Building Services and Fire Prevention Practices Online Training

Familiarizing yourself with best practices for housekeeping, building care, and maintenance is key to being proactive with fire prevention. The Building Services and Fire Prevention Practices Online Training highlights the importance of the Certified Fire Protection Specialist® (CFPS®) being versed in building care and maintenance. Content covers operating principles and practices of maintaining emergency and standby power supplies, identifying heating systems and appliance hazards and safeguards, and comprehending the role of ventilation and fire protection for commercial cooking operations.

Interactive features in this module include the Essentials of Good Housekeeping drag and drop activity. Participants also learn through three videos on fire scene risk assessment, an animation on kitchen hood fire suppression systems, and video footage of a significant Iowa City block fire. Building Services and Fire Prevention Practices concludes with an examination of how a CFPS can apply housekeeping practices and discern the potential burning behavior and risks of combining a variety of materials in construction, alteration, and demolition operations.

At the end of the course, you should be able to:

• Recall primary topics in Sections 10 and 11 of the Fire Protection Handbook® (FPH).
• Define good housekeeping.
• Assess good housekeeping practices for building care and maintenance.
• Locate guidelines for emergency and standby power supply systems using NFPA® codes and standards.
• Identify components of emergency standby power systems.
• Summarize the components involved in a heating system and their potential fire hazards.
• Summarize ventilation and components of ventilation.
• List risks associated with ventilation system operation and component design as well as system maintenance.
• Determine the safety of a site during construction, alteration, and demolition operations.