​WHO SHOULD ATTEND THIS COURSE?

The fire alarm installers course provides additional training for those electricians wishing to expand their business and gain extra work in this lucrative industry.  The systems you will be fitting are there to protect lives in the event of a fire, You simply cannot afford to get this type of work wrong, there is no second chance!



The course provides the necessary information to design, construct and commission a non-addressable fire alarm system to BS 5839.


WHAT DO I NEED TO TAKE THIS COURSE?
You will be required to hold Part P Full Scope or equivalent qualification in order to gain the centre qulaification for Fire Alarm Installers.  You must be able to to install, test and certify a single circuit and hold the 17th edition wiring regulations qualification . West Midlands Developments Electrical and Renewable Energies Training Centre can offer you all the training you need to gain these additional qualifications if you do not already hold them.


HOW LONG IS THE COURSE?
The Fire Alarm Installers Course is a Two Day Course.  You will be awarded a Wmd certificate of achievement upon successful completion of the course and all it's elements.


Course Content

The Fire Alarm Installation course covers the following areas:

 

• Health and Safety

• Regulations legislation and codes of practice

• BS5839-1: 2002

• BS5839-6: 2004

• Buildings – compartments and zones

• Design considerations and system categories

• BS5839-6: 2004 system grades and categories

• Types of fire alarm system and automatic detector

• Positioning of detectors to BS5839-1:2002 section 22.3

• Manual call points, sounders and visual alarms

• Circuit diagrams of detection

• Requirements of a conventional panel

• BS 7671:2008 references to fire protection

• BS5839-1: 2002 recommendations for cable installation

• Responsibilities of installer, inspection and test of wiring

• Commissioning and handover, maintenance

• Fault finding

 

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