Hello everyone, im currently working towards my associates of science with an emphasis in engineering and I have had fire protection engineer as my goal. I have seen a lot of people who have gotten their bachelors in mechanical engineering and then went on to get their masters in fire protection engineering. This is my current path right now.

My question now is this the right path or is there somewhere that does fire protection engineering at the bachelor level

Hello, I recently got hired for a testing role in fire alarms as an EE, and I was wondering if this field is a bit too niche to be able to do anything else if I so desired.

I did MEP for 3 years and didn't really like it. My real love was RF and FPGAs but those types of jobs are closed off to me without master's degrees and seem very competitive. I went with this role since I had worked on a couple of fire alarm projects and met a decent chunk of fire alarm designers and engineers who seemed to really like their work, as opposed to.. nearly every MEP person I met, lol.

I'm not looking to immediately jump ship or anything, but I have a big fear of stagnating in roles and I found that happening in the mom and pop shop I was in previously.

26 year old cvpc pipe split open due to romex electrical wire sitting on stop of it for that whole time. Caused whole house to flood. Now looking to repipe to make sure this doesn’t happen again during my lifetime. Wet system in 1700 sq ft house. Currently getting estimates.

Seems like each option isn’t perfect, steel has corrosion issues and is costly. Cpvc still has chemical compatibility issues and becomes brittle over time. And no contractor I’ve talked with here even offers PEX as an option and not sure about its long term reliability.

Company I’m planning to go with thinks I wouldn’t encounter the same issues I just did with newly installed CPVC. Not sure I can do it given the catastrophic results. What is everyone tending to use nowadays if money was no object?

I’m based in UAE, and planning to sit for the NFPA Certified Fire Plan Examiner (CFPE) exam soon. The exam is open book and NFPA states it’s the test takers responsibility to bring their own references.

These are the following references:
NFPA 1 2024 Edition
NFPA 13 2022 Edition
NFPA 72 2022 Edition
NFPA 101 2024 Edition
IFSTA Plans Examiner for Fire and Emergency Services, 2nd edition

I need these for the exam preparation and for giving the exam. Buying the complete set new is extremely expensive, especially with the shipping. Is there a way around where I can borrow or rent these editions?

If any of you have taken the CFPE exam, what worked best for you to keep costs down while successfully passing the exam?