Inspection and Testing (CAN/ULC-S536)
Annual inspection and testing of existing fire alarm systems to CAN/ULC-S536, as required by the National Fire Code, followed through Bramwell Fire Protection's Saskatoon service crew: frequencies and planning, notifying occupants, the signal receiving centre and the fire department, control units and annunciators, power supplies and batteries, smoke and heat detectors and sensitivity, manual stations and sprinkler devices, signals and voice systems, interfaces with elevators, fans and doors, deficiencies, impairments and fire watch, ending with the annual inspection and report of an 18-storey apartment tower.
FAT-230 12 lessons · 4 h 2 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 why existing fire alarm systems are inspected, tested and maintained, and distinguish inspection, testing and maintenance
- Explain how the National Fire Code requires inspection and testing to CAN/ULC-S536, how the standard is organized, and who is responsible and who enforces it
- Apply the standard's frequencies and plan an annual inspection that covers every device, with access, coordination and crew time
- Notify the owner, occupants, monitoring station and fire department before and after testing, and manage bypasses safely
- Inspect and test control units, transponders, networks and annunciators, including trouble, silence, acknowledge and reset functions
- Inspect and test primary power, chargers, batteries and remote power supplies, and compare battery capacity with the present load
- Test smoke and heat detectors by the correct methods, check smoke detector sensitivity, and test duct, beam and air-sampling detectors
- Test manual stations, waterflow switches and supervisory devices with the sprinkler trade, and leave every valve open
- Test notification appliances, measure audibility and end-of-circuit voltage, and test voice and two-way communication
- Test fire alarm interfaces with elevators, air handling, smoke control, doors and other systems against the sequence of operation
- Classify and record deficiencies, impairments and observations, and arrange interim measures and fire watch
- Plan, carry out and report a complete annual inspection of a high-rise residential building
Course content
12 lessons · 4 h 2 min total · final exam
- 1 Why existing systems are inspected and tested 20 min · quiz
- 2 How CAN/ULC-S536 is organized and who must comply 20 min · quiz
- 3 Test frequencies and planning the annual inspection 20 min · quiz
- 4 Before the test: occupants, monitoring and the fire department 20 min · quiz
- 5 Control unit and annunciator testing 20 min · quiz
- 6 Power supply and battery testing 20 min · quiz
- 7 Smoke and heat detector testing 20 min · quiz
- 8 Manual stations, waterflow and supervisory devices 20 min · quiz
- 9 Notification appliance and voice system testing 20 min · quiz
- 10 Interconnected systems: elevator recall, fans and door releases 20 min · quiz
- 11 Deficiencies, impairments and fire watch 20 min · quiz
- 12 Capstone: the annual inspection of Riverlight Tower and its report 22 min · quiz
- E Final exam 20 questions
Requirements
Recommended background. You can start any course at any time.
Description
Annual inspection and testing of existing fire alarm systems to CAN/ULC-S536, as required by the National Fire Code, followed through Bramwell Fire Protection's Saskatoon service crew: frequencies and planning, notifying occupants, the signal receiving centre and the fire department, control units and annunciators, power supplies and batteries, smoke and heat detectors and sensitivity, manual stations and sprinkler devices, signals and voice systems, interfaces with elevators, fans and doors, deficiencies, impairments and fire watch, ending with the annual inspection and report of an 18-storey apartment tower.