Servicing and recharging procedures of kitchen hood and duct extinguishing systems per NFPA 96, 17 and 17A.

FPC's Kitchen System Servicing seminar meets the requirements of NFPA 17, 17A, and 96 pertaining to the service and maintenance of commercial cooking facilities, hood, duct and appliance fire suppression systems. The NFPA defines a trained person as one who has undergone the instructions necessary to perform maintenance and recharge reliably. The seminar also covers training and testing in one day. The testing includes questions on the subjects covered as well as hands-on working on the various system displays. The test demonstrates the person's ability to perform the service and maintenance, interpret the manufacturers manuals pertaining to servicing and an understanding of the NFPA requirements on servicing of pre-engineered Kiitchen Fire Suppression Systems. The passing grade is 75% and 97% of the people who take this course passed the test.This seminar is offered just about every other week at various locations throughout the US and Canada. Class size is limited.

Seminar on Kitchen Fire Suppression Systems, Fire Extinguishers, Pre-Engineered and Engineered Fire Suppressions Systems for Fire Marshals, Fire Inspectors and Code Enforcement.

FPC has provided CEU courses for Fire Marshals, Fire Inspectors and Code enforcement personnel for Texas, Louisiana, Florida, New York, Connecticut, New Mexico, New Jersey and Virginia.

We have had Fire Marshals and Fire Inspectors attend our course from states not requiring CEU's for their own education and training from states such North Carolina, Georgia, South Carolina, Oklahoma, Maryland, California, Missouri, Kansas, Hawaii, and the District of Columbia.

Jurisdictions that accept FPC training to meet their licensing requirements for Fire Protection Companies.

In the states that recoginize our course as either equivalency to the fire marshals testing, third-party certification or CEU's (Continued Education Units) are Florida, Louisiana, Vermont, New Jersey, Tennessee and Iowa. States or jurisdictions within a state that recoginize our course for training or certification purposes are North Carolina, California, Michigan, Ohio, West Virginia, Colorado, North Dakota, South Dakota, New Mexico, Minnesota, and New York.

FPC is listed on the US DOT website for DOT hazmat training for Fire Protection Companies.

Certification of service personnel per NFPA 10 2007 who service Portable Fire Extinguishers

Two options are available:

1. Attend FPC 's one day seminar on Fire Extinguisher Service Training which includes training and certification testing in one day.

FPC's one day training seminar on Fire Extinguisher servicing satisfies the requirements of NFPA 10 2007 edition section 7.1.2.1 and 7.1.2.2 referencing training on maintenance, servicing and recharging of fire extinguishsers, as well as providing the testing for the certification of service personnel as outlined in section 7.1.2.3. FPC has been providing this fire extinguisher service training since 1999 as the training requirements first appeared in the 1998 edition of the NFPA 10. The seminar includes training and testing in the one day, the seminar covers placement, annual maintenance, three-year maintenance, six-year maintenance, recharging and hydrostatic testing. The seminar also includes DOT HAZMAT training on how to identify specification and non-sepeicification fire extinguishers, low and high pressure hydrostatic testing, security awareness and transportation requirements for fire protection companies. The testing includes written questions on the NFPA 10, practical applications such as a facility inspection, hands-on six-year internal examination, recharging, and low-pressure hydrostatic testing. The passing grade to obtain a certificate is 75. 98% of the people who take this course pass the test. Each attendee receives a seminar reference manual which include the material that is covered in the seminar.

2. Take theFPC online certification testing of service personnel per NFPA 10 2007 on your own computer conveniently available 24 hours a day seven days a week. This online testing is suitable for persons who already have experience servicing and maintaining fire extinguishers, have already been trained and are actively working in the business. After completion of the test, and obtaining a passing grade of 70% a certificate will be issued which will meet the requirements of NFPA 10 2007 edition section 7.1.2.3. The online testing will not satisfy the requirements of State testing and licensing, third-party certification, equivalency, or CEUs (instructions on how to take the online testing are available on the training site).