·        Introduction to fire alarm systems and their role in life safety and property protection.

·        International standards and codes for fire alarm systems.

·        American Code: NFPA 72 – National Fire Alarm and Signaling Code.

·        British Standard: BS 5839.

·        European Standard: EN 54.

·        Egyptian Code for fire alarm systems.

·        Accreditation and approval bodies: UL, ULC, FM, LPCB and VdS.

·        Fire alarm system vendor list and market overview.

·        Smoke detectors and their operating principles.

·        Photoelectric smoke detectors: coverage, spacing, installation, testing and maintenance.

·        Applications on flat ceilings, sloped ceilings, suspended ceilings and raised floors.

·        Beam smoke detectors and their main applications.

·        Aspirating smoke detection systems.

·        Duct smoke detectors and HVAC-related applications.

·        Heat detectors: fixed temperature and rate-of-rise types.

·        Linear heat detection systems and cable applications.

·        Rate anticipation heat detectors.

·        Gas detectors for toxic gases, asphyxiant gases and flammable gases.

·        Low-density, equi-density and high-density gas detector applications.

·        Flame detectors: IR, UV and combined UV/IR technologies.

·        Manual call point types: single action, dual action, key-operated and break-glass units.

·        Manual call point standards, spacing, installation, testing and maintenance.

·        Practical rules for manual fire alarm activation and location selection.

·        Conventional fire alarm control panels.

·        Conventional zones and alarm circuits.

·        Sounder circuit applications.

·        Basic wiring, supervision and zone identification.

·        Fire alarm sounders, flashers and speakers.

·        NAC voltage drop calculation.

·        Flasher candela calculation.

·        Fire alarm speakers integrated with public address systems.

·        Addressable fire alarm control panel architecture.

·        Major components of addressable control panels.

·        Signaling Line Circuit (SLC) concepts.

·        Loop data communication and device polling.

·        Polling time, loop interrupt, loop maximum distance and loop resistance.

·        Loop current, loop protection, open-circuit conditions and short-circuit conditions.

·        DIP switch addressing.

·        XPERT cards.

·        Rotary switch addressing.

·        Handheld programmers.

·        Auto-learn procedures and device discovery.

·        Addressable smoke detectors, heat detectors and multicriteria detectors.

·        Addressable beam detectors and addressable duct detectors.

·        Linear heat detector wiring to addressable FACP.

·        Monitor modules, zone modules and input modules.

·        Control modules, signal modules and output modules.

·        Relay modules, input/output modules and transponders.

·        Isolator modules and fault modules.

·        LED, LCD, mimic and graphic annunciators.

·        RS485 networking, fiber networking and IP networking.

·        BACnet modules and BACnet interface.

·        Addressable fire alarm control panel integration with BMS systems.

·        Assembly occupancies: theaters, cinemas, bus stations and train stations.

·        Industrial occupancies.

·        Storage occupancies.

·        Business occupancies.

·        Hotels and lodging facilities.

·        Educational occupancies.

·        Mercantile occupancies.

·        Fire alarm boxes: pull boxes, back boxes and junction boxes.

·        Fire alarm conduits and pipes: PVC and EMT.

·        Buried networks: pipes, boxes and cables.

·        Exposed networks: pipes, boxes and cables.

·        Fire alarm cable standards, installation, testing and maintenance.

·        Fire-retardant and fire-resistant cables: Cat CWZ, PH30, PH60 and PH120.

·        Fire alarm armored cables.

·        Fire alarm control panel troubleshooting and maintenance.

·        Fire alarm network faults and maintenance.

·        NFPA wiring styles: Class A and Class B.

·        Interfacing with fire water pump systems.

·        Interfacing with electrical power units and ATS systems.

·        Interfacing with elevators.

·        Interfacing with smoke management systems.

·        Interfacing with HVAC fans and fire/smoke dampers.

·        Interfacing with access control and security systems.

·        Interfacing with mass notification systems.

·        Monitoring of fire extinguishing systems.

·        Interfacing with voice alarm and emergency telephone systems.

·        Interfacing with BMS systems.

·        Preparation of the fire alarm cause-and-effect matrix.

·        Preparation of device lists and Excel sheets.

·        Alarm, supervisory, trouble and control signal philosophy.

·        Input/output logic coordination with mechanical, electrical and life safety systems.

·        Addressable FACP programming.

·        Addressable Simplex programming and maintenance.

·        Intelligent Notifier programming and maintenance.

·        Notifier programming and maintenance.

·        Simplex programming and maintenance.

·        Edwards programming and maintenance.

·        Testing, fault diagnosis and maintenance strategies for addressable and intelligent panels.

·        Fire alarm system projects including shop drawings and riser diagrams.

·        Fire alarm system design for banks.

·        Fire alarm system design for warehouses.

·        Fire alarm system design for hospitals.

·        Fire alarm system design for factories.

·        Fire alarm system design for schools.

·        Fire alarm system design for hotels.

·        Fire alarm system design for malls.

·        Fire alarm systems for cinemas and theaters.

·        Fire alarm systems for universities.

·        Fire alarm systems for high-rise buildings.

·        NFPA fire suppression codes overview.

·        Introduction to fire suppression systems.

·        Fire suppression systems using FM-200.

·        Fire suppression systems using CO2.

·        Fire suppression systems using NOVEC 1230 / FK-5-1-12.

·        NFPA 2001 clean agent system concepts and fire alarm release interface.