TL501 | Introduction to the MeyerFire Toolkit

Welcome to the on-demand series, ​Introduction to the MeyerFire Toolkit.

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STEP 1: ENROLL
To get started and be eligible for continuing education credit, enter your email below.
​​You must have an active user account on MeyerFire University in order to get any continuing education credit.

Please note: our system looks for engagement and a time delay after enrolling. You will not be able to take the exam immediately after enrolling. First enroll here, then watch the videos before starting the exam.

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OBJECTIVES
In this series, we will cover various tools for fire protection professionals to make quick determinations that routinely come up in projects. We'll break out many of the resources available to you as part of MeyerFire University and what we call the MeyerFire Toolkit. We hope that you'll find helpful tips and tricks that you can use professionally to help you be as effective in your role as possible.

This series includes a mix of reading, articles, and videos. It's also a deeper dive than some of our other content, and upon finishing includes 2-hours of continuing education credit.

Our objectives include:

1. Identify the various available tools to support fire protection professionals.
   
2. Introduce calculation concepts alongside the calculators to support fire protection professionals.
   
3. Use realistic examples to work through sample calculations for the different tools.

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STEP 2: MODULES
In order to get continuing education credit, each page must be read and video must be viewed. The review exam will not be available until each video is viewed. Click each link below, in order, to view the module and gather other helpful tools & tips:

1. What is the Sprinkler Database?
2. How to Use the Obstruction Calculator for Beams?
3. How to Use the Obstruction Calculator for Soffits?
4. How to Use the NFPA 13 Translator?
5. What is Driving Design; the K-Factor or Density?
6. How to Estimate Clean Agent Quantities?
7. How to Calculate a Domestic Demand?
8. How to Select an Optimal K-Factor?
9. How to Quickly Calculate Friction Loss?
10. How to Analyze Fire Pump and Water Supplies from a "Big Picture" perspective?
11. How to Determine Fire Flow with the IFC Method?
12. How to Quickly Estimate Hydraulics for a Sprinkler System?
13. How to Estimate a Water Storage Tank Size?
14. How to Calculate Hanger Spacing by Weight?
15. How to Calculate the Size of a Trapeze Member?
16. How to Summarize Notes for Fire Alarm and Suppression?
17. How to Calculate Thrust Block Size?
18. How to Quickly Classify Combustible & Flammable Liquids?
19. Calculate the Volume & Air Compressor Size for a Dry System?

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STEP 3: REVIEW EXAM
After enrolling, then watching each of the videos above, enter your user email below to take the review exam and earn your certificate:
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