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Introduction to Fire Alarm

In this course, you'll learn the fundamentals of how fire alarm systems work. you will learn about inputs and outputs, types of circuits, fire alarm wiring and get an introduction to power. You will also get an in-depth introduction to understanding circuit supervision, which is an essential component of making sure that a fire alarm system remains operational.

Beyond physical systems, you will learn about AHJs, contracts and six categories of rules. You will learn how codes come into force and which codes are important to know.

At the end, you will get an overview of some different career paths available in fire alarm and fire prevention.

After completing this course, you should understand:

  • How fire alarm systems work
  • Different types of fire alarm circuits
  • Differences between conventional and addressable fire alarm systems
  • How to properly supervise fire alarm circuit wiring
  • Different types of rules and how they come into force
  • Various career paths in the fire alarm industry

In order to make this training relevant and useful, our videos show real products from a variety of manufacturers. This is not product-specific training nor are we endorsing any particular manufacturer. These lessons are broadly applicable to all fire alarm systems.


Approx. time: 1 hour
(1 CPD point)

Price: $75
(30-day access)

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Course Modules

1
Intro to Introduction to Fire Alarm
2
Inputs, Outputs, Circuits, Wire and Power Intro
3
Inputs
4
Transition from Inputs to Outputs
5
Notification Appliances
6
Other Outputs
7
Quiz 1
8
Fire Alarm Control Units
9
Wire
10
Class B vs Class A
11
Termination
12
Power
13
Quiz 2
14
Supervision in Depth
15
Supervision Continued
16
Detectors
17
More Supervision
18
Notification Appliance Circuits
19
Wiring, Resistors and T-Tapping
20
Quiz 3
21
Intro to Rules
22
Rules for Devices
23
"How" Rules
24
"What" Rules
25
Rules for Individuals
26
Rules for Companies
27
Review Rules and Code Adoption and Enforcement
28
Contracts
29
Rules Wrap Up
30
Quiz 4
31
Career Paths
32
Final Exam