Fire Detection & Fire Alarm Design + Verification

Course Code:

ROFC-CO-FDFA-DV

Contact Sales
Duration & Cost

Duration: 2 Days

Cost: £3840.00 per course (up to 15 delegates)

Price excludes VAT.

Training Delivery

Classroom Training

Location

Rely on Fire Check
Unit 10
Halegrove Court
Stockton-on-Tees
TS18 3DB

On-site Delivery

This course can also be delivered at your premises. Please contact to confirm your requirements and to get a quote.

Course Information

On this course, delegates will develop their knowledge from the Base Knowledge Modules and apply this to the Design, Modification, and Verification of Fire Detection & Fire Alarm Systems to BS 5839-1 and BS 5839-6. Emphasis is placed on the process of receiving an enquiry, carrying out surveys leading to fire system design and verification, drawing from plan, certification, and the appropriate recording and documentation requirements. The course uses practical exercises for practice of design techniques culminating in design layout examinations where delegates confirm their knowledge.

Who Should Attend?

System Designers, Electrical Consultants & Engineers, Auditors & Checking Consultants, System Verifiers.

Prerequisites

It is strongly advised to have attended the Fire Detection & Fire Alarm Base Knowledge & Understanding before attending this course. Delegates who just want to attain a general knowledge of this subject matter can attend this course without having previously attended any other courses.

Course Content

  • Scope
  • Design considerations
  • Relationship between system category and protected areas
  • Actuation of other fire protection systems or safety facilities
  • Systems in explosive gas or dust atmospheres
  • System components
  • Monitoring, integrity and reliability of circuits external to control equipment
  • Detection zones
  • Alarm zones
  • Communication with the fire and rescue service
  • Audible alarm signals
  • Visual alarm signals
  • Fire alarm warnings for people who are Deaf and hard of hearing
  • Staged fire alarms
  • Manual call points
  • Types of fire detector and their selection
  • Spacing and siting of automatic fire detectors
  • Control and indicating equipment
  • Networked systems
  • Power supplies
  • Cables, wiring and other interconnections
  • Radio-linked systems
  • Electromagnetic compatibility
  • Electrical earthing
  • Limitation of false alarms and unwanted fire alarm signals
  • Responsibilities
  • Documentation and certification
  • Variations
  • Assessment
Copyright © 2024 Rely on Fire Check Ltd