COURSE OVERVIEW

This course is designed to provide participants with a detailed and up-to-date overview of the fire protection. It covers the safety in the built environment; the basics of fire and fire science; the information and analysis for fire protection; the human behavior in fire emergencies; the fire prevention; the facility fire hazard management; the system approaches to property classes; organizing for fire and rescue services; the materials, products and environments; the detection and alarm; the water-based suppression; and confining fires.
During this interactive course, participants will learn to organize fire and rescue services and perform pre-incident planning for industrial and commercial facilities; identify materials, products and environment, the hazards including operational characteristics of the modern fire alarm systems and proper application of automatic fire detectors; recognize water-based suppression, evaluate need for water distribution systems and provide plans review for water-based systems; identify halogen and direct halogen replacement agents and systems; confine fires and build construction elements for fire protection; and identify fire hazards of construction, alteration and demolition of buildings.