CAFAA IN-PERSON CLASSROOM TRAINING

March 21, 2025 @ The Electrical training alliance of silicon valley,

1873 barber lane, milpitas, ca 95035

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March 28, 2025 @ The Burbank Fire department training center,         

1845 N ontario street, burbank, ca 91505

The California Automatic Fire Alarm Association (CAFAA) in partnership with Fire Protection Education (FPE) is

launching in-person Fire Alarm training at a Northern and at a Southern California location in March 2025 

The course that is being offered in both regions is:

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

Click here for the March 21st Milpitas Training

Click here for the March 28th Burbank Training

The class will include the following topics:

• 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.

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

Training 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.

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. * 

Sagiv's bio information:

• 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 Fee:

• $199/each California FPOs
• $299/each for employees of a CAFAA member company
• $399/each for employees of a non-CAFAA member company

If you are interested in hosting a future class, please contact the Training Director at info@cafaa.com.  The host venue receives 3 complimentary student seats.  CAFAA provides the food and beverages, course materials, etc.

Best regards,

California Automatic Fire Alarm Association