Acceptance Testing and Commissioning
Acceptance testing of new and modified fire alarm systems to NFPA 72, as required by the fire code, followed through Bramwell Fire Protection's Charlotte crew on a new hospital wing: what acceptance testing proves, where it sits in NFPA 72, roles and responsibilities, planning and the test matrix, pre-testing and readiness, device-by-device testing, control units, power, batteries and circuits, audibility and voice, integrated testing to NFPA 4, failures, retesting and the record of completion, and handover with documentation and owner training.
FAT-330 12 lessons · 4 h 1 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
- Distinguish acceptance testing, integrated testing, commissioning and periodic inspection, and explain why a new or changed fire alarm must be proven before it is relied on
- Explain how the fire code requires acceptance testing to NFPA 72, where acceptance testing and the record of completion sit in the standard, and which edition applies to a project
- Describe the responsibilities of the designer, installer, tester, other trades, coordinator, authority and owner, and build a responsibility matrix
- Plan a verification from the device schedule and point list, build a test matrix, sequence the work and estimate crew time
- Review the installer's pre-test and insulation resistance records and decide when a system or area is ready for formal testing
- Verify every type of field device for type, location, identity, function, supervision and restoration, using the correct test method
- Verify control unit functions, circuit fault behavior, primary power, batteries against measured load and end-of-circuit voltage on battery
- Verify notification appliance settings and synchronization, measure audibility correctly and describe how voice systems and intelligibility are verified
- Plan and take part in integrated testing to NFPA 4 using a functional matrix and end-to-end scenarios, including loss of normal power
- Record, classify and close failures with the right retest scope, and assemble and sign a complete record of completion and test records
- Prepare the handover package, reconcile record drawings, train each user group, and explain the owner's duties and the verification of later changes
- Carry out and report the verification and integrated testing of a new hospital wing from readiness to handover
Course content
12 lessons · 4 h 1 min total · final exam
- 1 Verification, acceptance and commissioning: what they mean 20 min · quiz
- 2 NFPA 72 acceptance testing and the record of completion 20 min · quiz
- 3 Who does what: installer, tester, designer, authority and owner 21 min · quiz
- 4 Planning verification and the test matrix 20 min · quiz
- 5 Pre-testing and readiness 20 min · quiz
- 6 Device-by-device verification 20 min · quiz
- 7 Control unit, power and circuit verification 20 min · quiz
- 8 Notification and voice verification 20 min · quiz
- 9 Integrated systems testing (NFPA 4) 20 min · quiz
- 10 Deficiencies, retesting and the record of completion 20 min · quiz
- 11 Handover: documentation, training and the owner's responsibilities 20 min · quiz
- 12 Capstone: verifying the Eastview north wing 20 min · quiz
- E Final exam 20 questions
Requirements
Recommended background. You can start any course at any time.
Description
Acceptance testing of new and modified fire alarm systems to NFPA 72, as required by the fire code, followed through Bramwell Fire Protection's Charlotte crew on a new hospital wing: what acceptance testing proves, where it sits in NFPA 72, roles and responsibilities, planning and the test matrix, pre-testing and readiness, device-by-device testing, control units, power, batteries and circuits, audibility and voice, integrated testing to NFPA 4, failures, retesting and the record of completion, and handover with documentation and owner training.