An intensive professional development training course on
Fire Alarm Systems
Codes & Standards Requirements for the Installation, Verification and Testing
Why Choose Fire Alarm Systems Training Course?
Fire poses one of the most serious threats to industrial and commercial facilities, making early detection and swift response essential. This Fire Alarm System Course is designed to equip professionals with the technical knowledge and practical skills needed to design, implement, and maintain high-reliability fire detection systems. These systems play a critical role in ensuring personnel safety, asset protection, regulatory compliance, and operational continuity.
The course covers the full lifecycle of fire detection from understanding the function of various detectors to applying performance-based design in accordance with international standards such as ISA-TR-84.00.07. Participants will explore smoke, heat, and gas detection systems, VESDA applications, wiring architecture, and integration with safety shutdown protocols. With a balance of theory and hands-on exercises, this Fire Alarm System Design Training prepares participants to manage both the engineering and operational aspects of modern fire and gas detection systems.
Whether you are involved in safety engineering, fire system design, or instrumentation, this Fire Alarm System Design Course offers the critical competencies needed to enhance safety infrastructure and minimize fire-related risks.
What are the Goals?
By the end of this Fire Alarm System Design Course, participants will be able to:
- Understand the operational principles of smoke, heat, flame, and hydrocarbon gas detectors
- Identify suitable detection technologies for various operational environments
- Design detector loop architectures and wiring configurations for optimal reliability
- Troubleshoot faults in fire and gas systems and implement effective resolutions
- Explain the functionality and applications of VESDA systems
- Apply performance-based design principles aligned with ISA-TR-84.00.07 standards
- Integrate fire alarm systems with process safety functions and emergency shutdowns
Who is this Training Course for?
This Fire Alarm System Design Training is ideal for:
professionals involved in the planning, design, operation, or maintenance of fire detection and protection systems. It is especially beneficial for:
- Fire Protection Engineers and System Designers
- Instrumentation and Electrical Engineers and Technicians
- Process Control Engineers overseeing safety-critical systems
- Health, Safety, and Environment (HSE) Professionals
- Fire Safety Officers and Emergency Response Coordinators
- Maintenance personnel responsible for fire alarm and gas detection infrastructure
How will this Training Course be Presented?
This Fire Alarm System Course incorporates a variety of engaging and effective adult learning techniques to ensure maximum retention and practical application. Delivery methods include:
- Instructor-Led Presentations: Visual and interactive lectures supported by real-world examples
- Hands-On Exercises: Troubleshooting, detector setup, and system design simulations
- Group Activities and Case Discussions: Peer-based problem solving and brainstorming
- Knowledge Checks and Assessments: Reinforcing understanding and ensuring readiness for real-world challenges
Participants will leave the course with enhanced capabilities to manage fire alarm systems confidently and ensure compliance with safety standards in high-risk environments.
The Course Content
- Planning the system
- The role of fire risk assessment and fire engineering (BS 5839-1, NFPA 72)
- Type of system
- Servicing arrangements - planning flowchart and category
- The meaning of a detection zone and alarm zone
- The purpose of detection zones, configuration guideline and detection zone safeguards
- Conventional systems
- Detection zones
- Detectors and call points
- Addressable systems - detectors and call points and digital addressable systems
- Operation of analogue addressable detectors
- General fire system engineering principles - detector selection and types
- Siting of manual call points
- Categories of false alarm and causes
- Requirements for service technicians
- Protection against electromagnetic interference
- Performance monitoring of newly commissioned systems, system management, servicing and maintenance
- Audible alarms in noisy areas, alarm zones and external fire alarm devices
- Siting of control and indicating equipment
- Location of origin of the fire and Security of control equipment
- Networked control panels, mains supply-standby supply; life protection and property protection
- Calculation of standby battery capacity
- Recommended cable types and mechanical protection of cables
- Segregation
- Automatic transmission of alarm signals and category
- Methods of automatic transmission
- Standards for alarm receiving centres and siting of equipment
- Installation work, inspection, testing, commissioning and handover
- Routine testing
- Servicing
Certificate and Accreditation
- AZTech Certificate of Completion for delegates who attend and complete the training course
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