New York City Code Class
Our NYC Fire Alarm Code Seminar is a free 4 hour presentation and discussion session about the Fire Alarm Code in New York City. This seminar provides an in-depth look at the new 2022 New York City Building Code and compares it to the previous 1968 and 2014 Building Codes. This seminar is a technical presentation geared toward Engineers*, Electrical Contractors, General Contractors, and Building Personnel that would like to further their knowledge of life safety systems and understand the intricate details of fire and building code.
*Our seminar counts as 3.5 PDH Credit Hours for New York State PEs.
Our next code class is:
Date: TBD
Time: 10AM-2PM
Seminar Outline
| Introduction | Brief history, when enacted and effective dates, alterations, where to purchase and view codes, numbering system, which code applies, which sections of NYC code apply to Fire Alarm design. |
| Filing Process | Review of process for filing fire alarm designs and scheduling inspections. Covers fees and necessary DOB and FDNY forms. What the ASBUILT is and what it should look like. |
| Electrical Code Requirements | Wire, Conduit, Fused Disconnect, Fused Cut Out, and unique NYC electrical code requirements |
| Chapter 9 | Sprinkler (electrical only) requirements, Fire Alarm system requirements by Occupancy. Manual and automatic definitions and application of their requirements, Partial smoke detection, Special fire alarm requirements for apartment buildings and high rise buildings. |
| Chapter 9 Peripheral Requirements | Pull Stations, Duct Detectors, Monitoring, Fire Command Station/Center Requirements, Occupant notification. |
| Lunch | |
| CO Detection | What is CO? 2014 CO requirements, Location requirements, Monitoring requirements, Latest Local Law 10 code for Assembly spaces. |
| Mechanical and Smoke Control | Duct Detection for mechanical equipment, Several of the smoke control code requirements (stair pressurization), Smoke Purge, Locked Doors, Gas Detection, Turnstiles. |
| Elevators | Chapter 30 and Appendix K, NYC Elevator detection requirements, elevator recall and delayed shunt trip, FSAE, Occupant Evacuation elevators (overview). |
| 2016 NFPA 72 Modifications | NYC Appendix Q modifications to the 2016 edition of NFPA 72. Major changes covered (from 2010 to 2016), What is pathway survivability? |