A few quick points: You should find great value in the handbook version of NFPA 72, and the Code and Commentary versions of the ICC codes like IBC, IFC, IRC, etc. that require fire/smoke/co alarms & systems. You can go to the American Fire Alarm Association website and find training information as well as find a nearby chapter. NICET & ICC have fire alarm specific certifications you may want to acquire.
Respectfully, David Blackwell David Blackwell, P.E. Chief Engineer (803)896-9833 Office of State Fire Marshal 141 Monticello Trail | Columbia, SC 29203 http://statefire.llr.sc.gov/ (803)896-9800 "Our firefighting starts with plan review..." From: Sprinklerforum <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Ed Vining via Sprinklerforum Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2019 8:49 PM To: [email protected] Cc: Ed Vining <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Fire Alarms *** SCDLLR NOTICE *** • This email is from an external email address. Please use caution when deciding whether to open any attachments or when clicking links. • Personally Identifiable Information (PII) should not be included in e-mail text or attachments. Do not save or transmit PII unencrypted. John, I have a couple of boxes of old, beat up, mostly never any good, smoke and fire detectors. It would be great to get them in the hands of somebody who wanted them. Any ideas? Ed On Tue, Aug 13, 2019 at 9:01 PM John Drucker via Sprinklerforum <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: The automatic fire alarm association (afaa) and the electronic security association (esa) have a number of excellent programs. As for references start right at the IBC 907 Fire Alarm Systems, pay particular attention to 907.2 When Required. Best wishes on your journey into this area. John Drucker ________________________________ From: Sprinklerforum <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> on behalf of John Irwin via Sprinklerforum <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2019 05:32 To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> Cc: John Irwin Subject: Fire Alarms I would guess some of you are pretty familiar with fire alarm code as well as sprinkler code. Our fire alarm division falls under my purview and I really don’t know the first thing about them. They certainly don’t seem to follow the same reasoning we use when determining how we are going to protect a building with sprinklers. The client base isn’t the same, the way they bid and sell them isn’t the same. They seem to have less regard for what’s actually required and more interest in what the bid plans show. Are they like sprinklers insofar as … this book says fire alarm yes or no … this book tells you what’s required … this book tells you how to design them… etc ? Can anyone recommend where or how I can get some basic knowledge of how alarms should be done? Probably starting with 101, 72 and … 70? Design class or code class? Does anyone have a fire alarm design class like AFSA and NFSA do for sprinklers? John Irwin _______________________________________________ Sprinklerforum mailing list [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> http://lists.firesprinkler.org/listinfo.cgi/sprinklerforum-firesprinkler.org -- Ed Vining 4819 John Muir Rd Martinez CA 94553 925-228-8792 [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>
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