The exercise of applying learned knowledge and skills provides context for helping to achieve rote memorization. The Certified Fire Protection Specialist CFPS Learning Path Capstone Online Training offers three interactive, scenario-based activities from the perspectives of an engineer designer, a risk expert, and fire services professional. In each activity, participants must correctly answer challenging questions to complete goals ranging from approving a proposal and conducting a thorough risk assessment to determining special equipment purchases and reviewing fire protection plans for a construction project.
Scenario 1 Objectives:
- Classify occupancy based on occupant characteristics according to NFPA 101®, Life Safety Code®
- Classify ratings for openings, doors, and windows
- Identify means of egress requirements for a given occupancy
- Identify best practices of detection and alarm systems.
- Classify occupancy hazards.
- Determine suppression systems best suited for IT fire protection and safety.
Scenario 2 Objectives:
- Describe the components involved in a fire hazard analysis (FHA).
- Classify flammable and combustible liquids.
- Recall fire hazard aerosol classification characteristics.
- Assess good housekeeping practices for building care and maintenance.
- Use refrigerant safety group classifications to determine level of flammability and toxicity.
- Select the correct designation of materials-handling equipment given location and occupancy.
- Identify characteristics associated with the three categories of penetration sealing (through-penetration firestop systems, perimeter fire containment systems, and joint systems).
Scenario 3 Objectives:
- Identify NFPA® documents associated with the procurement, inspection, and care of fire apparatus and equipment.
- Recall fire department apparatus, equipment, and their characteristics.
- Recall basic features associated with pre-incident planning process.
- Identify best practices for handling fire hazards on construction sites.
- Identify factors involved with water supply requirements for public water supply systems.
- Interpret tabular data to calculate fire flow.
- Identify occupant load factors when evaluating egress design.
- Identify features and characteristics of special hazards as they relate to the use of gaseous fire-extinguishing agents.
Who Will Benefit:
Anyone involved in reducing fire loss, either physical or financial: risk managers, loss control specialists, fire officers, fire marshals, fire inspectors, safety managers, fire protection consultants, designers, engineers, code enforcers, facility managers, and others who have responsibilities dealing with the application of fire safety, protection, prevention, and suppression technologies
Continuing Education Credit:
Complete this course and qualify for 0.1 CEU. Upon successful completion of the course, participants will be prompted to download the CEU certificate directly from the course site.
Group Training:
For more information or to receive a price quote for NFPA group training, please call 877-336-3280 or e-mail: grouptraining@nfpa.org.