CAFAA IN-PERSON TRAINING

COURSE TITLE:  

NFPA 72-2025 Significant Changes – Effective in CA on January 1^st, 2026

DATE: 

Friday, March 21, 2025

LOCATION:

Electrical Training Alliance of Silicon Valley, 1873 Barber Lane, Milpitas, CA 95035

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:

• The current applicable NFPA 72 Code in the state of CA is the 2022 Edition. The NEW 2025 Edition was published in October 2024 and it was adopted by the 2025 CA Building Code (CBC) and the CA Fire Code (CFC) which will become effective in CA on January 1^st, 2026. Therefore the 2025 Edition of NFPA 72 will also become effective in CA on January 1^st, 2026.

• The new 2025 Edition of NFPA 72, National Fire Alarm and Signaling Code includes many significant changes regarding fire alarm systems and other signaling systems such as two-way emergency communications systems. Many significant changes have been made regarding the interface between fire alarm and signaling systems and other building systems such as elevators (Standard overhead and MRL Elevators, Fire Service Access Elevators and Occupant Evacuation elevators) , Cyber Security (New Chapter 11), Survivability of Pathways, audible and visual notification and more.

• The new 2022 changes will affect the design, installation, inspection and enforcement procedures of new fire alarm and signaling systems. This class is intended to identify, discuss and clarify the NEW code changes only. It is not the intent of this class to cover the entire design and installation requirements for fire alarm and signaling systems included in the NFPA 72 Code.

• The NEW changes will be presented and discussed on a chapter-by-chapter basis with examples and Q&A to clarify and address specific issues and questions.

• This class is taught by Fire Protection Engineer, Sagiv Weiss-Ishai, P.E., with over 25 years of experience in the Fire Protection field. Sagiv serves as a principal member on the SIG-PRO Technical Committee of NFPA 72 and is responsible for many of these code changes.

• Clarify and discuss NFPA 72-2025 structure and chapters' arrangement and discuss the NFPA code making and code changes procedures.

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.

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

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