Our Fire Alarm System Design Training course is a practical, code-based course on designing fire alarm systems for Canadian buildings. It covers the National Building Code of Canada and provincial codes, CAN/ULC-S524 (2024 edition), detection and notification design, power and circuit calculations, sequence of operation, drawings and specifications, and field review. It also covers designing for verification under CAN/ULC-S537 and integrated testing under CAN/ULC-S1001.
This 12-hour, instructor-led course is built for electrical and fire protection engineers, designers and consultants who must produce compliant fire alarm designs that can be installed, verified and integrated without costly redesign.
Many problems found at verification and integrated testing start on the drawings. Zoning that doesn’t match the building code, isolators left off the riser, audibility that was never calculated, and a sequence of operation the panel cannot perform all lead to change orders, delays and liability.
The requirements have also moved on. CAN/ULC-S524 has a 2024 edition with new requirements for circuit fault tolerance, large networks, Ethernet and fibre data links, wireless devices, CO detection and suppression releasing. Integrated testing now puts the designer’s sequence of operation under closer scrutiny than ever.
This course turns those requirements into design decisions. Participants lay out a real building, run the calculations and build a sequence of operation matrix, so they leave with methods they can use on their next project.
This course gives participants practical design skills they can use right away:
On completing this course, participants will be able to:
Graduates leave able to produce fire alarm designs that are compliant, buildable and testable.
The course runs as a series of practical sessions led by an experienced Canadian fire alarm professional. Each module ties a code requirement to a design decision and to the deficiencies that result when it is missed.
Day 1 covers the code framework, system architecture, detection design and notification design, and ends with a layout workshop. Day 2 covers calculations, integration and sequence of operation, drawings and specifications, and field review, and ends with a riser diagram and sequence of operation workshop.
Participants receive a workbook, design checklists, sample floor plans, a sequence of operation matrix template, calculation worksheets and a provincial code adoption guide.
This course is designed for professionals who design, specify or review fire alarm systems, including:
Fire Alarm System Design Course Certificate
1.2 Continuing Education Unit (CEU) Credits (12 Professional Development Hours)
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Module 1: Code Framework and Design Responsibilities
Module 2: System Architecture and Selection
Module 3: Detection Design
Module 4: Notification Design
Workshop 1: Detection and Notification Layout
Module 5: Power and Circuit Calculations
Module 6: Integration and Sequence of Operation
Module 7: Drawings, Specifications and Documentation
Module 8: Field Review and Designing for Verification
Workshop 2: Riser Diagram and Sequence of Operation
Both days:
Start: 10:00 a.m. - Eastern Time
Finish: 4:30 p.m. - Eastern Time
The registration fee for this course is $799.
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