NFPA 101: Life Safety Code Essentials (2021) Online Training Series

NFPA 101, Life Safety Code Essentials (2021): General Requirements

In gaining a more thorough understanding of NFPA 101, it's crucial to have a firm grasp of the goals, objectives, compliance options, and additional components of the code. The General Requirements online training provides an opportunity for participants to learn about the intent and organization of the document and to understand how requirements apply to new and existing facilities, the classification of occupancies, and how to determine hazards of contents. You will receive an overview of core concepts and initiatives to help lay the foundation for more in-depth and specified learning.

Upon completion of this course, you should be able to:

• Discuss the basic organization and key concepts of the 2021 edition of NFPA 101
• Describe code applicability for new and existing occupancies
• Define and be able to delineate between occupancy classifications and categories of rehabilitation work
• Identify and assess building construction types, stories in height, and hazards of contents

NFPA 101, Life Safety Code Essentials (2021): Egress Basics

The ability for occupants to find a safe way out of a building in a fire can mean the difference between life and death. This online training provides expert instruction in learning how the Life Safety Code defines means of egress along with the requirements for protecting exit enclosures. The course includes coverage of related egress components ranging from doors, stairs, handrails, and guards to smoke-proof enclosures, horizontal exits, ramps, exit passageways, escalators, and fire escape stairs and ladders. Egress Basics intends to establish a core understanding of egress as you move toward learning more advanced concepts and competencies.

Upon completion of this course, you should be able to: 

• Define the three parts of means of egress
• Determine exit enclosure and protection features
• Identify provisions for the various components of means of egress

NFPA 101, Life Safety Code Essentials (2021): Egress Sizing and Arrangement

Determining the appropriate egress sizing and arrangement of a particular building is an essential aptitude for designers, architects, risk assessors, authorities having jurisdiction, and many others. The third online module in the series, Egress Sizing and Arrangement, offers instruction in understanding the five steps for calculating egress capacity and occupant load, determining the number of means of egress, and other requirements. Instruction helps provide confidence that you are able to comply with the most relevant applicable NFPA 101 criteria.

Upon completion of this course, you should be able to: 

• Calculate occupant load to code specifications
• Determine egress capacity of both individual egress components and entire means of egress
• Determine requirements for dead-end corridors, common path of travel, minimum width, accessible means of egress (including areas of refuge), travel distance, remoteness, and exit discharge

NFPA 101, Life Safety Code Essentials (2021): Egress Visibility and Awareness

NFPA 101 takes a comprehensive approach to life safety, extending to the wide variety of features and components of building fire protection. This specialized online training provides the opportunity to learn about criteria for illumination, emergency lighting, and egress markings in new and existing occupancies. The Egress Visibility and Awareness course helps increase your overall knowledge of this critical code objective, including requirements for buildings with high hazard contents, such as boiler rooms or rooms with mechanical equipment.

Upon completion of this course, the participant should be able to: 

• Determine requirements for egress markings, emergency lighting, and illuminations
• Determine special means of egress requirements in special structures and high hazard content areas

NFPA 101, Life Safety Code Essentials (2021): Features of Fire Protection

Covering vital components of the Life Safety Code, the Features of Fire Protection module offers a thorough introduction and review of primary concepts and elements that contribute to safeguarding occupancies. You will receive instruction in the provisions for fire protection in buildings regarding construction and compartmentation, fire barriers, smoke barriers and smoke partitions, fire suppression systems, vertical openings in atriums, escalators, and mezzanines, and more. The course teaches how to identify the correct requirements and how to apply them in your work.

Upon completion of this course, you should be able to:

• Determine requirements performance criteria for vertical openings, interior finish, furnishings, and hazardous areas.
• Determine fire alarm and extinguishing systems requirements

NFPA 101, Life Safety Code Essentials (2021): Building Rehabilitation

There are unique hazards and concerns relating to life safety in buildings during rehabilitation projects. The sixth and final module in the series, Building Rehabilitation, offers the chance to learn about the rehabilitation work categories covered in Life Safety Code, Chapter 43, including repair, renovation, modification, reconstruction, change of use, change of occupancy, and addition. The course offers an overview of general requirements along with the most current criteria for the adaptive reuse of existing buildings while better ensuring life safety compliance.

Upon completion of this course, you should be able to:

• Differentiate between work categories in the Building Rehabilitation chapter of NFPA 101, 2021 edition
• Match the particular building rehabilitation project type to the appropriate Chapter 43 requirements
• Demonstrate an understanding of methods of addressing rehabilitation work in historic buildings

"Well put together for training purposes for skilled professionals as a refresher or newcomers to the NFPA^® requirements." — Deborah S.

This Online Training will be accepted towards the license renewal mandate upon successful completion of the course. Successful completion is based on full attendance, passing the course assessment, and completing the course evaluation.

Terms:

• Course Tuition: The course tuition is due and payable before starting each module.
• Expiration: Participants will need to take the online courses or series within 365 days.
• CEUs: You earn 0.1 CEU for each learning hour. To verify total numbers of CEUs for a course or a series, please check the Description tab. Upon successful completion of a course or a series, participants will be able to download the CEUs certificate directly from the website. Please verify applicability with your professional board or organization.
• Online Training is non-refundable.

Specifications:

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