IN-PERSON TRAINING

COURSE TITLE:  

FIRE ALARM DESIGN FOR RESIDENTIAL, EDUCATIONAL, AND HIGH-RISE OCCUPANCY  

TRAINING DATE: 

Friday, August 8, 2025

TRAINING LOCATION:

Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District 

10545 Armstrong Ave, #200, Mather, CA 95655

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 2025 California Building and Fire codes (CBC & CFC) were published on July 1^st, 2025, and will become effective in CA on January 1^st, 2026. This training will review and discuss the specific 2025 CBC and CFC requirements for Fire Alarm and Signaling Systems required for Residential (R-1 and R-2), Educational (E and I-4) and High-Rise occupancies. 
• The training will discuss and clarify the specific NFPA 72-2025 design and installation requirements for the Fire Alarm and Signaling systems required in those occupancies such as Emergency Voice Alarm Communications System (EVACS) Vs. Tone based systems with High and Low-Frequency audibility requirements, One-way and Two-Way Emergency Communications systems, and all other life-safety and emergency systems having interface with the Fire Alarm system such as automatic sprinklers, fire-pumps, pre-action and suppression systems, smoke-control, elevators, radio enhancement (ERRCS/ERCES), emergency generators and more. Systems calculations (Battery capacity, voltage drop and audible/visual coverage) and permit plans submittal will be discussed and clarified. 

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.
• Class size is limited in both locations.  We will implement a wait-list process and encourage you to add yourself to the waitlist as that will be a gauge to us that the class should be re-offered.
• Our goal for in-person training is to be able to offer at least one in-person training session, in each region, in each calendar quarter. 
• 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 for the two sessions in August. 

*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 and Signaling systems personnel (e.g. Designers, Installers, Technicians, Service personnel, Vendors, Engineers)
• Authority Having Jurisdiction (AHJ) and Code Officials (e.g. Fire, Building, Electrical, Code Enforcers and Plan Reviewers)
• Electrical and Fire Protection Engineers
• Fire Inspectors: Plan-check and field inspectors

MATERIALS PROVIDED: 

Each student will receive a HARD copy booklet (2-slide per page format, double-sided) at the training site.

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

CLASS SIZED IS LIMITED TO 50 STUDENTS - we will go to a Wait List process if/when the maximum is reached.  If the wait list is implemented, we encourage you to add yourself if interested as we will use the list as a gauge to whether the class should be re-offered.