National Fire Alarm and Signaling Code
The rulebook for every fire alarm system you will ever touch.
NFPA 72 is the document that decides what a fire alarm system has to do, where the devices go, how it gets tested, and what paperwork you owe the building owner when you are done. If you learn one code first, learn this one.
9 lessons · 36 challenge questions · about 1.4 hours · Core
Verified line by line against the 2019 edition.
What you will be able to do
- Navigate the code by chapter instead of hunting through an index
- Tell the difference between inspection, testing, and maintenance, and bill for all three
- Explain why a device is where it is, not just that it is there
- Read a frequency table and build a defensible annual ITM scope
Course outline
Getting oriented
- What NFPA 72 actually is
- The map of the book
Fundamentals and paperwork
- Power, supervision, and the three signals
- Documentation: the deliverable nobody teaches
Devices and circuits
- Circuits and pathway classes
- Initiating devices: detectors and pull stations
- Notification appliances: being heard and being seen
Inspection, testing and maintenance
- Inspection vs testing vs maintenance
- Running a defensible annual