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• Fire Alarm Plan Review Training - August 9, in Sacramento

  • When
    08/09/2024
  •  
    8:00 AM - 2:00 PM
  • Location
    Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District, 10545 Armstrong Ave, #200, Mather, CA 95655
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    34 registrants

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  IN-PERSON TRAINING

  COURSE TITLE:  

  FIRE ALARM PLAN REVIEW TRAINING  

  TRAINING DATE: 

  Friday, August 9, 2024

  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:

  • Applicable 2022 CA Codes and NFPA-72 2022 requirements for Fire Alarm Plans submittals for permits and AHJ approval.
  • Significant information and documentation to be included on permit plans such as: Applicable codes, Detailed scope of work, Equipment list including CSFM listing, general notes, supervising station information, floor plans to scale, Required elevators information, etc. 
  • Required associated reference permit plans for complete Fire Alarm system design such as: Site Plans, Architectural, Electrical and Mechanical plans, Sprinkler and Fire Pump plans, ERRCS and 2-Way-ECS plans and any other Life-safety / emergency system that has interface with the Fire Alarm system
  • Fire Alarm sequence of operation matrix including all required Inputs and Outputs to and from the Fire Alarm system including sprinkler/elevator/fire pump/ERRCS and other associated inputs 
  • Detailed Evacuation/Relocation schemes: Total or Partial evacuation and Relocation of occupants including associated pre-recorded messages for Voice-Based systems 
  • Initiating devices and notification appliances placements based on applicable codes  
  • Smoke control interface with the FA system as applicable
  • Fire Alarm system calculations based on Tone-Based and Voice-Based systems - Battery Capacity calculations, Voltage Drop calculations, Speaker and amplifier power calculations
  • Pathways and wire designations such as Initiating Devices Circuit (IDC), Signaling Line Circuit (SLC), Notification Appliance Circuit (NAC) Class A and Class B pathways and Class D – Fail Safe circuits.
  • Significant diagrams and details to be included on Fire Alarm plans such as control unit and initiating devices and notification appliances point-to-point diagrams elevations and locations

  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.

  
  

  
  

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• Fire Alarm Plan Review Training - August 16, Burbank, CA

  • When
    08/16/2024
  •  
    8:00 AM - 2:00 PM
  • Location
    Burbank Fire Department Training Center, 1845 N Ontario St, Burbank, CA 91505
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  • Registered
    22 registrants

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  IN-PERSON TRAINING

  COURSE TITLE:  

  FIRE ALARM PLAN REVIEW TRAINING  

  DATE: 

  Friday, August 16, 2024

  LOCATION:

  Burbank Fire Department Training Center

  1845 N Ontario St, Burbank, CA 91505

  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:

  • Applicable 2022 CA Codes and NFPA-72 2022 requirements for Fire Alarm Plans submittals for permits and AHJ approval.
  • Significant information and documentation to be included on permit plans such as: Applicable codes, Detailed scope of work, Equipment list including CSFM listing, general notes, supervising station information, floor plans to scale, Required elevators information, etc. 
  • Required associated reference permit plans for complete Fire Alarm system design such as: Site Plans, Architectural, Electrical and Mechanical plans, Sprinkler and Fire Pump plans, ERRCS and 2-Way-ECS plans and any other Life-safety / emergency system that has interface with the Fire Alarm system
  • Fire Alarm sequence of operation matrix including all required Inputs and Outputs to and from the Fire Alarm system including sprinkler/elevator/fire pump/ERRCS and other associated inputs 
  • Detailed Evacuation/Relocation schemes: Total or Partial evacuation and Relocation of occupants including associated pre-recorded messages for Voice-Based systems 
  • Initiating devices and notification appliances placements based on applicable codes  
  • Smoke control interface with the FA system as applicable
  • Fire Alarm system calculations based on Tone-Based and Voice-Based systems - Battery Capacity calculations, Voltage Drop calculations, Speaker and amplifier power calculations
  • Pathways and wire designations such as Initiating Devices Circuit (IDC), Signaling Line Circuit (SLC), Notification Appliance Circuit (NAC) Class A and Class B pathways and Class D – Fail Safe circuits.
  • Significant diagrams and details to be included on Fire Alarm plans such as control unit and initiating devices and notification appliances point-to-point diagrams elevations and locations

  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.

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• Request CEU Certificate for 10/15/24 CAFAA Learning Session & State Agency meeting

  • Start
    10/15/2024
  •  
    10:00 AM
  • End
    10/17/2024
  •  
    5:00 PM
  • Location
    HCAI headquarters, Sacramento, CA

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  Registering for this event will trigger an email to info@cafaa.com to send you a Certificate of Completion for your attendance at the Learning Session and the Annual State Agency meeting.   

  THIS CEU CERTICIATE REGISTRATION DOES NOT REGISTER YOU FOR THE EVENT ITSELF.  

  After the completion of the meeting, a Certificate for Continuing Education Units (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.

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• 10/15/24 CAFAA's 29th ANNUAL STATE AGENCY & 10/16/24 GENERAL MEETING

  • Start
    10/15/2024
  •  
    10:00 AM
  • End
    10/16/2024
  •  
    12:00 PM
  • Location
    In-person (HCAI Sacramento, CA)
  • Spaces left
    52
  • Registered
    28 registrants

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  MAXIMUM of 80 ATTENDEES - the Meeting space has limited seating; no Walk-In attendees (you must register to attend this event).  A Wait List process will be implemented when the maximum seating is reached.  If/as cancellations are received, the Wait listed people will be contacted and registered.

  
  

  MEETING VENUE:
  

           Dept. of Health Care Access and Information (HCAI)

  2020 W. El Camino

  Sacramento, CA 95833

  MEETING DAY(s) SCHEDULE: 
  
  

  TUESDAY OCTOBER 15, 2024
  

  10:00am - 12:00pm   LEARNING SESSION  

  12:00pm -   1:00pm   Lunch

    1:00pm -   5:00pm   CAFAA 29th ANNUAL STATE AGENCY MEETING  

  WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 16, 2024
  

    7:00am - 8:00am  Breakfast  
  

    8:00am-12:00pm  CAFAA GENERAL MEETING

  
  

  THE STATE AGENCY MEETING:

  Each year, beginning in 1996, the California Automatic Fire Alarm Association (CAFAA) has hosted an event (the State Agency meeting) in Sacramento, where representative from the California State Fire Marshal's Office, the Division of the State Architect, Division of Occupational Safety and Health Planning & Development and the Building Standards Commission are invited to meet with some of their stakeholders.  This group includes CAFAA members, Manufacturer's and the AHJs.

  The purpose of the State Agency meeting is to continue the open dialogue between the code enforcers, code promulgators and fire alarm system professionals on issues of mutual concern so that we may better serve the citizens of California.

  So that the most thoughtful responses can be given,  your questions will be provided to the State Agency panelists in advance of the meeting.

  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, 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.

  Send your ADVANCE QUESTIONS to info@cafaa.com, as soon as possible, but no later than October 08, 2024

  Click here to request a CEU Certificate of Completion

   

  MEETING PROCESS:

  • As questions are submitted prior to the meeting, they will be reviewed by the CAFAA board, and if applicable will be added to the Advance Questions document, in order of submission AND with NO identification of the person posing it.  We are hoping that there will be more questions posed as well as possibly having more general Code questions asked.

  • Persons who have submitted questions should plan to attend the event to hear the responses/discussions as there will not be meeting minutes issued.

  • The Advance Questions will be provided to all attendees and the State Agencies, prior to the meeting in the form of a PDF sent to the attendee's email.  The Advance Questions are provided to the panelists so that the most thoughtful responses can be given at the meeting. 

  • Just prior to the meeting, we will provide you with the final PDF version of the Advance Questions.

  • CAFAA will not be issuing any discussion notes and/or response documentation, nor is any audio and/or video recording permitted.

  ADVANCE QUESTIONS - submit to info@cafaa.com early, with the last date for submission October 08, 2024

  FREE for active California FPOs

  $95 for employees of a CAFAA member company

  $120 for non-CAFAA member attendees

  FEE COVERS BOTH DAY's EVENTS
  

  
  

  
  

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• 12/05/24 CAFAA General Meeting

  • When
    12/05/2024
  •  
    8:30 AM - 11:30 AM
  • Location
    Fairmont Hotel San Francisco, CA - FRENCH ROOM
  • Spaces left
    60
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  Bi-monthly General Meetings:  conducted alternately in each of the two regions; this is a board of directors meeting open to all who wish to attend.  Matters of the association and issues of importance to the industry are discussed as well as reports provided by task group and committee representatives.   

  We will be conducting this meeting as guests of the CAA at their Winter Conference venue, the Fairmont Nob Hill in San Francisco.    We will be meeting in the FRENCH ROOM on the mezzanine floor.

  Lunch will be provided by CAA.  Attendance is free.

  
  

  
  

  
  

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• CAFAA 55th Annual Conference 2025

  • Start
    02/05/2025
  •  
    8:00 AM
  • End
    02/07/2025
  •  
    12:00 PM
  • Location
    Palm Springs Convention Center & Hilton Hotel - Palm Springs, CA

  California Automatic Fire Alarm Association (CAFAA) Annual Conference (since 1970)  55th ANNUAL CONFERENCE February 05– February 07, 2025 Palm Springs, California *Education          * Information          *Networking          *Exhibits Bill Fitchie Memorial Golf Tournament (Feb. 05, 2025) Presidential  AND Vendor Reception (Feb. 05 2025) State Fire Marshal's Advisory Committee Meeting (Feb. 05, 2025) WBFAA Board Meeting (Feb. 05, 2025) CAFAA Annual Conference Industry Speakers and Presentations           (Feb. 06 & Feb. 07, 2025)  Exhibit and Vendor Reception (Feb. 06, 2025) CAFAA General Meeting (Feb. 09, 2024) IF YOU ARE AN EXHIBITOR OR EXHIBITOR SPONSOR: registration BY EMAIL ONLY.  Click below for 'Exhibitor Registration Information' and the 'Conference Registration Form' ALL OTHER REGISTRANTS: - register by email or online Click for the TITLE page Click for the PROGRAM & SCHEDULE Click for the SPONSORSIP PACKAGES & CONFERENCE FEES If you are an Exhibitor, you will not be able to register online; instead fill out the 'fillable CONFERENCE REGISTRATION FORM and send it to CAFAA. . Click for a fillable CONFERENCE REGISTRATION FORM TO REGISTER:  You can fill out this form and send it to info@cafaa.com or register online yourself.  See above info if you are an Exhibitor  Click for a fillable GOLF REGISTRATION FORM Click for GOLFER INFORMATION Click for the EXHIBIT TABLE SELECTION LAYOUT Click for EXHIBITOR INFORMATION Click for the 8-page CONFERENCE PACKAGE (contains all forms/documents) Click for the CONFERENCE SPEAKER/PANELIST BIOS Click here to register for CEU units for attendance at the Annual Meeting.  You must register for the event. Guest rooms at the Hilton Hotel are $189/night based on availability.    Click here to go to the Hilton Reservation page. Reservations can also be placed by calling the Hilton at 800.216.1952 and request Group Code CFA.

   

  
  

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