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Stationary Fire Pumps This seminar focuses on the types of fire pumps used in building fire protection. It is designed to cover the principles of pump operation, drivers for fire pumps and the controllers used in fire pump installations. Proper sizing of fire pumps is also discussed as are mechanical piping requirements. Fire pump electrical power and fuel arrangements are examined, and fire pump performance, maintenance, testing and inspection are topics in this program. This program is designed for those people that have fire pump installations on their property, or those who deal with fire pumps routinely. Code requirements will also be a topic of discussion in this seminar. There will be some activities that will be used to reinforce some of the concepts of the seminar. Instructor: Lawrence Wenzel, P.E. Instruction to Fire Modeling Explore the unique qualities and capabilities of three types of models including network, zone fire, and computational fluid dynamic (CFD) models. These models are applied to a wide variety of fire protection applications including smoke control, smoke and fire detection, and fire reconstruction. Information about specific models and availability is provided. A video is presented on computer modeled smoke movement. Instructor: John Klote, ICC Performance-Based Design and the Codes Seminar will review in detail the performance-based design process and its application with the ICC Performance Code for Buildings and Facilities and the performance options in the NFPA Life Safety Code and the NFPA Building Code. This seminar will be divided into three sections. The first section will provide an overview of the performance-based design process contained in the SFPE Engineering Guide to Performance-Based Fire Protection Analysis and Design of Buildings. The second section will provide an overview of the ICC Performance Code for Buildings and Facilities, including a detailed synopsis of the fire protection requirements contained in the code. The third section will outline the use of the NFPA Building Code and the NFPA Life Safety Code for performance-based fire protection design. The fire protection performance-based requirements of both codes will be identified and illustrated using an example application to a building. Instructor: Cindy Gier, P.E. Fire Protection in Health Care Facilities Recent fire experience along with historical fire experience in health care occupancies will be reviewed to identify the factors that resulted in either a tragedy or a fire that did not result in a substantial loss of life. The seminar will then review computer fire modeling and subsequent full scale fire tests that were used to evaluate the effectiveness of automatic sprinkler systems and smoke detection systems to improve the level of life safety in health care occupancies. The concept of defending patients in place instead of mass evacuation will be discussed. Strategies commonly found in existing prescriptive codes will be discussed as they relate to the defend in place philosophy. Specific code provisions related to the defend in place concept will be discussed using the International Building Code® and Life Safety Code®, NFPA 101® as a basis for the prescriptive requirements. Instructor: William Koffel Overview Of Smoke Management Systems This one day seminar is intended for engineers and design professionals who design smoke management systems, as well as plans examiners and code enforcement officials who review and approve building's life safety and smoke management systems. The seminar will cover five subject areas. (1) Fundamentals: composition of smoke, forces that affect smoke movement. (2) Stairwell pressurization systems: design criteria, design aspects, review considerations, activation. (3) Zoned smoke control systems: design criteria, design aspects, review considerations, activation. (4) Smoke management in atria and covered malls, design criteria, design aspects, review considerations, activation. (5) Acceptance tests for smoke management systems. Instructor: James Milke, Ph.D., P.E.
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