Residential Potable Water Fire Protection System Inspectors for One and Two Family Dwellings
Verify that these objectives were covered in your course
Fire sprinkler technology
Scope – design and installation
Purpose – aids in the detection and control of residential fires and thus provides improved protection against injury, life loss, and property damage. Expected to prevent flashover
Retroactivity
Equivalency – does not restrict new technology
Definitions, vocabulary & terminology including:
General
Approved
AHJ
Labeled
Listed
Shall
Should
Standard
Compartment
Design Discharge
Dwelling
Dwelling unit
Manufactured home
Pressures
Pump
Sprinkler
Multi-purpose system
Network system
Sprinkler system
Wet pipe system
Valves
General Requirements
System components
Water supply
Installations
System design
Further explanatory material – Annex A
Sprinkler spec and installation sheets – pendant, sidewall and concealed
Installation Guidelines
Pressure and gpm’s required for single and multiple discharge coverage
Slope ceiling requirements and limitations
Other requirements
Location exercises
Single floor, flat ceiling
Multiple floor, flat ceiling
Slope ceiling
Layout and sizing exercises
Single floor, flat ceiling
Multiple floor, flat ceiling
Other ceilings
Product certifications
Practical exercise
Properly locate and install a pendant sprinkler
Properly locate and install a concealed sprinkler
Properly locate and install a side wall sprinkler
I verify that the above mentioned instructional objectives have been covered in my course of instruction.