This course provides students an overview of fire controls, powered devices and non-powered devices in fire alarm devices.
After completing this course you will be able to:
- Explain the components of a fire life safety alarm system and how they interrelate
- Describe how to troubleshoot fire panels, NAC, power supplies and other components of a system
- Identify how to troubleshoot powered and non-powered devices typical to a fire life safety alarm system
Topics Explored
Fire Panel Components
- Fire Components
- Power Supplies
- Zone Cards
- Notification Appliance Circuit
- Multiplexing modules troubleshooting
- NAC troubleshooting
- Graphical User Interface
- GUI Troubleshooting
- Remote Annunciators Troubleshooting
Powered Devices
- Ionization Smoke Detector Functionality
- Troubleshooting Ionization Detectors
- Photoelectric Beam Smoke Detectors
- Troubleshooting photoelectric beam smoke detectors
- Photoelectric smoke detector
- Troubleshooting photoelectric smoke detector
- Ultraviolet (UV) flame detectors
- UV detector response
- Infrared (IR) flame detectors
- IR detector restrictions
- Combination IR UV flame detectors
- Troubleshooting IR UV flame detectors
- Duct smoke detectors
- Troubleshooting duct smoke detectors
- Video fire detection
Non-Powered Devices
- Fixed Temperature Heat Detectors
- Troubleshooting Fixed Temperature Heat Detectors
- Rate of Rise
- Unwanted Alarms
- Failure to Generate an Alarm
- Heat Detector Ratings
- Rate Compensation Heat Detectors
- Linear Heat Detection: Electronic Pneumatic
- Troubleshooting Linear Heat Detection: Electronic Pneumatic
- Troubleshooting Heat Cable
- Pull Stations
- Troubleshooting Pull Stations
- Flow Switches
- Troubleshooting Flow Switches
- 3 types of Valves
- Wall Indicator Valve switches
- Post Indicator Valve switches
- Open Stem and Yoke switches
- Inspectors Test Valve
What to expect in this course: The presentation includes text, audio, graphics, videos and activities to help you absorb the information presented. This course has a short quiz at the end, which you will be required to pass with a 70% or greater to complete the course.