Description
8:00AM – 4:00PM
ICC# 37589 | 8 Hours or .80 CEUs
The Automatic Sprinkler Systems course is designed to provide attendees with an understanding of automatic sprinkler systems. This course will review sprinkler systems, provide detailed training on the codes and standards driving automatic sprinkler systems, the differences between each system and their respective purposes and drawbacks, learn about standpipe systems, fire hose valves, and the wet sprinkler inspection process. Below are the topics covered within this class:
- Standards, Codes, and Enforcement
- NFPA 13, 14, 25
- Sprinklers: a historical perspective
- Types of Fire Protection Systems
- Wet System
- Dry System
- Pre-Action
- Deluge
- Standpipe
- Antifreeze
- Components of a Sprinkler System
- Evolution of the Fire Sprinkler
- Sprinkler Head Components
- Functions of Sprinklers
- Control Mode
- Suppression
- Residential
- Types of Sprinklers
- Fast Response Sprinklers
- Plunge Oven Test
- Standard Spray
- Standard Response
- Fast Response
- Upright Sprinkler
- Pendant Sprinkler
- Hydraulics of Sprinkler Systems
- K Factor/How is this determined
- Classification of occupancies
- Ordinary Hazard Group 1
- Ordinary Hazard Group 2
- Standpipe Types:
- Class 1 standpipe
- Class 2 standpipe
- Class 3 standpipe
- Standpipe System Types:
- Dry standpipe
- Automatic Dry standpipe
- Manual Wet standpipe
- Fire Hose Valves
- Standard weight hose valve
- Standard weight hose valve with a pressure-restricting device on it
- Factory pressure-reducing valve
- Wet Sprinkler System Inspections
- Suggested Tools
- Inspection Process
- Standpipe Inspection Requirements
