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

  • When
    03/21/2025
  •  
    8:00 AM - 2:00 PM
  • Location
    Electrical Training Alliance of Silicon Valley, 1873 Barber Lane, Milpitas, CA 95035
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    7
  • Registered
    42 registrants

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  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. There is no cost for conversion if you are a WBFAA member. Cost may apply to non-members.

  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

  ________________________________________________________________

  
  

  “Future in-person trainings in Nor-Cal and So-Cal will be provided by CAFAA in 2025 – Follow the CAFAA website for more information”

  
  

  _______________________________________________________________

  If you are not receiving regular communication from CAFAA consider joining as a member, or make sure your voting member email is up to date: 

  California Automatic Fire Alarm Association - Why Join CAFAA?

  
  

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

  • When
    03/28/2025
  •  
    8:00 AM - 2:00 PM
  • Location
    Burbank Fire Department Training Center, 1845 N Ontario St, Burbank, CA 91505
  • Spaces left
    38
  • Registered
    12 registrants

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  CAFAA IN-PERSON TRAINING

  COURSE TITLE:  

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

  DATE: 

  Friday, March 28, 2025

  LOCATION:

  Burbank Fire Department Training Center, 1845 N Ontario Street, 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:

  • 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. There is no cost for conversion if you are a WBFAA member. Cost may apply to non-members.

  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

  ________________________________________________________________

  
  

  “Future in-person trainings in Nor-Cal and So-Cal will be provided by CAFAA in 2025 – Follow the CAFAA website for more information”

  
  

  _______________________________________________________________

  If you are not receiving regular communication from CAFAA consider joining as a member, or make sure your voting member email is up to date: 

  California Automatic Fire Alarm Association - Why Join CAFAA?

  
  

  
  

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• Request CEU Certificate for 4/17/25 CAFAA NorCal AHJ Roundtable

  • When
    04/17/2025
  •  
    8:30 AM - 4:00 PM
  • Location
    Electrical Training Alliance of Silicon Valley

  Register

  Registering for this event will trigger an email to info@cafaa.com to send you a Certificate of Completion for your attendance at the 04-17-25 CAFAA NorCal AHJ Roundtable meeting.   

  After the completion of the meeting, a Certificate for Continuing Education Hours (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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• 04/17/25 NorCal AHJ Q&A Roundtable Meeting

  • When
    04/17/2025
  •  
    8:30 AM - 4:00 PM
  • Location
    Electrical Training Alliance of Silicon Valley
  • Registered
    16 registrants

  Register

  MEETING LOCATION

  ELECTRICAL TRAINING ALLIANCE OF SILICON VALLEY
  1873 Barber Lane (park in back & use back entrance)
  Milpitas, CA 95035

  MEETING DAY SCHEDULE - tentative depending on the number of Advance Questions:

  7:30am - 8:30am Continental breakfast

  8:30am - 11:30am Roundtable

  11:30am - 12:30pm Lunch

  12:30pm - 2:00pm Roundtable

  2:00pm - 4:00pm CAFAA General Meeting

  In recent years, CAFAA developed the regional AHJ Roundtable sessions that have been extremely informative and engaging for all parties involved with CAFAA. 
  

  Your submitted questions will be posed to a mixed panel of AHJs to answer.

  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, the Roundtable 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.

  This is not only an educational session but also an opportunity to network with the AHJs and others in the industry.

  Continuing Education Units will be awarded to attendees requesting a certificate. 

  Click here to Register for a CEU Certificate

  THE 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 AHJs 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 for NorCal Roundtable - submit to info@cafaa.com as early as possible, with the last date for submission April 11, 2025.

  FREE for California FPOs

  $95 for employees of a CAFAA member company

  $120 for non-CAFAA member attendees

  
  

  MEETING PANELISTS: TBD

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