Print this pageIntroduction to Fire Protection Systems
Course Overview
The Introduction to Fire Protection Systems Course is designed to provide the student with a fundamental understanding of the basics of combustion; codes and standards related to fire protection; a discussion of water based fire extinguishing systems focusing on sprinkler systems; a discussion of non-water based and special application fire suppression systems; and concludes with a discussion of various fire detectors.
The course is divided
into five (5) modules which can be studied in any desired sequence. Each module
concludes with a quiz to reinforce student comprehension of the material. A
sixth module is provided with a list of internet resources which can be used
by the student to reinforce the material presented.
This course includes a True-False quiz at the end.
Course
Content
This course consists of the following five course modules.
Course Modules
MODULE 1- OVERVIEW OF THE COMBUSTION PROCESS
MODULE 2- OVERVIEW OF THE CODES AND STANDARDS RELATED TO FIRE PROTECTION SYSTEMS
MODULE 3 PART I- WATER BASED FIRE PROTECTION SYSTEMS
MODULE 3 PART II- WATER BASED FIRE PROTECTION SYSTEMS
MODULE 4- NON-WATER BASED FIRE PROTECTION SYSTEMS
MODULE 5- FIRE DETECTION DEVICES
The course content
is in PDF format in each module. You need to open or download those documents
to study this course.
Additional
Learning Resources
MODULE 6- ADDITIONAL LEARNING RESOURCES
Once you finish studying
the above course content you need to
take a quiz to obtain the PDH credits.
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