Courses

Introduction to Most Remote Areas This course will guide the participant through the requirements for sizing a remote area found in NFPA 13.

Standpipe Systems with Non-Pressure & Pressure Reducing Fire Dept. Hose Valves Learn how to:

• Perform basic demand standpipe calculations for non-pressure reducing hose valves.
• Identify where pressure reducing hose are required.
• Calculate the data needed in the selection of pressure reducing valve settings.

2026 Q3 Manual Calculations of Simple Loops - Jul 20-24, 2026 Four-day class (M,T,W,Th) to learn how to calculate water flow in simple loops using the Hazen-Williams and the Fleming and Brock Methods of hydraulic calculation. (You should be familiar with the Hazen Williams Method of Calculations.) We will also spend one class each on reviewing the requirements for Fire Pumps and Standpipes!

2026 Q3 12-Week Design Course - July 27-Oct 2, 2026 You can have a productive designer in 12 weeks. Graduates of the course will be able to lay out sprinklers and piping, and then calculate and stocklist an entire sprinkler system. And they will be able to do it using YOUR software. Upon completion, your new employee will have the equivalent of one year of experience (depending on the student, maybe more).

2026 Q4 Performing Basic Hydraulic Calculations - Oct 5-16, 2026 Join us for two hours a day (9-11 AM Central Time) for ten days as we spend a few hours learning to perform manual calculations. These lessons will help anyone to fully understand calculations and the data involved. These lessons will prepare participants for the calculation portion of the NICET Exam.

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Performing Basic Hydraulic Calculations

Join us for two hours a day (9-11 AM Central Time) for ten days as we spend a few hours learning to perform manual calculations. These lessons will help anyone to fully understand calculations and the data involved. These lessons will prepare participants for the calculation portion of the NICET Exam.

Manual Calculations in Simple Loops

Four-day class (M,T,W,Th) to learn how to calculate water flow in simple loops using the Hazen-Williams and the Fleming and Brock Methods of hydraulic calculation. (You should be familiar with the Hazen Williams Method of Calculations.) We will also spend one class each on reviewing the requirements for Fire Pumps and Standpipes!


2026 Q4 12-Week Design Course - Oct 26-Dec 23, 2026 You can have a productive designer in 12 weeks. Graduates of the course will be able to lay out sprinklers and piping, and then calculate and stocklist an entire sprinkler system. And they will be able to do it using YOUR software. Upon completion, your new employee will have the equivalent of one year of experience (depending on the student, maybe more).