December 08 - December 12, 2008 - Los Angeles, USA (IFS#2008-04A) 

PROGRAM OBJECTIVE:

The integrity of electronic fire systems and the early detection of fire depends in the proper selection, placement, and use of the appropriate equipment. This course offers current information on systems engineering and defines the strengths and limitations of various hardware. Instruction includes hands-on demonstrations of devices being discussed. Several industrial monitoring options for fire detection systems are introduced, and applied theory that can easily be adapted to most commercial and industrial environments is stressed.

PURPOSE

The purpose of this five day "Industrial Fire System"  program is to train attendees to ensure that they can apply a standard level of adequate and timely Life Safety Policies and Procedures within Industrial Fire Systems environments.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND:

This forty hour course provides valuable information to Architects, Engineers, Facility and Security Managers, Safety Officials, Fire Protection Personnel, Maintenance Supervisors, Electrical Personnel responsible for Fire Detection Systems, and other Technical Employees involved in the Installation, Operation, Maintenance, Inspection, Application, and Design of Intrusion and Fire Detection Systems.

CONTINUING EDUCATION UNITS (CEU):

Continuing Education Units (CEUs) are nationally recognized units in qualified programs which allow the participant to document all noncredit work completed. CEUs may be used as evidence of increased performance capabilities and for job advancement, and are recognized by many professional organizations and companies.

NORTH CAROLINA PRIVATE PROTECTIVE SERVICES BOARD  (NCPPSB)

This "Industrial Fire Systems"  program has been reviewed and is "Approved by the North Carolina Private Protective Services Board". This Board regulates and licenses all Private Investigative, Security, & Counterintelligence activity within the State.

PRINCIPAL INSTRUCTORS :

G. F. Bryant Jr.;  is a member of the Electronic Crime Task Force with the Miami Division of the U. S. Secret Service.  He is an internationally recognized Physical, Operational and Technical Security Analyst, Contingency Planner and Educator with more than twenty five years of combined experience in physical & operational security, and investigation technologies. He founded Bryant & Associates to provide threat assessment, risk analysis and systems integration after serving several years as the primary technician for a governmental law enforcement agency. He teaches and consults internationally on state-of-the-art equipment, techniques, and operational procedures to managers, technicians and other security & loss prevention professionals in both government and private industry that include numerous Fortune 500 companies. The originator and developer of extensive technical, operational and managerial security & life safety programs at the university level, Mr. Bryant is active in the design, application, installation and field maintenance of Integrated Facilities Protection Systems utilizing the Total Facilities Management approach. He is a frequent speaker at international conferences and exhibitions and his articles regularly appear in various security industry publications. Mr. Bryant is an active contributor to new product development projects for many international manufactures.

Mr. Bryant served as Chairman of a Chapter of the American Society for Industrial Security (ASIS).  He is a member of the South East Florida Chapter of the Association of Contingency Planners (ACP) and the National Defense Industrial Association (NDIA). He has also been a member of the Armed Forces Communications & Electronics Association (AFCEA), The Academy of Security Educators & Trainers (ASET), the Fire Educators & Technology Section of the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) and served on Committee F-12 on Security Systems & Equipment of the American Society for Test & Material (ASTM). Mr. Bryant contributed to a monthly column on Systems Integration in Access Control & Security Systems Integration magazine and was the Technical Editor of International Corporate Security, a magazine published in the United Kingdom. He has been appointed to the advisory boards of Defense & Security Electronics, CCTV Applications & Technology, Access Control & Security Systems Integration, Security Technology & Design and Southeast Asia Fire & Security magazines.

Tony P. Damalas, M.S.E.E.;  is a member of the Faculty at the World Institute for Security Enhancement. He is an electronic systems engineer, technical security & life safety consultant and educator with a Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering. President of the Consulting & Engineering Division of ACTCOM Security Solutions, he is associated with Bryant & Associates and has been involved in Total Facilities Management for more than twenty five years. As a systems integrator for Security, Closed Circuit Television, Access Control, Fire Detection, and Energy Management & Controls, Mr. Damalas has had direct involvement with all detection technologies. He provides system design and consulting services in support of various intrusion detection, life safety and access control systems projects to architectural and engineering firms, private industry and to government. He is also an active contributor to new product development projects for numerous national manufactures.

Mr. Damalas is a member of the Institute for Electrical Engineers (I.E.E.E), and the National Fire Protection Association (N.F.P.A). He has been granted the designation of Physical Security Professional (PSP) by the American Society for Industrial Security (A.S.I.S.) and is a past chairperson of it's Tidewater Virginia Chapter.

Additional instruction may be provided by other faculty members:

Design & Application of Industrial Fire Systems

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