Registering for this event will trigger an email to info@cafaa.com to send you a Certificate of Completion for your attendance at the 04-17-25 CAFAA NorCal AHJ Roundtable meeting.   

After the completion of the meeting, a Certificate for Continuing Education Hours (CEUs) for Fire Alarm Education Sessions will be sent to you.   The number of hours will be dependent on the length of the session(s).

The Certificate can then be submitted to the WBFAA for conversion to Continuing Education Hours for application towards the renewal of your State certification.

MEETING LOCATION

ELECTRICAL TRAINING ALLIANCE OF SILICON VALLEY
1873 Barber Lane (park in back & use back entrance)
Milpitas, CA 95035

MEETING DAY SCHEDULE - tentative depending on the number of Advance Questions:

7:30am - 8:30am Continental breakfast

8:30am - 12:30am Roundtable

12:30am - 1:30pm Lunch

1:30pm - 4:00pm CAFAA General Meeting

In recent years, CAFAA developed the regional AHJ Roundtable sessions that have been extremely informative and engaging for all parties involved with CAFAA. 

Your submitted questions will be posed to a mixed panel of AHJs to answer.

As an incentive for you to submit questions to the Panel, you will receive a Raffle ticket if you submit a question and it is included in the final version of the Advance Questions (five ticket max per person).  Please note that due to time constraints, the Roundtable judges may omit some questions submitted to eliminate duplicate questions or in favor of providing more challenging questions for the panelists. Two prizes will be awarded from a drawing that will be held during the lunch break.  A Grand Prize will be awarded to the 'best' question as evaluated by the judges.  You will need to be present to win.

This is not only an educational session but also an opportunity to network with the AHJs and others in the industry.

Continuing Education Units will be awarded to attendees requesting a certificate. 

Click here to Register for a CEU Certificate

THE MEETING PROCESS:

ADVANCE QUESTIONS for NorCal Roundtable - submit to info@cafaa.com as early as possible, with the last date for submission April 11, 2025.

FREE for California FPOs

$95 for employees of a CAFAA member company

$120 for non-CAFAA member attendees

MEETING PANELISTS: TBD

CAFAA IN-PERSON TRAINING

COURSE TITLE:  

Fire Alarm Systems Testing and Inspections per NFPA 72-2025 and NFPA 4 -2021 (Integrated systems)

DATE: 

Friday, May 9, 2025

LOCATION:

Merritt College, 12500 Campus Drive, Oakland, CA 94619

Room S-449

INSTRUCTOR: 

SAGIV WEISS-ISHAI, P.E.
CA Licensed Fire Protection Engineer

27 yrs. experience in Fire Protection Engineering

Principal AHJ member – NFPA 72 Technical Committee SIG-PRO since 2012

AHJ Member national elevator safety Code ASME A17.1 – Emergency Operations & Hoistway Technical committees

NFPA 72 and ASME A17.1 Task Group member on Fire Service Access Elevators & Occupant Evacuation Elevators

AHJ Member – Calif. State Fire Alarm Code Advisory Committee

Chair of the elevator committee for the CA Existing Building Code

Served as Fire Code Official on the Calif State – Bldg. Fire & Other Code Advisory Committee to the Calif. Bldg. Stds. Commission

AHJ Member 2019-2020 CSFM Elevator Work Group to Changes in CBC Chapter 30 – Elevators

Past President – Society of Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE) of the Nevada-Northern CA Chapter

COURSE OUTLINE:

• Routine inspections and testing of fire alarm systems are crucial for ensuring they function correctly and protect lives and property, often mandated by local authorities and insurance companies. These checks typically include visual inspections, functional tests, and testing of components like detectors, control panels, and notification devices.

• NFPA 72-2025 Chapter 14 outlines the requirements for fire alarm system inspection, testing, and maintenance, including notification procedures and schedules for various components of fire alarm systems, encompassing initial acceptance testing, routine inspections, and reacceptance testing.

• The 2025 California Fire Code (CFC) which will become effective in CA on January 1st, 2026, has adopted NFPA 4 - 2021 Edition:  "Standard for Integrated Fire Protection and Life Safety System Testing,". NFPA 4 focuses on verifying the interoperability and coordinated performance of interconnected fire protection and life safety systems, ensuring they function as designed during an emergency.

• Integrated testing includes the interface between the fire alarm system and other life-safety and fire protection systems in the building, such as sprinkler, fire pump and other suppression systems, smoke control, elevator recall & shunt, ERRCS, ERCES and many other systems. 

• This training will discuss and clarify the associated and specific requirements of NFPA 72-2025 Chapter 14 and NFPA 4-2021 regarding fire Alarm and signaling systems testing, Inspections and maintenance, who is responsible for what, which sequence and features are required to be tested and the relationship between the AHJs, Inspectors and contractors and the required responsibilities of each trade. 

GENERAL INFORMATION:  

Five and one-quarter (5.25) Continuing Education Hours (CEH) will be awarded to students on completion of training.  The CEHs can be converted to Continuing Education Units (CEUs) by the WBFAA. There is no cost for conversion if you are a WBFAA member. Cost may apply to non-members.

Our goal for in-person training is to be able to offer at least one in-person training session, in each region, per topic. And offer multiple topics throughout 2025. 

FPE and CAFAA will be developing new course material to meet the ever-changing needs of our membership, for a fresh, high-quality, California-centric curriculum.

Sagiv Weiss-Ishai, P.E. (Calif. Licensed Fire Protection Engineer) is the principal trainer for FPE and will be the instructor.

*Disclaimer:  As the course trainer, Mr. Weiss-Ishai will not be representing the SFFD policies or procedures in his course delivery. * 

WHO CAN BENEFIT BY ATTENDING THE CLASS:

Fire Alarm Systems Personnel: Designers, Installers, Technicians, Service personnel, Vendors, Engineers.

Authority Having Jurisdiction (AHJ) and Code Officials Personnel: Fire, Building, Elevator, Electrical, Code Enforcers and Permit Plans Reviewers.

Professionals: Architects, Electrical and Fire Protection Engineers.

Fire Service Personnel: Fire Plan Review Inspectors, Fire Field Inspectors.

MATERIALS PROVIDED: 

• Each student will receive a HARD copy booklet (2-slide per page format, double-sided) at the training site. No electronic files will be sent. 

CLASS SCHEDULE:  

7:30am - 8:00am Continental breakfast

8:00am - 9:45am Training and Q&A

9:45am - 10:00am Break

10:00am - 12:00pm Training and Q&A

12:00pm - 12:30pm Lunch

12:30pm - 1:45pm Training and Q&A

1:45pm - 2:00pm open Q&A session on any class related topic

ENROLLMENT FEES

$199 for California FPOs/AHJs

$299 for employees of a CAFAA member company

$399 for non-CAFAA member attendees

________________________________________________________________

“Future in-person trainings in Nor-Cal and So-Cal will be provided by CAFAA in 2025 – Follow the CAFAA website for more information”

_______________________________________________________________

If you are not receiving regular communication from CAFAA consider joining as a member, or make sure your voting member email is up to date: 

California Automatic Fire Alarm Association - Why Join CAFAA?

CAFAA IN-PERSON TRAINING

COURSE TITLE:  

Fire Alarm Systems Testing and Inspections per NFPA 72-2025 and NFPA 4 -2021 (Integrated systems)

DATE: 

Friday, May 16, 2025

LOCATION:

Brea Civic & Cultural Center - Conference Center  

1 Civic Center Circle, Brea, CA 92821

*NOTE: Parking is underground*

SAGIV WEISS-ISHAI, P.E.
CA Licensed Fire Protection Engineer

27 yrs. experience in Fire Protection Engineering

Principal AHJ member – NFPA 72 Technical Committee SIG-PRO since 2012

AHJ Member national elevator safety Code ASME A17.1 – Emergency Operations & Hoistway Technical committees

NFPA 72 and ASME A17.1 Task Group member on Fire Service Access Elevators & Occupant Evacuation Elevators

AHJ Member – Calif. State Fire Alarm Code Advisory Committee

Chair of the elevator committee for the CA Existing Building Code

Served as Fire Code Official on the Calif State – Bldg. Fire & Other Code Advisory Committee to the Calif. Bldg. Stds. Commission

AHJ Member 2019-2020 CSFM Elevator Work Group to Changes in CBC Chapter 30 – Elevators

Past President – Society of Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE) of the Nevada-Northern CA Chapter

COURSE OUTLINE:

• Routine inspections and testing of fire alarm systems are crucial for ensuring they function correctly and protect lives and property, often mandated by local authorities and insurance companies. These checks typically include visual inspections, functional tests, and testing of components like detectors, control panels, and notification devices.

• NFPA 72-2025 Chapter 14 outlines the requirements for fire alarm system inspection, testing, and maintenance, including notification procedures and schedules for various components of fire alarm systems, encompassing initial acceptance testing, routine inspections, and reacceptance testing.

• The 2025 California Fire Code (CFC) which will become effective in CA on January 1st, 2026, has adopted NFPA 4 - 2021 Edition:  "Standard for Integrated Fire Protection and Life Safety System Testing,". NFPA 4 focuses on verifying the interoperability and coordinated performance of interconnected fire protection and life safety systems, ensuring they function as designed during an emergency.

• Integrated testing includes the interface between the fire alarm system and other life-safety and fire protection systems in the building, such as sprinkler, fire pump and other suppression systems, smoke control, elevator recall & shunt, ERRCS, ERCES and many other systems. 

• This training will discuss and clarify the associated and specific requirements of NFPA 72-2025 Chapter 14 and NFPA 4-2021 regarding fire Alarm and signaling systems testing, Inspections and maintenance, who is responsible for what, which sequence and features are required to be tested and the relationship between the AHJs, Inspectors and contractors and the required responsibilities of each trade. 

GENERAL INFORMATION:  

Five and one-quarter (5.25) Continuing Education Hours (CEH) will be awarded to students on completion of training.  The CEHs can be converted to Continuing Education Units (CEUs) by the WBFAA. There is no cost for conversion if you are a WBFAA member. Cost may apply to non-members.

Our goal for in-person training is to be able to offer at least one in-person training session, in each region, per topic. And offer multiple topics throughout 2025. 

FPE and CAFAA will be developing new course material to meet the ever-changing needs of our membership, for a fresh, high-quality, California-centric curriculum.

Sagiv Weiss-Ishai, P.E. (Calif. Licensed Fire Protection Engineer) is the principal trainer for FPE and will be the instructor.

*Disclaimer:  As the course trainer, Mr. Weiss-Ishai will not be representing the SFFD policies or procedures in his course delivery. * 

WHO CAN BENEFIT BY ATTENDING THE CLASS:

Fire Alarm Systems Personnel: Designers, Installers, Technicians, Service personnel, Vendors, Engineers.

Authority Having Jurisdiction (AHJ) and Code Officials Personnel: Fire, Building, Elevator, Electrical, Code Enforcers and Permit Plans Reviewers.

Professionals: Architects, Electrical and Fire Protection Engineers.

Fire Service Personnel: Fire Plan Review Inspectors, Fire Field Inspectors.

MATERIALS PROVIDED: 

• Each student will receive a HARD copy booklet (2-slide per page format, double-sided) at the training site. No electronic files will be sent. 

CLASS SCHEDULE:  

7:30am - 8:00am Continental breakfast

8:00am - 9:45am Training and Q&A

9:45am - 10:00am Break

10:00am - 12:00pm Training and Q&A

12:00pm - 12:30pm Lunch

12:30pm - 1:45pm Training and Q&A

1:45pm - 2:00pm open Q&A session on any class related topic

ENROLLMENT FEES

$199 for California FPOs/AHJs

$299 for employees of a CAFAA member company

$399 for non-CAFAA member attendees

________________________________________________________________

“Future in-person trainings in Nor-Cal and So-Cal will be provided by CAFAA in 2025 – Follow the CAFAA website for more information”

_______________________________________________________________

If you are not receiving regular communication from CAFAA consider joining as a member, or make sure your voting member email is up to date: 

California Automatic Fire Alarm Association - Why Join CAFAA?