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Option 1: Certificate courses on NFPA standards: |
These one‐week long courses designed by NFPA (National Fire Protection Association of USA) and delivered by NFPA approved Instructors will increase the understanding, application and proper use of important NFPA fire protection codes and standards which include: |
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- NFPA 1: Fire Codes
- NFPA 13: Standard for the Installation of Sprinkler Systems
- NFPA 20: Standard for Installation of Stationary Fire Pumps for Fire Protection, and
NFPA 25: Inspection, Testing, and Maintenance of Water‐Based Fire Protection - NFPA 72: National Fire Alarm and Signaling Code
- NFPA 101: Life Safety Code
- NFPA 70: National Electrical Code (NEC)
- NFPA 70E: Standard for the Electrical Safety in Workplace
A "certificate of educational achievement" is awarded after the completion of an NFPA certificate program. It recognizes that an individual has successfully completed the requisites of a one-time educational course or training program. NFPA certificate programs are not what are generally known as professional certifications. While an NFPA certificate of educational achievement is a valuable recognition of educational achievement that can enhance your professional development, there is no professional or other credential associated with a certificate and certificate holders may not claim to be certified, licensed, accredited, or registered to engage in a specific occupation or profession. They are issued for NFPA code courses like NFPA 1, NFPA 13, NFPA 20, NFPA 25 NFPA 72 & NFPA 101.
Option 2: NFPA Certification programs: The following certification options are in offer: -
(1)Certified Fire Inspector I (CFI I)
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(2)Certified Fire Protection Specialist (CFPS)
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(3)Certified Fire Plan Examiner (CFPE)
The programs require pre‐approved applications by each candidate. The certification requires completion of a practicum of exercises before the final certification. The center offers four 6‐hour‐long classroom seminars leading to the full‐day practicum of exercises, on day 5.
Trainee Background
- College graduates of technician programs, or
- High school leavers with job related experience.
Professional certifications are typically programs that certify professional or occupational competence and require certain prerequisites such as education, years of experience, successfully passing an examination, and ongoing eligibility requirements (such as retesting or participating in a minimum number of educational activities). They are issued for certification programs like CF1, CFII, CFPS and CFPE. These certification programs require pre-approved applications from NFPA for registered participant before commencement of NFPA Certification Programs as per requirement from NFPA. Certification applications must be received 60 days before the scheduled date of the certification seminar. The Certification programs require completion of a practicum of exercises before final Certification.
NFPA Course Descriptions
NFPA 1 Fire Code Certificate Program
Course Objectives NFPA 1, Fire Code, advances fire and life safety for the public and firstresponders as well as property protection by providing acomprehensive, integrated approach to fire code regulation andHazard management.It addresses all the bases with extracts from and references to more than 130 NFPA codes and standards including such industry benchmarks as NFPA 101, NFPA 54, NFPA 58, NFPA 30, NFPA 13,NFPA 25, and NFPA 72. Requirements cover the full range of fire and life safety issues fromfire protection systems and equipment and occupant safety in new and existing buildings to hazardous materials, flammable andCombustible liquids, LP-Gas, and more. |
Outline
Module 1: Introduction and Overview
Module 2: Part I - Administrative
Module 3: Performance Options
Module 4: Part II – General Safety and Building Services
Module 5: Features of Fire Protection
Module 6: Fire Protection Systems
Module 7: Occupancy Fire Safety
Module 8: Equipment
Module 9: Hazardous Materials
Duration: 5 days
Participants' Background: Fire Engineers, inspection authorities, plan reviewers, designers, installers, inspectors, insurers, risk consultants & risk managers and Environmental Engineers |
NFPA 13 Standard for the Installation of Sprinkler Systems Certificate Program
Course Objectives The industry benchmark for design and installation of automatic fire sprinkler systems, NFPA 13 addresses sprinkler system design approaches, system installation, and component options to prevent fire deaths and property loss. Comprehensive requirements include sprinkler system design,installation, and acceptance testing; hanging and bracing systems; underground piping; and seismic protection in line with SEI/ASCE 7. NFPA 13 also includes provisions for special storage arrangements. |
Outline
Module 1: Introduction and Overview
Module 2: Hazard Classification/Identifying the Hazard
Module 3: Water Supplies
Module 4: Type of System/System Requirements
Module 5: Design Approaches
Module 6: Design Deliverables
Module 7: System Components and Usage
Module 8: Storage
Module 9: System Acceptance
Module 10: Wrap-Up & Certificate Exam
Duration: 5 days
Participants' Background: Fire Engineers, inspection authorities, plan reviewers, designers, installers, inspectors, insurers, risk consultants & risk managers |
NFPA 20 Stationary Fire Pumps, NFPA 25 Inspection, Testing, and Maintenance of Water-Based Fire Protection Systems
Course Objectives of NFPA 20 NFPA 20 protects life and property by providing requirements for the selection and installation of pumps to ensure that systems will work as intended to deliver adequate and reliable water supplies in a fire emergency. Criteria address the full range of issues and apply to all types of pumps including those for high-rise buildings, centrifugal, vertical shaft turbine-type, and positive displacement. |
Course Objectives of NFPA 25 NFPA 25 is the baseline for inspection, testing, and maintenance of water-based fire protection systems. Compliance helps maximize system integrity to avoid failure and ensure fast, effective response in a fire emergency. The Standard governs the periodic inspection, testing, and maintenance of water-based fire protection systems including and-based and marine applications. Requirements are provided for standpipe systems including hose outlets, fire pumps, sprinklers, fire service piping, and valves, along with system impairment handling and reporting.
Duration: 5 days
Participants' Background: Fire Engineers, inspection authorities, plan reviewers, designers, installers, inspectors, vendors, Insurers, risk consultants & risk managers, Fire Pump Commissioner, Area/System Owners, Maintenance Technicians |
NFPA 70: National Electrical Code &
NFPA 70E: Standard for Electrical Safety in the Workplace
NFPA 70 Upon completion, the trainees should be able to: - -Determine if an electrical installation complies with all access and space requirements
- -Implement general requirements for service, feeder, and branch circuit conductors and overcurrent devices for a premises wiring system
- -Recognize all critical component sizes and locations in an effective grounding scheme
- -Clarify correct usage of metal piping and framing as grounding electrode conductors
- -Apply the rules for raceway and conduit fill to groups of conductors
- -Discuss the primary considerations in determining the ampacity of a conductor
- -List the standard ratings of overcurrent devices for use in applying code requirements
NFPA 70 E Upon completion, the trainees should be able to: - -Explain why a safety program directed at electrical hazards is necessary and beneficial
- -List the elements of a procedure for establishing an electrically safe work condition
- -Identify required elements of a hazard/risk analysis and explain the difference between electrical hazards and risk Identify the information needed for shock hazard analysis
- -Explain the intent and limitations of PPE prescribed by NFPA 70E
- -Identify maintenance requirements for various types of electrical equipment and protective equipment
Duration: 5 days
Participants' Background: Electrical system designers, electrical engineers, electrical contractors, installation and maintenance professionals, Safety Managers, manufacturers, electrical inspectors, and project managers, Fire Engineers, plan reviewers, risk managers and consultants |
NFPA 72 National Fire Alarm and Signaling Code Certificate Program
Course Objectives NFPA 72 provides the latest safety provisions to meet society's changing fire detection, signaling, and emergency communications demands. In addition to the core focus on fire alarm systems, the Code includes requirements for mass notification systems used for weather emergencies; terrorist events; biological, chemical, and nuclear emergencies; and other threats. Rules cover the application, installation, location, performance, inspection, testing, and maintenance of fire alarm systems, supervising station alarm systems, public emergency alarm reporting systems, fire warning equipment and emergency communications systems (ECS), and their components. Provisions are expressed in prescriptive requirements with performance-based design methods and risk analysis requirements provided and essential for the proper design and integration of mass notification systems. |
Outline
Module 1: Introduction and Overview
Module 2: The Basics
Module 3: Initiating Devices
Module 4: Notification Appliances
Module 5: Control Units and Power Supplies
Module 6: Circuits and Pathways
Module 7: Emergency Control Function Interfaces
Module 8: Off-Premises Signaling
Module 9: Documentation and Planning and Approval
Module 10: Plan Review Activity
Module 11: Accepting/Commissioning Fire Alarm Systems
Module 12: Seminar Summary & Certificate Exam
Duration: 5 days
Participants' Background: Fire Engineers, inspection authorities, plan reviewers, designers, installers, inspectors, insurers, risk consultants & risk managers,Fire Alarm Commissioner. |
NFPA 101 Life Safety Code Certificate Program
Course Objectives The Life Safety Code is the most widely used source for strategies to protect people based on building construction, protection, and occupancy features that minimize the effects of fire and related hazards. Unique in the field, it is the only document that covers life safety in both new and existing structures. Provisions are included for all types of occupancies, with equirements for egress, features of fire protection, sprinkler systems, alarms, emergency lighting, smoke barriers, and special hazard protection. |
Outline
Module 1: General Requirements
Module 2: Basics of Means of Egress
Module 3: Fundamentals of Means of Egress
Module 4: Awareness of Means of Egress
Module 5: Features of Fire Protection
Module 6: Special Provisions and Operating Features
Module 7: Building Rehabilitation, Content Review & Certificate Exam
Duration: 5 days
Participants' Background: Fire Engineers, inspection authorities, plan reviewers, designers, installers, inspectors, insurers, risk consultants & risk managers |
NFPA Certified Fire Protection Specialist (CFPS)
Course Objectives CFPS Program objective is to document competency and offer professional recognition for Individuals involved in fire protection, fire safety, and fire prevention. The program was developed using educational objectives based on NFPA 1031 – NFPA Fire Protection Handbook The purpose of the Certified Fire Protection Specialist credential is to recognize, through certification, qualified individuals who are dedicated to curtailing fire loss, both physical and financial, and who have acquired a level of professionalism through applied work experiences and related education opportunities, and through successful completion of a certification examination. The goal of the CFPS program is to promote the discipline of fire protection and prevention. A specific degree is not mandatory for obtaining your CFPS designation. The credential is a balance of education and experience and provides an opportunity for the fire protection specialist to achieve professional recognition. The National Fire Protection Association maintains certification and recertification criteria as related to fire protection specialists. |
Outline
Module 1: Prevention of ignition
Module 2: Design to slow early fire growth
Module 3: Detection and alarm
Module 4: Suppression
Module 5: Confinement of fire
Module 6: Evacuation of occupants
Duration: 5 days
Participants' Background: Fire Engineers, inspection authorities, plan reviewers, designers, installers, inspectors, insurers, risk consultants & risk managers, Fire Officers, Fire Chairmen, Firefighters. |
NFPA Certified Fire Inspector I (CFI-I)
Course Objectives The NFPA Certified Fire Inspector I (CFI-I) certification program was created in response to repeated requests by local entities, state agencies, and national organizations for certification programs founded on the NFPA 1031 Standard for Professional Qualifications for Fire inspector and Plan Examiner, and other applicable NFPA codes and standards. The program was developed using educational objectives based on NFPA 1031 – Standard for Professional Qualifications for Fire Inspector and Plan Examiner |
Outline
Module I: ADMINISTRATION Authority and Jurisdiction, Administrative Functions Testimony, Use and Interpretation of Codes and Standards
Module II: BACKGROUND Building Construction, Fire Behavior Reading and Using Plans, Conducting Inspections
Module III: LIFE SAFETY Occupancy Classification, Inspecting Means of Egress Occupant Load, Emergency Planning and Preparedness
Module IV: FIRE PROTECTION SYSTEMS Water Based, Special Agent, Fire Detection and Alarm Portable Fire Extinguishers
Module V: STORAGE HANDLING AND USE Properties of Hazardous Materials, Classification of Hazardous Materials Fire Prevention Practices for Hazardous Substances and Processes
Duration: 5 days
Participants' Background: Fire Engineers, inspection authorities, plan reviewers, designers, installers, inspectors, insurers, risk consultants & risk managers, Fire Officers, Fire Chairmen, and Firefighters. |
NFPA Certified Fire Inspector II (CFI-II)
Course Objectives This curriculum is designed to prepare individuals for the NFPA Fire Inspector II Certification examination. It is assumed that the participants have successfully completed the requirements of the NFPA Fire Inspector I Certification Program and have a working knowledge of the materials tested at that level. The program was developed using educational objectives based on the requirements of Chapter 5, Fire Inspector II of NFPA 1031, Standard for Professional Qualifications for Fire Inspector and Plan Examiner, 2009 edition. |
Outline
Module I: ADMINISTRATION AND THE STANDARDS DEVELOPMENTPROCESS
Permit and Plan Review Applications, Recommending Modifications to Codes and Standards The Standards Development Process, Code Adoption
Module II: FIRE PROTECTION
Reading Plans and Drawings, Fire Protection and the Systems Approach, Code Research
Module III: LIFE SAFETY
Occupancy Classification, Occupant Loads Egress Elements, Plans
Module IV: STORAGE, USE, AND HANDLING OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
Evaluating Hazardous Conditions, Verifying Compliance Evaluating Compliance
Module V: FIRE PROTECTION SYSTEMS
Water Based, Special Agent Fire Detection and Alarm, Portable Fire Extinguishers
Duration: 5 days
Participants' Background: Fire Engineers, inspection authorities, plan reviewers, designers, installers, inspectors, insurers, risk consultants & risk managers, Fire Officers, Fire Chairmen, and Firefighters. |
NFPA Certified Fire Plan Examiner (CFPE)
Course Objectives The Certified Fire Plan Examiner training program is based on NFPA codes and standards, training materials from the IFSTA and National Fire Academy resources. The course participant will learn how to locate applicable information relevant to particular types of fire plan reviews, interpret and apply codes and standards, and gain a deep understanding of issues related to fire plan reviews. Foundational knowledge is embedded throughout the Certified Fire Plan Examiner course design. The program was developed using educational objectives based on the requirements of Chapter 5, Fire Inspector II of NFPA 1031, Standard for Professional Qualifications for Fire Inspector and Plan Examiner, 2009 edition. |
Outline
Module 1: Plan Review Process Fire Plans Review, Use and Interpretation of Codes and Standards, Reading Plans and Drawings, Construction Classification
Module 2: Life Safety
Occupancy Classification, Occupant Load Means of Egress
Module 3: Shop Drawings, Fire Protection & Site Plans Site plans, Reviewing Detection, Alarm, and Communication Systems Completing the Fire Plan Review Plans Versus Actual
Duration: 5 days
Participants' Background: Fire Engineers, inspection authorities, plan reviewers, designers, installers, inspectors, insurers, risk consultants & risk managers, Fire Officers, Fire Chairmen, and Firefighters. |
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