Firestop Training and Education - Healthcare Facilities
Firestopping is perhaps the most misapplied and misunderstood, code-required segment of life-safety construction. It is the only item that is installed by nearly every trade, many of whom are not educated or trained on the selection or installation of firestopping materials. Firestop products are dependent on careful selection of an appropriately tested system for them to successfully stop fire and smoke. There are training and education programs available from a number of organizations.
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ASHE - American Society for Healthcare Engineering
Healthcare Construction Certificate Program (HCC)
The ASHE Healthcare Construction Certificate (HCC) program involves a combination of a pre-requisite e-learning program and a two-day seminar educating attendees on critical topics within healthcare construction. Take the next step in your career and promote yourself by demonstrating your understanding of the latest compliance issues in healthcare construction and the expectations of owners, staff, and patients. Learn more at the ASHE website.
Firestop Training Programs for the Healthcare Facilities Industry from Specified Technologies Inc. (STI)
STI offers firestop training programs for various trades and on multiple products. These training courses range from product specific trainings, to neutral,non-brand specific firestop training programs. For more information on these courses, please select a course from the list below:
Firestop Instructional Training – Level I (FITL1) Read more.
This 4 hour, instructor-led training is designed to educate and train participants in the fundamentals needed for firestopping a wide variety of applications. This training is non-brand specific. Certificates are issued and are renewable every two years online. This training is excellent for designers, installers, code compliance officers and anyone seeking a basic understanding of firestopping.
- 3 Learning Units (LUs) - BICSI and AIA/CES
- This course qualifies for Health Safety & Welfare (HSW) credits with AIA
- Competency-based program
- Certificates and wallet cards for those who pass the exam
- Renewable certification
- Is non-proprietary to specific brands
- Teaches the UL System approach
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Firestop Instructional Training – Level II (FITL2) Read more.
This 2 day, instructor-led, competency based course is recommended for those who install, train inspect, design or supervise firestop installations such as maintenance and engineering mangers, facility managers, IS & DE managers, life-safety officers, infectious control managers, loss reduction specialists general contractors, architects and firsestop installers. This course consists of 1½ days of class room education, followed by an examination and ½ day hands-on installations. Non-brand specific.
Course take-aways include:
- 15 Learning Units (LUs) - BICSI and AIA/CES
- This course qualifies for Health Safety & Welfare (HSW) credits with AIA
- Certificates and wallet cards for those who pass the exam
There is also an option to be a "train the trainer" upon successful completion of the FIT Level II course. For an additional fee, and a 95% or higher score on the examination, attendees can elect to become a Train the Trainer.
Train the Trainer take-aways include:
- Level 2 certificate and wallet card
- Instructor's guide
- Printed presentation notes
- A DVD that contains the Level 1 presentation and exam for future trainings
- Our 6 part FIT series DVD
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Managing Firestop for Compliance (FSC 411) Read more.
Instructor-led course ideal for designers, trades people and healthcare facilities management professionals to gain a better understanding of the UL Systems Approach to managing the firestop process and includes instruction on how to identify which elements of firestop should be controlled by the project design team and plan review process and which can be relegated to a bidder-designer status.
- 2 Learning Units (LUs)
- This course qualifies for Sustainable Design (SD) and Health Safety & Welfare HSW credits
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Through Penetration Firestop (WB599) Read more.
The Through Penetration Firestop course covers the basics of sealing penetrations in fire barriers. It defines Firestopping and the reason why firestopping is so important. This course details how Firestopping is tested, the various challenges a designer or installer may face as well as the Firestop products available in the marketplace. System selection is another key element of installation and inspection. This course is a review of UL Tested systems, how to read them, and the role of engineering judgments.
Curtainwall Basics (CW101) Read more.
Curtain WallA particular type of exterior wall construction generally used for modern high-rise buildings. Wall in non-loadbearing and usually constructed of metal and glass. Basics course focuses on firestopping Curtain Wall construction. The course will include a brief history of fires where curtain Wall or safing issues have been cited, what the codes say, testing, industry news, and several UL Systems for Curtain Wall designs. Visuals of testing assemblies and traditional designs will be presented along with a session regarding pro-active designs.
Firestopping Overview (FSO906) Read more.
Firestopping Overview provides (1) Learning Unit towards your HSW requirements. This course offers a basic understanding of firestopping as it is defined and shows the necessity of why firestopping is so important. The course features a strong focus on firestop products, when and where they are used and the various challenges in applications. Attendees will learn about various Firestop products available in the marketplace, and where they are commonly installed.
Key Points in Firestopping (FS070) Read more.
In this one-hour seminar, the basics of life safety design and how to design a code compliant firestopping installation into you project are covered. Further, this course covers major issues in design such as coordination for the trades, data cabling, plastic pipes, "simple" through penetrations, construction joints and curtain walls
International Firestop Council (IFC) Training Programs
The IFC provides both online and live training on several aspects of firestopping. The programs include modules with information on specific firestopping topics as well as full inspection courses. For detailed descriptions, see below.
Inspection of Firestop Systems Read more.
Instructor-led seminar intended for building officials, fire marshals and design professionals that addresses firestopping installation and cold compliance. Focuses on the requirements, proper inspection and enforcement needed for different firestop applications.
Topics include:
- Containment in construction
- Code requirements
- How firestopping is tested
- The system approach
- Proper inspection techniques
In addition to the presentation, all attendees will receive:
- Inspection pocket guide
- System number slide cards
- Inspection guidelines
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Firestop 101 - An Introduction to Firestopping Read more.
Self-paced course. This presentation focuses on fire containment and details the many areas in buildings that must be protected against fire/smoke spread. This presentation discusses the life safety importance of firestopping and demonstrates how firestopping products work to seal and stop the spread of smoke and flames from room-to-room and floor-to-floor.
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Firestop SystemAn assembly consisting of 1) the penetrant or penetrants 2) the opening through a particular type of wall or floor, and 3) the firestop materials and design that are used to seal the opening or protect the penetrants. Selection Read more.
This presentation focuses on how to use the UL Directory and understand the UL nomenclature for firestop system selection. It also addresses the differences between UL Approved, UL ClassifiedUL terminology for products that in and themselves have no listing or approval. Products that are UL classified have predictable ratings or performance only after installation in a construction condition similar to UL published designs. and UL Listed and provides information on what questions to ask in order to select the right UL firestop system for the application
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Fire Protection of Construction Joints Read more.
This presentation discusses the need for fire-resistive construction joints and details the terminology, assembly types and locations in a building. ASTMAcronym of American Society of Testing and Materials. & UL Test standards for floor-to floor, floor-to-wall, head-of-wallThe gap between the top of a wall assembly and the lower surface of the floor assembly above it., and wall-to-wall systems are shown along with installation practices to assure compliance.
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Flexible Fire Resistive Duct Enclosures Read more.
Grease hoods and ducts for commercial kitchen exhausts as well as air ducts running through fire-rated walls require special insulation to protect the spread of fire and smoke that can race through ducts. This presentation provides information on ASTM surface burning and flammability tests, in addition to specific product recommendations and installation details for duct enclosures. NFPA code compliance also addressed.
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PerimeterA specific construction consisting of a rated floor, a non-rated exterior curtain wall and fill and forming materials installed between the floor and and curtain wall to prevent the spread of fire vertically. Curtain Wall Fire Protections Read more.
This course presents the dynamics of vertical fire spread in high-rise buildings and clearly defines the importance of firestopping any and all penetrations to prevent the movement of smoke and toxic gases from migrating throughout the building. Firestopping for perimeter curtain wall systems is part of the building specifications since firestopping perimeter joints is mandatory. Dramatic photos in a perimeter curtain wall fire test demonstrate how fire barrier systems are evaluated and clearly demonstrate the need for careful firestop specification & selection to meet the mandatory code criteria.
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