Monitoring, Networking and System Integration
Off-premises monitoring, networked control units and the interfaces between fire alarm systems and other building systems, followed through Bramwell Fire Protection's Charlotte integration group at the Eastview hospital campus: why systems are monitored, central, proprietary and remote supervising stations under NFPA 72 Chapter 26, digital, IP, cellular and radio communicators and path supervision, Contact ID and the operator's response, peer-to-peer networks, defensive cybersecurity and remote access, elevator recall and shunt trip, air handler shutdown and smoke control, door releases and access control unlocking, sprinkler, preaction and clean agent releasing, building automation and mass notification, ending with a weekend monitoring failure and a slow door release traced to their causes and retested.
FAT-320 12 lessons · 4 h 4 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 why fire alarm systems are monitored and what fire alarm, supervisory and trouble signals add to on-site warning
- Describe central, proprietary and remote supervising station service under NFPA 72 Chapter 26, and keep account records in step with the system
- Select, install and test digital, IP, cellular and radio communicators, and supervise their communication paths
- Read Contact ID and similar signal formats, follow how the monitoring center handles each signal, and manage test status and unwanted alarms
- Explain how networked control units work, find network faults, and keep every node's program in step
- Apply defensive cybersecurity practice to networked fire alarm equipment: inventory, separation, access control and records
- Wire and test elevator recall, flashing hat and shunt trip interfaces with the elevator mechanic
- Wire and test air handler shutdown, smoke damper and smoke control interfaces with the mechanical trades
- Wire and test door release, exit unlocking and access control interfaces, including lockdown priorities
- Monitor sprinkler and fire pump signals and test releasing panels for preaction and special hazard systems safely
- Integrate the fire alarm with building automation, security and mass notification without making fire alarm functions depend on them
- Trace a monitoring failure and an interface fault from the records to the cause, correct both and retest the system
Course content
12 lessons · 4 h 4 min total · final exam
- 1 Why fire alarms are monitored 20 min · quiz
- 2 Supervising stations: central, proprietary and remote 20 min · quiz
- 3 Communicators: digital, IP, cellular and radio 21 min · quiz
- 4 Signal types, formats and response at the monitoring center 19 min · quiz
- 5 Networked panels and peer-to-peer networks 21 min · quiz
- 6 Fire alarm networks, cybersecurity and remote access 20 min · quiz
- 7 Elevator recall and shunt trip interfaces 20 min · quiz
- 8 HVAC shutdown and smoke control interfaces 20 min · quiz
- 9 Door releases, hold-open devices and access control unlocking 20 min · quiz
- 10 Sprinkler, suppression and special hazard interfaces 20 min · quiz
- 11 Integration with building automation and mass notification 20 min · quiz
- 12 Capstone: tracing a monitoring failure and an interface fault at Eastview 23 min · quiz
- E Final exam 20 questions
Requirements
Recommended background. You can start any course at any time.
Description
Off-premises monitoring, networked control units and the interfaces between fire alarm systems and other building systems, followed through Bramwell Fire Protection's Charlotte integration group at the Eastview hospital campus: why systems are monitored, central, proprietary and remote supervising stations under NFPA 72 Chapter 26, digital, IP, cellular and radio communicators and path supervision, Contact ID and the operator's response, peer-to-peer networks, defensive cybersecurity and remote access, elevator recall and shunt trip, air handler shutdown and smoke control, door releases and access control unlocking, sprinkler, preaction and clean agent releasing, building automation and mass notification, ending with a weekend monitoring failure and a slow door release traced to their causes and retested.