supply installation 21 min · quiz
- 8 Interconnection with other systems 21 min · quiz
- 9 Special occupancies: high buildings, hospitals and residential suites 21 min · quiz
- 10 Plans, specifications and shop drawings 21 min · quiz
- 11 Documentation, record drawings and the as-built package 21 min · quiz
- 12 Capstone: an installation review of a new hospital wing 21 min · quiz
- E Final exam 20 questions
Requirements
Recommended background. You can start any course at any time.
Description
Installing fire alarm systems to CAN/ULC-S524, followed through Bramwell Fire Protection's Saskatoon crew on a new hospital wing: how the standard is organized and adopted through the National Building Code, control units and annunciators, initiating and signal devices, wiring and pathways, power supplies, interfaces with elevators, fans, doors and sprinklers, high buildings, hospitals and residential suites, shop drawings and the as-built documentation, ending with an installation review before verification.