The automatic fire alarm association (afaa) and the electronic security association (esa) have a number of excellent programs. As for references start right at the IBC 907 Fire Alarm Systems, pay particular attention to 907.2 When Required. Best wishes on your journey into this area.
John Drucker ________________________________ From: Sprinklerforum <[email protected]> on behalf of John Irwin via Sprinklerforum <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2019 05:32 To: [email protected] Cc: John Irwin Subject: Fire Alarms I would guess some of you are pretty familiar with fire alarm code as well as sprinkler code. Our fire alarm division falls under my purview and I really don’t know the first thing about them. They certainly don’t seem to follow the same reasoning we use when determining how we are going to protect a building with sprinklers. The client base isn’t the same, the way they bid and sell them isn’t the same. They seem to have less regard for what’s actually required and more interest in what the bid plans show. Are they like sprinklers insofar as … this book says fire alarm yes or no … this book tells you what’s required … this book tells you how to design them… etc ? Can anyone recommend where or how I can get some basic knowledge of how alarms should be done? Probably starting with 101, 72 and … 70? Design class or code class? Does anyone have a fire alarm design class like AFSA and NFSA do for sprinklers? John Irwin
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