NFPA’s Certified Fire Protection Specialist Course
The best in class training for experienced Fire Professionals
The value of this course provided by Solomon People Solutions is the promotion of the CFPS program and the facilitation of workshop (for those interested in CFPS certification) to collaborate on topics related to the general CFPS program, professional development, and fire/life safety issues that are done in a positive and professional manner.
Certified Fire Protection Specialist is an internationally recognized credential commitment to fire protection, and distinguishes you as someone who is willing to invest the time and effort to enhance your career. Certificate holders come from a wide variety of disciplines including the fire service, insurance, design, manufacturing, consulting, and asset, property, and facilities management fields.
Certifications are becoming more prevalent in our society as technology increases and the demand for competent people is greater. CFPS Professional credentials provide employers and employees with recognition for the time and training undertaken to develop expertise within a specific field.
This workshop places an emphasis on the creation of learning and understanding environment opportunity, coupled with students taking full responsibility for their own performance by analyzing the structured training format in achieving the pass mark in the CFPS examination.
Individuals who can take up Certified Fire Protection Specialist online training include, but are not limited to:
- Project Engineers / Managers
- Risk Engineers / Managers
- Loss control / Loss Prevention specialists
- Fire Officers, Fire Marshals, Fire Inspectors
- Fire & Safety Engineers / Managers
- Safety Consultants, Designers, Engineers, Code Enforcers, Facility Managers
- All those who are directly or indirectly involved in Fire & Safety related projects
Eligibility criteria
- To be eligible to take the CFPS examination, candidates must demonstrate on the CFPS application that they meet one of the following criteria:
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering, technology, or other related discipline from an accredited college or university, plus two years of verifiable work experience dedicated to curtailing fire loss, both physical and financial. Copy of college diploma or transcript AND Resume are required.
- Associate’s degree in engineering, technology or other related discipline from an accredited college or university, plus four years of verifiable work experience dedicated to curtailing fire loss, both physical and financial.
- High school diploma + 6 years of verifiable work experience dedicated to curtailing fire loss, both physical and financial.
Exam Information
| Exam Name | Certified Fire Protection Specialist (CFPS) |
| Exam Type | Multiple-choice Questions |
| Exam Cost | USD 399 |
| Total Questions | 100 Questions |
| Exam Duration | 240 Minutes |
| Passing Score | 70% |
| Languages | English |
| Exam Type | Open Book |
COURSE SYLLABUS
- Understand the challenges to safety in the built environment
- Types of Construction
- Occupancy Classifications
- Concepts and application of compartmentation
- Understand the application of fire protection features
- Be familiar with codes and standards for the built environment, major Standards Development Organizations (SDOs), and their processes
- Understand the chemistry and physics of fire
- Identify dynamics of fire growth and products of combustion (Heat Release Rate, Flame Spread and Smoke Development)
- Understand the process, concepts, and tools involved with fire loss investigation
- Demonstrate proficiency in the use of fire incident data and statistics
- Perform fire analysis
- Understand the principles of human behavior in fire
- Perform egress design and prediction calculations.
- Understand Fire hazards and prevention principles
- Understand hazards to Life Safety and mitigation principles
- Understand the components, fire hazards, operating principles and fire protection practices associated with the various types of systems, including, but not limited to:
- HVAC and refrigeration systems
- Emergency and standby power systems
- Photovoltaic systems
- Energy Storage Systems
- Safety Control Systems (PLC Safety Controllers, Hardwired Interlock Systems)
- Materials-handling equipment
- Electronic equipment
- Commercial kitchen and cooking equipment
- Understand and identify the fire hazards and hazard mitigation principles associated with the various processes, including, but not limited to:
- Grinding processes
- Semiconductor manufacturing
- Hot work
- Understand the hazards and fire protection best practices associated with the following material storage, handling, and housekeeping principles
- Demonstrate knowledge of proper storage and handling procedures of solid fuels, flammable and combustible liquids and gases, and dusts.
- Understanding the exposures and controls for various storage arrangements.
- Understand explosion prevention and protection
- Demonstrate a knowledge and understanding of:
- Fire department response tactics and procedures
- Types of building construction and how they relate to fire hazards and fire service response
- Environmental hazards to facilities
- Understand how to perform fire, explosion, and life safety risk assessment and analysis of a given facility
- Understand how to conduct complex inspection surveys of commercial and residential properties to evaluate physical characteristics of a property and business and evaluate compliance with applicable codes, standards, and regulations
- Understand the processes of acquisition, installation, operation, maintenance and disposition of building systems
- Develop and manage emergency preparedness, response, and business continuity procedures and assure all emergency systems and procedures are tested as planned
- Understand public and private water systems
- Understand fire department access needs for facilities
- Know how to classify occupancies
- Understand life safety as it relates to different occupancy classifications
- Understand fire protection in special occupancies, including, but not limited to:
- High-rises
- Institutional facilities
- Hazardous material operations
- Warehouse and storage operations
- Perform pre-incident planning for industrial, residential, and commercial facilities
- Understand operations of fire loss prevention and emergency organizations
- Understand operations of emergency medical services
- Understand fire prevention and code enforcement operations
- Understand fire and emergency service training methodology
- Understand operations of fire department facilities and fire training facilities
- Understand operations of public emergency services communication systems
- Understand the basics of fire department apparatus and equipment
- Understand the use and function of fire and emergency services protective clothing and protective equipment (PPE)
- Evaluate fire department response and prevention resources and the placement thereof
- Understand the management of fire response operations
- Understand the concept of Community Risk Reduction (CRR)
- Understand the fundamentals and operational characteristics of the modern fire alarm and detection systems:
- Equipment
- Design and installation
- Initiating devices
- Interaction of interfaced fire protection systems
- Understand inspection, testing, and maintenance of fire alarm systems
- Understand surveillance and fire guard services for fire protection
- Understand plans review for detection and alarm systems
- Understanding the basic design and installation concepts of Two-way Radio Communication Enhancement Systems
- Understand the benefits and proper application of smoke alarms in the one-and two-family dwelling environment
- Understand the design and operation of water distribution systems
- Understand water supply system requirements
- Understand design criteria for hydraulics for fire protection
- Determine water supply adequacy testing and determination
- Identify and understand the operating principles of stationary fire pumps
- Understand inspection, testing, and maintenance processes and requirements for water-based suppression systems
- Understand the characteristics and applications of the following types of water-based suppression systems:
- Automatic sprinkler systems
- Fine water mist systems
- Foam-water sprinkler systems
- Deluge systems
- Understand the benefits and proper application of fire sprinkler systems in the one-and two-family dwelling environment
- Understand the proper use/application, and the limitations of non-water based agents and systems (clean agent, hybrid, carbon dioxide, dry and wet chemical, foam, etc.)
- Understand the design, proper installation, and operation of non-water-based extinguishing systems
- Understand inspection, testing, and maintenance processes and requirements for non-water-based extinguishing systems 15 © National Fire Protection Association. All rights reserved.
- Understand the proper installation, use, testing, and maintenance of portable fire extinguishers
- Understand building construction elements for fire protection
- Understand the following elements of confinement of fire in buildings
- Fire resistance rated construction
- Fire walls, barrier, and partitions
- Smoke barriers
- Fire doors and windows
- Protection of openings and penetrations
- Understand structural damage factors to be evaluated after a fire
- Understand fire hazards associated with construction, alteration and demolition of buildings
- Career Advancement: CFPS certification demonstrates expertise in functional safety, which is highly valued in industries such as automotive, aerospace, oil and gas, and manufacturing.
- Increased Marketability: Employers often seek candidates with specialized certifications like CFPS.
- Expertise Recognition: CFPS certification signifies a deep understanding of functional safety standards, regulations, and best practices.
- Global Recognition: CFPS is recognized internationally, which means your certification is valuable not only in your current location but also in other countries and regions where functional safety is a priority.
- Salary Potential: Certified professionals often command higher salaries than their non-certified counterparts.
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