Fire Alarm Class for Fire Inspectors – Free to members

Date:                         Monday 5-18-2026

Time:                         8:00 am to 5:00 pm

Location:                  Lee County School District

FMTC (Fort Myers Technical College) Fire Technical
3800 Michigan Avenue, Fort Myers, FL 33916
*(½ mile east of Veronic Shoemaker Blvd.)

Class:                          Fire Alarm Class for Fire Inspectors – Learn the code, the system, and the field issues that matter most.

Cost:                           Free to all members (Class size limit 100)

Sign Up:                    https://leefiresafety.com/events/Firealarm26

Instructor:                Warren Olsen, NFPA Instructor and Shar Beddow, President LCFMIA

• Purpose, scope, and life safety objectives of fire alarm systems
• Florida Fire Prevention Code, NFPA 72, NFPA 101, and AHJ authority
• When fire alarm systems are required in new and existing occupancies
• Basic system components, including panels, initiating devices, notification, and power supplies
• Conventional vs. addressable systems and like-for-like panel replacement issues
• Initiating devices such as smoke, heat, duct, pull stations, waterflow, and tamper switches
• Notification appliance basics, including horns, strobes, candela, placement, and synchronization
• Monitoring, communication methods, DACTs, and off-site signal transmission requirements
• Inspection, testing, maintenance, acceptance, and reacceptance testing requirements
• Common field inspection deficiencies and enforcement issues seen by inspectors
• Plan review essentials, sequence of operation, and system interfaces with HVAC, elevators, and sprinklers
• Practical hands-on review of panels, documentation, motherboard replacements, DACT installations, annunciators, reports, and common case studies

Ideal for inspectors who want a practical, code-based review of fire alarm systems, documentation, testing, and common inspection failures.

Contact President Shar Beddow at 239.340.6569 for questions.