The first meeting for the 2019-2020 Tri-State SFPE Meeting year will be on Wednesday, September 25th. Registration will start at 11:30, with the presentation starting at noon.

Member registration will also occur at this meeting in preparation for the upcoming presentation schedule. Please send a message to the site administrator if you would like a meeting registration form.

The topic for this presentation will be discussing the fire alarm circuit “alphabet” in NFPA 72, presented by Jeff Moore, PE. This presentation has been approved by the OBBS for 1-hr of Continuing Education for BI, BO, BPE, EPE, FPPE, FP, MechPE, and NRIUI as Course # BBS2019-508

CLASS N CIRCUITS? Deciphering the Fire Alarm Circuit Alphabet

 Class A, Class B, Class C, Class X . . . The current edition of NFPA 72, National Fire Alarm and Signaling Code, contains information on a myriad of circuit types and designations, including recently added, Class N circuits. Which type of circuit is required and where? What is the “best” class/type of circuit? What are the performance requirements for each type of circuit? How do I know the classification of an installed circuit. This presentation will review each of the fire alarm circuits designated in NFPA 72 and will explain the differences, performance requirements, and use of each, including the latest circuit designation, Class N.

 Speaker Bio: Jeffrey Moore, PE, FSFPE, CFEI

Mr. Moore is a fire protection engineer with over 38-years experience in all aspects of fire protection engineering, design, analysis, and training. He was a member of the NFPA 72 Technical Committee for 24 years, including 20 years as a member of the NFPA 72 Technical Correlating Committee, 11 years as chair of the Technical Committee on Protected Premises Fire Alarm Systems, and 9 years as Chair of the Technical Committee on Fire Alarm System Inspection, Testing, and Maintenance. His past employment has included Field Engineer, District Supervising Engineer, and Senior Loss Prevention Training Consulting for Industrial Risk Insurers, Fire Protection Engineer for Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, and Senior Fire Protection Engineer/Director for Jensen Hughes. He has developed and taught fire protection, fire code, and fire service training programs for SFPE, the OSHA Training Institute, Air Force Institute of Technology, and numerous other organizations, including NFPA where he has instructed the NFPA Fire Alarm Code and other seminars since 1990.