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Fire Inspection Principles 2: Inspection of Structures and Systems N0391

Curriculum: Fire Prevention: Technical
Training Specialist

Keith Heckler
301-447-1380

Delivery type
6-day off-campus
Continuing education units
0.0
ACE recommendation
In the lower division baccalaureate/associate degree category, 3 semester hours in fire science, fire protection, or fire engineering.

This six-day course introduces the student to the fundamental methodology for application of the requirements for fire protection systems including detection, notification, fire control and extinguishment, and mitigation of fire-related hazards, with special emphasis on fire alarm and fire suppression systems.

Although it contains many of the basic principles of code enforcement, more experienced code inspectors and officials might find it useful as a review of essential methodologies and an update to current code enforcement applications. It is not the intent of this course to present specific code requirements, however it focuses more on the methodology of the use of these requirements.

Fire Inspection Principles 1: Life and the Built Environment (R0390) is intended to provide additional material on the code applications to fire and life safety requirements as an extension of material presented in this course.

Student pre-course materials and course syllabus:

https://nfa.usfa.fema.gov/ax/syll/syllabus_n0391.pdf PDF 277KB
Course Syllabus

Selection criteria

  • Individuals with at six-months experience whose primary duties are those of a full-time code enforcement inspector/officer.
  • Individuals who have the responsibility to train personnel involved in full-time code enforcement activities.
  • Suppression Company Officers responsible for in-service fire code enforcement activities.

Note: Special consideration will be given to individuals and departments starting new fire prevention bureaus or preparing individuals as instructors for a code enforcement training program within their department.

Prerequisites

Incident Command System (ICS)-100-level and ICS-200-level training. Preferred courses are Q0462 and Q0463, available through NFA Online.  Chief’s signature attests that the applicant has completed this required training.

Post-course requirements