The NICET Special Hazards program contains 1 notebook and 12 CDs with a running time of about eighteen hours. The detailed study notebook is keyed to the audio discussions and highlights the references you will need for the exam.

NICET Special Hazards Course Listing   

Sample audio clip - Element 54014 - Inergen

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.