Fire Protection Engineering Technology
Program Learning Outcomes
This Seneca program has been validated by the Credential Validation Service as an Ontario College Credential as required by the Ministry of Colleges and Universities.
As a graduate, you will be prepared to reliably demonstrate the ability to:
- communicate orally, and in comprehensive reports, the results of fire protection designs, code interpretations and analysis to a client or an authority having jurisdiction.
- test and commission suppression and fire detection systems to verify system performance.
- determine the appropriate fire protection requirements by categorizing buildings by construction type, fire safety hazards and intended usage to ensure adequate life safety.
- design suppression and fire detection systems to meet applicable codes and standards.
- troubleshoot issues with fire protection systems for the purpose of returning the system to working order.
- verify risk to life and property from hazardous materials and likely fires to provide acceptable alternative solutions to the prescriptive Code requirements.
- evaluate proposed plans, designs and alternative solutions, for all building types, to meet the intent of the applicable Codes and standards.
- assess the acceptability of the proposed design by predicting human behaviour during fire evacuation.