System Sensor hosts their Fire Protection Seminars annually to help specifiers and building managers remain current on ever-changing codes and how these regulations affect the fire protection/life safety industry. The no-cost seminars are held from 9 a.m. until noon, followed by lunch.
The 2004 seminar series, titled "Fire Protection: Real World Applications," will cover in detail the following subjects, with each seminar allowing for discussion and group interaction:
- Fire detection technologies
- Overview of photoelectric, ionization, heat, beam and duct technology
- Linear heat detection
- Overview and application ideas
- Difficult environment detection
- Detection in dusty, dirty environments
- High sensitivity detection
- Early smoke detection for critical environments
- Multi-criteria smoke detection
- Detection for reducing nuisance alarms
- Intelligibility
- Overview of the drivers for intelligible installations
- Intelligent system protocols
- Overview of conventional and intelligent fire systems
- Code highlights
- Changes to NFPA 72 for 2002 edition
- Directional sound evacuation
- New evacuation technology
- Notification appliances
- ADA vs. NFPA requirements for strobes
Further information, including specific locations, addresses, and registration information for each of the seminars throughout the United States can be found at: www.systemsensor.com/html/fireseminars.html.
System Sensor's 2004 seminar series locations and dates:
- Phoenix, February 24
- Burbank, February 25
- Chicago, March 9
- Seattle, April 6
- San Francisco, April 7
- Dallas, May 4
- Houston, May 5
- Kansas City, June 8
- St. Louis, June 9
- Ft Lauderdale, October 14
- Jacksonville, October 15
- Pittsburgh, October 26
- Philadelphia, October 27
- Alexandra, VA (Washington, D.C.), November 16
- Baltimore, November 17
- New York, December 7
- Boston, December 9
For more information on the System Sensor's 2004 Seminar Series, visit www.systemsensor.com.