32 Hour Fire / Life Safety Certification Renewal Course

Renew Your Certification and Reinforce What You Know

The 32-Hour Fire / Life Safety Certification Renewal Course is a comprehensive continuing education program designed to fulfill the full 32-hour CE requirement in a single, cohesive learning path. Rather than stitching together unrelated modules to hit an hour count, this course follows a deliberate arc: foundational skills first, then code compliance, then project workflow and advanced systems, and finally focused certification prep. The result is renewal hours that actually stick.

Whether you're maintaining your standing as a fire/life safety certified technician or strengthening your technical foundation along the way, this course is structured to make every hour count toward both compliance and competence.

What You'll Cover

You'll start with the core knowledge every technical skill depends on: how to use basic test equipment correctly, and how to understand power quality and grounding across a three-part deep dive. These fundamentals anchor everything that follows — you can't diagnose or install safely without them. Next you'll move into the physical craft of the trade. Switching devices and timers come first, because you need to understand what you're connecting before you terminate it — followed by a thorough, four-part treatment of wire and cable terminations. With hands-on context in place, you'll connect that practical experience directly to compliance. This phase opens with an introduction to codes and standards, then works through the National Electrical Code chapter by chapter as it applies to low voltage contractors — Chapter 1, Chapters 2 & 3, Chapters 5 & 6, Chapter 7, and Chapters 8 & 9. Here you'll learn the full project workflow in the order it actually happens on the job: site survey, project planning and documentation, then system commissioning and user training. The phase also covers two system types you'll encounter on modern installations — telecommunication systems and the Internet of Things (IoT). The course concludes with dedicated NICET Level 1 and Level 2 exam preparation. Certification prep is most effective when you already have the complete technical picture, so it lands last — exactly when your code knowledge, installation skills, and project experience can feed directly into what NICET tests. Each prep module is a focused six-hour block.

Who This Course Is For

This program is built for low voltage and fire / life safety technicians who need to renew their certification and want their continuing education to be worth more than a checkbox. If you're due for renewal and want to come out of it genuinely sharper, this is the course designed to get you there.