Recorded Webinars
AFAA-NE holds webinars with industry and public figures throughout the year. Check this page often, as we post recordings from these webinars to help educate the public.
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Presented by Carson Cook, PE – Senior Fire Protection Engineer at Jensen Hughes
Eric Camiel, PE, CET – Senior Fire Protection Engineer at Jensen Hughes
The presentation will summarize the applicable code requirements that govern fire-resistance rating requirements for fire alarm systems and review design / installation requirements and examples.
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Recorded 3/2/2021
NFPA 72 2013 prohibits Dual Phone Line DACT’s on new fire systems. Two phone lines are only to be used with the express permission of your local AHJ. Today’s cellular communications coverage and increasingly broad footprint, now with LTE (Long Term Evolution) offers more dependable fire alarm reporting. Optionally, dual-path communications have built in redundancy, so if ever cell was out, IP would get through or local AHJ requires dual path reporting.
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High profile fire catastrophes such as the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris and the Waltham, MA apartment fire has placed an emphasis on widespread adoption of NFPA 241. The greater Boston area has been a pioneer in adopting new technologies such as linear heat detection to further advance the security and safety of evolving new construction sites. We’ll delve into some of these scenarios, their impact and discuss the evolution of linear heat within these applications.
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This presentation from 12/8/2020 reviews the IBC and NFPA requirements for Emergency Elevator Service including Phase 1 and Phase 2 operation, elevator communications, and the unique requirements for Fire Service Access Elevators (FSAEs) including provisions for cable survivability, electrical power and lighting, and fire alarm and detection.
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This presentation covers the basics of speech intelligibility in Emergency Voice and Alarm Communications Systems (EVACS). Designing beneficial and cost-effective EVACS system can be challenging. NFPA 72 requirements regarding intelligibility will be reviewed including a discussion of where speech intelligibility is required and review of the concept of acoustically distinguishable spaces (ADSs). Additionally, occupancy factors that impact speech intelligibility will be reviewed.
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