CAFAA JUNE 2026 IN-PERSON TRAINING

COURSE TITLE:  

'New 2025 CBC/CFC/NFPA 72 requirements for Two-Way Emergency Communications Systems and ERCES, including

NFPA 1225-2022 and ASME A17.1 for ERCES Pathways.' 

TRAINING DATE: 

Friday, June 5, 2026 - ELECTRICAL ALLIANCE OF SILICON VALLEY - MILPITAS 

Friday, June 26, 2026 - Burbank Fire Dept. Training Center 

Register here: California Automatic Fire Alarm Association - EVENTS

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) are effective in CA since January 1st, 2026. These codes have adopted the 2025 NFPA 72 standard for fire alarm and signaling systems and the 2022 NFPA 1225 for ERCES - Emergency Responders Communications Enhancement systems. 

This training will discuss and clarify all new and applicable codes in the new 2025 CA codes and applicable NFPA standards. 

• Specify and discuss all types of Emergency Communications Systems included in Chapter 24 of NFPA 72 (ECS)- ONE-WAY and TWO-WAY ECS. 

• Discuss and clarify the specific requirements for ERCES in Section 510 of the 2025 CFC and the 2022 NFPA 1225 Chapter 18. Specific requirements for the required interface between the Radio Enhancement system and the Building Fire alarm System or a Dedicated Function(s) FA system specified in the 2025 Edition of NFPA 72.

• Specify the required interface between the ERCES with Elevator systems, survivability levels, and monitoring for integrity per the ASME A17.1 Elevator Code for Leaky Coaxial cables installed in hoistways with specific CA DOSH requirements. 

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.

*Note for CEU's: There is no cost for conversion of CEU's to a WBFAA member. Fees may apply to non-members.

JULY & OCTOBER IN-PERSON TRAINING - REGISTRATION IS OPEN!  

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'NEW 2025 CBC/CFC/NFPA 72/NFPA 13 and ASME A17.1 Code Requirements for Interface between Fire Protection and Elevator Systems' 

Friday, October 9, 2026 - Milpitas, Electrical Alliance of Silicon Valley

Friday, October 23, 2026 - Burbank Fire Dept. Training Center  

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