NFPA 72 Fire Alarm Personnel Qualifications Training Webinar
Webinar presentation will educate facility managers, building and fire officials and service providers on the NFPA 72 personnel qualifications for fire alarm systems.
A new webinar has been prepared by Fire Smarts, LLC to educate facility managers, building A new webinar has been prepared by Fire Smarts, LLC to educate facility managers, building and fire officials and service providers worldwide on the personnel qualifications in NFPA 72 for fire alarm systems. Is your team ‘qualified’ for the fire protection work they perform? Most model codes and standards require a person to be ‘qualified’, but you may be wondering what this actually means. This webinar will cover how NFPA 72 National Fire Alarm and Signaling Code addresses personnel qualifications when working with fire alarm and emergency communication systems. The webinar is part of the online training resources offered by Fire Smarts.
The “Fire Alarm Personnel Qualifications in NFPA 72” webinar will be presented by fire protection industry expert, Tom Parrish, SET, CFPS, PSP, on Thursday, March 8th at 2:00pm Eastern. During this 90-minute training, Mr. Parrish will cover how ‘qualified’ person is defined in NFPA 72 and where to find these requirements for various job types. This includes the recently added qualification requirements for fire alarm plans examiners and fire inspectors. Through this discussion of qualification requirements this presentation will cover some of the most common methods used to demonstrate that a person is qualified.
Registration is open to all interested parties. For more information and to register for this webinar click here Fire Alarm Personnel Qualifications in NFPA 72.
“All typically agree that a person should be qualified to work with fire alarm systems, but different opinions arise on what confirms a person is qualified, ” said Ryan J. Smith, Executive Director of Fire Smarts, LLC. “This webinar will help those responsible for fire alarm systems to understand both the requirements and best practices for ensuring qualified personnel for design, plan review, installation and service.”
The webinar qualifies for one contact hour of continuing education training as approved by the International Code Council (ICC) and recognized by NICET for professional development. Certificates will be issued to attendees following the webinar. Registered participants unable to attend the live webinar will have access to the webinar recording to view at a later time.
“It is important for those working with fire alarm systems to understand the recent updates to NFPA 72 regarding qualified personnel requirements, especially plan examiners and fire inspectors” said Tom Parrish, SET, CFPS, PSP. “In this webinar we’ll cover these requirements in detail and best practices to assess when a person is qualified.”
Webinar instructor, Tom Parrish, SET, CFPS, PSP, is Vice President of Integrated Systems of Telgian Corporation. With more than 25 years’ experience in fire protection and emergency response. He has held positions with municipal fire, law enforcement and emergency medical services and in private industry system design and installation programs. He serves on several NFPA technical committees including NFPA 72 Signaling Systems for the Protection of Life and Property and Emergency Communications Systems. He is a board member of AFAA and is a senior instructor for NFPA. His professional credentials include Level IV NICET Certified Fire Alarm Technician, Level III NICET Inspections and Testing, Certified Fire Protection Specialist and Master Electrician. He is board certified as a Physical Security Professional by ASIS and holds a bachelor’s in Industrial Technology from the Kean University.
This presentation is part of the monthly training webinar series organized by Fire Smarts to deliver quality NFPA based fire protection training. For more information and to register for this webinar visit https://training.firesmarts.com/ProductDetails.aspx?ProductID=288
About Fire Smarts, LLC: Fire Smarts is a nationally recognized provider of fire protection education and training services. With specialized expertise in the NFPA standards the company’s team of internationally recognized instructors create and deliver custom fire suppression and fire alarm training solutions for building and fire officials, service providers and business organizations. Fire Smarts is a Preferred Provider with the International Code Council to deliver approved training programs for CEU’s toward ICC Certifications. To learn more about Fire Smarts visit https://www.firesmarts.com/.