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Fire and Smoke Protection, Detection and Alarms
News Release from: Aico
Edited by the Buildingtalk Editorial
Team on 26 January 2006
Aico CPD courses in fire detection and
alarms
Aico has been approved as an official CPD course provider on behalf of the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers.
Fire detection specialist Aico has been approved as an official Continuous Professional Development (CPD) course provider on behalf of the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE) With 15 years experience in the domestic fire alarm industry and focused exclusively on the requirements of the UK market, Aico is ideally placed to provide CPD courses for those wishing to learn more about residential fire detection and alarms
This article was originally published on Buildingtalk on 23 Sep 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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Typical CPD seminars offered by Aico will include: BS 5839 Pt.6: 2004 - understanding the changes from the 1995 document.
This one and a half hour seminar covers risk assessment, grades of system, minimum requirements in properties, types of detector and installation practices, amongst other topics.
A review of Building Regulations requirements with regard to Fire Safety.
This one hour seminar covers fire alarm systems in dwellings and fire protection methods for maintaining the integrity of fire barriers within a property.
The Selection, siting and installation of smoke alarm systems in dwellings.
This one hour seminar covers which alarm type to use where, the correct siting points within the property and correct installation (including wiring).
The testing and maintenance of domestic smoke alarm systems - a one hour seminar covering how to test a system correctly and effectively maintain the alarms to give a long service life, plus how to fault find in the event of a problem.
Aico says that CPD courses can be tailored to meet all levels of knowledge and experience and can be provided at Aico's headquarters in Oswestry or in other locations around the UK.
Aico is also able to offer Instructional Courses for 'Fire Protection for Electrical Installations'.
This includes fire protection for downlight lighting and fire protection for electrical services such as Trunkings, Cable Trays and Ducts which have passed through constructional fire protective elements in the building.
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