CPD Accredited Seminars

Midland Fire and Gent / Honeywell CPD training courses

Midland Fire have achieved CPD certification for a selection of our in-house training courses.

Each course is delivered by Dave Green, our in-house Gent Honeywell technical training specialist. Dave has over 35 years’ experience working with Gent Ltd since 1984 giving him excellent technical knowledge of Gent / Honeywell products. Each training course has been written specifically for Midland Fire. Our end user training courses are designed to up-skill your maintenance staff or fire marshals. Our advanced Gent systems training is designed for Fire Alarm Installers and Electrical Contractors looking to improve their technical understanding of Gent products.

All Midland Fire training courses have been developed with the knowledge and approval of Honeywell Gent.

Our CPD certified courses include:

cpd certified fire alarm training courses

Gent CPD Certified Technical Seminars

As a Gent 24 Network Approved Installer Midland Fire can provide a range of CPD training certifications.

All of our training courses are CPD Construction certified and listed on the www.cpduk.co.uk website.

Honeywell Gent has written and presents a series of technical seminars aimed at raising the knowledge base of professionals, covering all aspects of the fire detection industry including legislation, building regulations and standards. Each seminar aims to provide a better understanding of the key considerations surrounding a particular subject area.

All of our training courses can be delivered either at your facilities or at a Honeywell Gent training facility. Please contact us for more information.

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Aspirating Smoke detection

Duration: 1 hour

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This CPD is a guide to understanding how Aspirating (or Air Sampling) smoke detection systems work and what environments are best suited for this type of fire detection. The course also covers what the key considerations should be when designing and installing an aspirating system.

Breaking the Code

Duration: 1 hour

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This seminar details the effect on the requirements of the provision of a Fire detection system within NHS healthcare premises, in light of current Legislation, British Standards and Codes of Practice and provides guidance on the design and installation of new fire detection and alarm systems and highlights the requirements that are detailed in the NHS Firecode 05-03 in addition to those required by BS 5839-1:2017.

Central Battery Systems

Duration: 1 hour

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The CPD examines the applications that central supply systems can be used for along with information on the components, wiring and testing requirements that should be carried out in order to ensure it complies with the relevant standard.

Comply Stay Alive

Duration: 1 hour

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A highly interactive and eye-opening CPD which focuses on a real life fatal fire incident in a care home. Explore what went wrong and gain knowledge of how the latest standards and fire technology is being implemented to prevent similar tragedies.

Don’t be Alarmed

Duration: 1 hour

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This presentation aims to give an awareness of the requirements of the British Standard BS 5839-8:2013 to someone who is new to the task of providing a voice alarm system, as well as identifying various product solutions available within the market today. It provides some background research and explains the benefit of having voice alarm messages, as opposed to simple alarm and gives advice on what to consider when designing a system, identifying some of the problems and their solutions especially with regard to audibility and intelligibility. It will provide details of the most common product solutions including speech sounders, central rack and distributed amplifier systems which incorporate Public Address and Fireman’s microphones.

EN54-23 Made Easy

Duration: 1 hour

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During the session you will gain an understanding of the key drivers of this new standard and what has changed since its introduction. You will also see some standard examples of when Visual Alarm Devices (VADs) should be used and selecting the right devices depending on the environment. Exclusive to Honeywell Gent.

False Alarms...Be-gone!

Duration: 90 minutes

This presentation is a guide to understanding how and why false alarms occur and what we can do to reduce them.

Fire what fire

Duration: 1 hour

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The seminar will look at why we need sounders and what we need to achieve in order to comply with the requirements of the British Standard. In addition, a review of the types of sounders commonly used and how they can be combined into single devices which will help installation costs. The main part of the seminar looks at how to make simple calculations in order to be able to ensure that when a fire detection and alarm system is installed it meets the requirements of BS 5839-1:2017.

Open Closed Confused

Duration: 1 hour

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The Seminar is aimed at helping to explain the often mixed messages in the industry with regard to Fire Alarm Protocols, in particular Open and Closed. It explains what protocol actually means, as well as the impact it has on the choice of fire systems provider, and on the on-going essential service and maintenance to ensure a site is managed in accordance with current legislation.

Raising the Standards

Duration: 2 hour

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This presentation is an overview of the revised British Standard BS 5839-1:2017, which is the Code of Practice for system design, installation, commissioning and maintenance of fire detection and alarm systems within the UK and Northern Ireland. It is aimed at advising any professional party involved in providing a system, with advice on what is required in each step of the process, as well as explaining to the end user and their service provider what their ongoing responsibilities are during the life of the system.

Shut that Door

Duration: 1 hour

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This presentation reviews the recommendations of BS 7273-4:2015 paying particular attention to the monitoring and activation of door release mechanisms controlled by a Fire alarm system. This is not a new issue but illustrates how correctly closed doors play a role in restricting the spread of a fire within a building. It looks at the recommendations for design, installation, commissioning and maintenance to the electrical control arrangements for the activation of mechanisms that unlock, release or open doors.

Watching the Detectors

Duration: 90 minutes

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This presentation looks at why the correct choice of fire detector is important in protecting life and property from fire. It concentrates on the types and selection of particular detectors as well as the spacing and siting of them within all types of buildings. It looks specifically at Sections 21 & 22 of the revised British Standard BS 5839-1:2017 and is therefore suitable for anyone involved with the design of a system as well as the ongoing servicing.

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