COMMISSIONING OF FIRE PROTECTION SYSTEMS
by Thomas P. Hammerberg, SET, CFPS | Automatic Fire Alarm Association (AFAA)

Commissioning is a process of documentation, adjustment, testing, verification and training, performed specifically to ensure that the finished facility operates in accordance with the owner’s documented project requirements and the construction documents. This presentation will walk you through the highlights of the new NFPA 3, Recommended Practice on Commissioning and Integrated Testing of Fire Protection and Life Safety
Systems.

Tom Hammerberg is President and Executive Director of the Automatic Fire Alarm Association. He has been
in the alarm industry for 35 years and with AFAA for 17 years. Tom is NICET Level 4 certified in the field of
Fire Alarm Systems and is a Certified Fire Protection Specialist.

Tom represents AFAA on the NFPA 72 Technical Correlating and Protected Premises Technical Committees, NFPA 90A and NFPA 101/5000 Building Services and Fire Protection Equipment and Fundamentals Technical Committees, the ICC Industry Advisory Committee and Life Safety Section of the International Association of Fire Chiefs.

Contact the CCFS Support Team for your Campus Fire Forum 2011 logon information.