2025 WSAFM Webinar Series

All Webinars at Thursday at 08:30hrs

(Subject to Change for Emergencies)

January 23, 2025 IBC/IFC Approaches to Haz Mat - Part 3

This course covers the IFC Chapter 50 requirements for hazardous materials use and handling. It describes the construction and fire protection requirements for environments less than and exceeding maximum allowable quantities.  It also describes requirements for outdoor dispensing operations.

February 27, 2025 Aerosols

Pressurized containers with flammable contents can rocket through a building when exposed to fire and spread fires along their burning trails. This course covers the IFC Chapter 51 requirements for aerosol manufacturing, storage and retail display. It explains aerosol classification and the fire protection design and systems for aerosol storage.

March 27, 2025 Energy Storage Systems

Energy storage and distribution is a complex and rapidly change field. Many energy storage systems create serious fire hazards that are difficult, if not impossible, to control.  This course covers the IFC Chapter 12 requirements for energy storage systems (ESS).  It covers the various ESS technologies, regulatory thresholds, maximum storage amounts and fire protection criteria.

April 24, 2025 Combustible Dust

Combustible dust is responsible for many deaths, injuries and major property losses.  This course covers the IFC Chapter 22 requirements that provide dust analysis tools and safety feature to prevent dust explosions.

May 22, 2025Compressed Gases

Compressed gases include many hazards including flammability, toxicity, corrosiveness and oxidation that promotes combustion. They include the danger of rapid energy release if damaged.  This course provide a high-level overview of the IFC requirements for various classes of regulated compressed gases.

June 26, 2025 Flammable/Combustible Liquid Storage

Flammable and combustible liquids are pervasive in our world.  Our economy could not function without them.  This course consists of requirements for storing these liquids in containers, tanks and other vessels.

July 24, 2025 Fire Protection ITM

Like any other mechanical or electrical equipment, fire protection systems need regular inspection, testing and maintenance (ITM).  This course covers the IFC Chapter 9 and NFPA standards pertinent to ITM.

August 28, 2025 Flammable Finishes

Flammable finishes are applied to many products in many ways: spraying, dipping and electrostatic equipment.  This course covers the IFC Chapter 24 requirements for construction and fire safety controls in these hazardous environments.

September 25, 2025 Group I-1, Condition 2 Occupancies

Institutional occupancies provide many fire and life safety challenges as a consequence of their occupants who may suffer from limited mobility, decreased cognition or other problems.  This course covers the IBC and IFC requirements for Group I-1, Condition 2 occupancies.

October 23, 2025 Fire Safety during Construction

National fire data tell us fires during construction, demolition or alteration remain a significant problem.  This course addresses the IFC Chapter 33 and NFPA 241 controls intended to prevent these fires and mitigate their consequences.

November 20, 2025 IFC Chapter 11 - Existing Buildings

There are many existing buildings that have life safety and fire hazards no longer acceptable to modern sensibilities. This course reviews IFC Chapter 11 requirements for existing buildings whether or not they are scheduled for renovation.

December 18, 2025IEBC for Fire Safety Systems

The International Fire Code is inherently linked to the International Existing Building Code for remodeling and alteration projects.  This course summarizes the IEBC requirements for the three different "alteration" levels described in the code.

2024 Webinar Series Topics and Schedule

New DAY after January at 08:30hrs

January 25, 2024, THURSDAY – IFC 5306: Medical Gases

This course provides an overview of the International Fire Code® permitting, design, installation

and inspection requirements for Category I medical gases and gas systems required by §5306. The course covers construction requirements for interior and exterior storage rooms, outdoor storage, regulatory requirements for bulk storage systems and medical gas system requirements from NFPA 99 Health Care Facilities Code.

New DAY (WEDNESDAY) at 08:30hrs

February 14, 2024 – Flammable Refrigerants: The Evolving Code Impact

This course covers the contemporary environmental and public safety issues associated with the federal regulations mandating replacement of Global Warming Potential (GWP) refrigerant gases. The regulations will affect current building, fire and mechanical codes that may need to be modified to adapt to the new refrigerant chemistry

March 27, 2024 – Fire Flow for Dummies

This course covers fire flow requirements for manual fire suppression and fire protection systems, several of the more common methods of computing required fire flow, and what NFPA 13 says about water supply design for fire sprinkler systems.

April 24, 2024 – Not All Fire Sprinkler Systems are Created Equally

This course will cover the basic differences between the three different NFPA standards that govern fire sprinkler install: NFPA 13, 13R, and 13D. Attendees will learn differences and similarities between them and how this affects enforcement for the local authority having jurisdiction.

May 29- Commercial Cooking: Ventilation and Fire Control

Based on the International Code Council codes and NFPA 96, this course will assist code officials, design professionals, contractors and builders understand the ICC codes regulating commercial cooking exhaust hood systems 

June 26, 2024 – Why Codes Matter

This course is designed to expose first responders to the important role building and fire codes

play in their safety and ability to respond to and control emergencies.

July 24, 2024 – Carbon Monoxide

Carbon monoxide is often called the “Invisible Killer.” This colorless, odorless and tasteless combustion byproduct is responsible for an estimated annual non-fire-related 430 fatalities and 15,000 non-fire related hospital visits. This course will introduce attendees to the dangerous health effects of acute carbon monoxide exposure, the locations where the I-Codes now require detection equipment, and the inspection, testing and maintenance requirements for carbon monoxide detection equipment

August 28, 2024: High-Piled Storage Commodity Classification

The foundation for effective application of high-piled storage life safety and fire protection requirements is based entirely on proper commodity classification: understanding and documenting what is intended to be stored in a building. This course exams in detail the classification process and how changes in packing, products or storage methods can have a significant impact on the building’s fire protection systems and equipment.

September 25, 2024 - Pallet Storage

This course covers Section 315.7 and 2810 of the International Fire Code. Exterior pallet storage has historically been identified as potentially dangerous to surrounding exposures due to the intense heat when burning. We will examine the two different criteria to examine and then go over the appropriate code sections

October 30, 2024 - Appendix E, F, G, H of the International Fire Code

This course will go over four of the appendices in the IFC: Appendix E Hazard Categories, Appendix F Hazard Ranking, Appendix G Cryogenic Fluids—Weight and Volume Equivalents, Appendix H Hazardous Materials Management Plan (HMMP) And Hazardous Materials Inventory Statement (HMIS) Instructions. These Appendices relate to hazardous material and Chapter 50 through Chapter 67 of the International Fire Code. 

November 20, 2024 – I-Code Approach to Hazardous Materials: Part I (Introduction)

Code requirements addressing hazardous are complex and confusing. This two-part course describes how the IBC regulates hazardous materials to protect public and first responder safety. Integra Code Consultants Course Catalog Page 5 Part 1 explains the IBC physical and health hazard classes and characteristics, reviews important code language applicable to hazardous materials and explains the “control area concept” and construction features of occupancies that do not exceed the maximum allowable quantities (MAQ) of hazardous materials.

December 18, 2024 – I-C Code Approach to Hazardous Materials: Part II (Real World Storage Rules)

Part 2 explains how the IBC hazardous materials storage provisions apply to mercantile (Group M) and storage (Group S) occupancies and explains additional fire protection and life safety features in other occupancies that exceed the maximum allowable quantities (MAQ) of hazardous materials, making them one of the Group H (Hazardous) occupancies.

About the Presenter

Rob is the owner and principal of Integra Code Consultants, a Maryland-based firm that provides construction code consulting, plan review and training.

Previously, he was the International Code Council’s Government Relations Vice President for National Fire Service Activities and Deputy Superintendent for the United States Fire Administration National Fire Academy in Emmitsburg, Maryland.

He is the former Bellingham Fire Marshal and chief at Lynden/Whatcom County Fire District No. 3

If you have any questions, please Rob at RNeale1951@Outlook.com