Module 3 & 4: System Installation

Before attending this course, it is essential to pass Module 1 Foundation course for Fire Alarm System Design. 

Tests are spread through the day in multiple choice and diagram format. Delegates achieving 75% in the assessment tests will receive a pass Certificate.

08.30 prompt START
MODULE 3 half day (morning)

• Installation for commercial and industrial premises
• Good working practice and cable fixing recommendations
• Cable terminations, screens and earth connections
• Siting manual call points
• Monitoring of circuits for life safety
• Testing non-addressable zone circuits
• 10.30 BREAK for 5 minutes
• Monitoring and testing of alarm device circuits
• Monitoring, testing and fault finding for addressable loops circuits
• Adding to and extending systems
• Siting detectors and suitable cables for detector remote indicators and alarm circuitsInstalling optical beam detectors, linear heat detector cables and duct detectors
• Aspirating detectors, pipework and hole drilling
•  Alarm devices
• Cables and connections to transmitters to Alarm receiving Centres
• Cable resistance and continuity measurements
• Mains supply circuits, zone plans, documentation and certification 

13.00 LUNCH BREAK for 30 minutes
 

MODULE 4 half day (afternoon) 

• Commissioning for commercial and industrial premises.
• Quick revision of categories [L1, L2, etc], travel distance for manual call points
• Coverage for:
• • Point detectors for flat ceilings and pitched roofs
• • Optical beam detectors
• • Cellular structures and closely spaced beamsObvious causes of false alarms and soak testing
• Cause and effect with filtering
• Alarm devices and dBA checks
• Checking sound pressure and visual alarms
• Checking fault monitoring of all circuits
• Testing all detectors and manual call points
• Checking duct detectors and aspirating detectors
• Checking mains and standby power supplies for all items

15.15 BREAK for 5 minutes

• Documentation and certification for design, installation and mains supply
• Cause and effect test records
• Aspirating and radio system checks
• Dealing with unresolved issues
• Commissioning certificate
• Backup of site-specific software
• Handover to user and acceptance

17.00pm FINISH
 

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