This course demystifies fire alarm systems and prepares you to manage those systems' testing, scheduled maintenance, and mandatory repairs. Fire alarm systems can seem obscure. They involve multiple code requirements, and rely on unique signaling technologies. You use them only during emergencies, so their importance to overall building functions can be unclear.But in fact, these systems interact with most of a building's major operations. After completing this course, you will understand these relationships well enough to oversee these systems' reliable and safe operation..

This course covers:

     •   Building and Fire Code
     •   Types of Systems
     •   Basic System Architecture
     •   Operation Sequence
     •   Addressable Configuration
     •   Smoke and Fire Containment

Total Course Hours: 27

Required Textbook: Richard W. Bukowski and others, Fire Alarm Signaling Systems, 3rd Edition (2003). Publisher: National Fire Protection Association (NFPA). For details, or to purchase this book through our online book resource, please click here.

Course Price: $99

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