Fire Prevention: Technical Courses

Alternative Water Supply: Planning and Implementing Programs (Q217)

0.6 CEUs Enroll Now »: This course on alternative water supply is designed to assist fire chiefs, water authorities, public policy officials, and others whose responsibility it is to plan for and implement programs that allow for the use of alternative water sources during structural firefighting operations.

: Fire and building inspectors with busy daily schedules often don't have time to attend valuable skill-enhancing training sessions. In 2005 the U.S. Fire Administration's National Fire Academy introduced Coffee Break Training. Coffee Break Training is a weekly one-page training notice that provides technical training in fire protection systems, building construction, codes and standards, inspection techniques, hazardous materials and administrative tips. Weekly issues have been compiled into Volumes and those Volumes are being made available through NFA Online. There is an exam following each volume.; Select a link below to enroll.; Volume 1 (Q840) 0.2 CEUs; Volume 2 (Q841) 0.2 CEUs; Volume 3 (Q842) 0.3 CEUs; Volume 4 (Q843) 0.2 CEUs; Volume 5 (Q844) 0.2 CEUs; Volume 6 (Q845) 0.2 CEUs; Volume 7 (Q846) 0.2 CEUs; Volume 8 (Q847) 0.2 CEUs; Volume 9 (Q848) 0.3 CEUs; Volume 10 (Q849) 0.3 CEUs; Volume 11 (Q850) 0.2 CEUs; Volume 12 (Q851) 0.2 CEUs

0.2 CEUs Enroll Now »: This course will enable students to use a Windows^® standard and scientific calculator to evaluate the accuracy of the fire protection hydraulics mathematics in accordance with nationally recognized standards for the design and installation of water-based fire protection systems.

0.6 CEUs Enroll Now »: This course not only offers the opportunity to understand the testing and evaluation of water supplies, but also provides reference resources and several printable graph forms. The course covers the following areas: testing and evaluation of available water supplies for water supply systems; on-site storage systems; and rural areas not served by a water supply; determining water supply for automatic sprinklers, standpipe systems, and for fire suppression activities. Also included is a mastery test. The course emphasizes decision making, predictions, and responses by students consistent with the course materials presented. Students can perform and/or reinforce previously learned skills, concepts, and behaviors. The course is interactive, self-paced, and self-directed and combines graphics, text, narration, animation, and video to promote implied learning objectives. The primary audience is fire suppression and training officers and code enforcement officials. This course addresses the professional competency related to Firefighter II for NFPA 1001, Fire Officers for NFPA 1021, Fire Inspector, Plans Examiner for NFPA 1031, and Training Officers for NFPA 1041, related to determining available fire flows for fire protection.

This is a pre-course reading assignment for P137; credit not awarded for completion of this assignment.

CEUs Not Awarded Enroll Now »: This is a self-running, narrated and brief history of sprinkler systems in the United States. Automatic sprinklers have a more than century-old record of effective fire control. Learn about the early days and development of sprinklers, and the many innovations that have evolved to make sprinklers the best life-safety and fire protection tool we have today.