Initiating and Notification Devices
Every device that detects a fire or warns people about one, followed through Bramwell Fire Protection's Charlotte 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 fire alarm boxes, sprinkler waterflow and supervisory devices, horns, speakers and strobes, and the NFPA 72 spacing and placement rules, ending with a device layout for a school wing.
FAT-120 12 lessons · 3 h 50 min ▶ Video lessons coming soon
Offered by HSM University · Fire Alarm Systems
This is the American version of this course. See the Canadian 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 fire alarm boxes to NFPA 72 and reduce false pulls without compromising the boxes
- 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 NFPA 72 public, private and sleeping-area rules 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 50 min total · final exam
- 1 Initiating devices and how they report 19 min · quiz
- 2 Photoelectric and ionization smoke detectors 20 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 Charlotte 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 fire alarm boxes, sprinkler waterflow and supervisory devices, horns, speakers and strobes, and the NFPA 72 spacing and placement rules, ending with a device layout for a school wing.