This combination package contains:

• 1 NICET Basic notebook and 12 CDs with a running time of about nine hours
• 1 NICET Special Hazards notebook and 12 CDs with a running time of about eighteen hours
• 82 individual work element discussions.

NICET BASIC Course Listing             

Sample audio clip 1 - Element: 11006 - Intermediate Math

Sample audio clip 2 - Element: 11007 - Physical Science

NICET Special Hazards Course Listing   

Sample audio clip - Element: 54014 - Inergen

The NICET BASIC work elements include discussions of fire protection-related drafting, selection and use of NFPA standards, fire protection plans and symbols, building codes, metric conversions, combustion theory, mathematics, and physics. Our reviews of math and physics alone may justify the total program cost.

NICET BASIC concludes with general discussions on several subjects which are of particular interest to the upwardly mobile fire protection certification candidate. Specifically: communication skills, construction plans, specifications and cost estimates, and contracts.

1. Module I contains discussions on simple plans, sketches, specifications, sprinkler systems, and basic safety and first-aid procedures.
2. Module II begins with general discussions involving materials, hazard analysis, detection, and the basics of extinguishment via the various special hazards agents. At this point in the program, detection is specifically addressed as individual discussions are conducted on heat-sensing, smoke-sensing, radiant-energy sensing, and fire-gas detectors. Specific special hazards systems are addressed next as we cover the applicable NFPA standards related to foam-water, halon 1301, carbon dioxide, dry chemical, and the new clean agents such as FM-200, FE-13, and Inergen. An extensive review of mathematics is included here as we spend nearly three hours on area, volume, and weight calculations, trigonometry, geometry, and algebra.
3. Module III covers system piping, nozzle and tank locations, and governmental and insurance authorities. It concludes, where appropriate, with detailed discussions of the four types of detection systems as well as the five types of special hazards suppression systems.
4. Module IV is essentially an outline of potential responsibilities which a technician may encounter as his or her career expands within the special hazards fire protection field. These work elements require the knowledge necessary to supervise facilities and/or personnel involved with hydrostatic testing, halon and carbon dioxide filling, detection system inspection, agent discharge tests, special hazards systems inspection, and computer facilities.