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Fire science, construction types, means of egress, water supply, fire pumps, sprinklers, fire alarm, special hazards and ITM. Every topic gets its own page: the drawing first, then what you need to remember. 66 illustrated pages.
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Every page has one big drawing and a box with the numbers and the standard to look up:
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These are real pages from the book. The table of contents is the full one: 9 parts and 62 topics.
You're on a hydrant flow test question: static 72 psi, residual 51, 1,100 gpm at the flow hydrant. The clock is running and you need the flow available at 20 psi.
You've read that chapter before. But the handbook covers it in paragraphs: which hydrant gets the gauge, which one flows, how the curve gets plotted. Words alone don't show you where each number comes from.
In the book, the same test is one drawing: the test hydrant with its gauge, the flow hydrant with the pitot, and the formula with the 0.54 exponent that projects the flow to 20 psi residual (about 1,800 gpm here: class AA), with NFPA 291 marked as the place to look.
The fire pump curve, the wet pipe riser, smoke detector spacing, travel distance and the NFPA 25 calendar work the same way. Each one has its own page.
You see the setup, you know which number goes where, and on exam day you know exactly which handbook section to open.
The CFPS map, fire science, building construction, life safety and egress, water supply and hydraulics, sprinklers and standpipes, fire alarm, special hazards, and ITM with the final review: 66 pages, all illustrated.
Think of it this way:
A practice question asks whether the common path on a business floor is too long. You're a sprinkler person, and egress was never your side of the job.
You open the book to that page and see one floor plan with travel distance, common path and dead end drawn in different colors, the limits in a box and the NFPA 101 chapter to open. On exam day, you already know where to look in the handbook.
The hydrant flow test, the fire pump curve, smoke detector spacing and the NFPA 25 calendar work the same way: each one on its own page.
Fire Protection Specialist Illustrated is 9 parts and 62 topics, all drawn, and it ends with the 10 number pairs people mix up and an exam-day where-to-look index.
What you see drawn, you don't have to memorize.
How the CFPS works, the open-book method to find an answer fast, the NFPA standards chart and how each page is laid out.
Fire triangle and tetrahedron, heat transfer, compartment fire stages and flashover, fire classes, flash point, flammable range and the dust pentagon.
Construction types I to V and the 3-digit code, fire resistance ratings, fire walls vs. barriers, doors and dampers, interior finish and firestopping.
Occupancy classes, the three parts of egress, occupant load, egress capacity, travel distance vs. common path vs. dead end, remoteness, stairs and exit signs.
Static, residual and flow pressure, the hydrant flow test, the water supply graph, friction loss, elevation, K-factor and the fire pump curve.
Wet, dry, preaction and deluge systems, density/area, spacing, temperature ratings, storage protection with ESFR and standpipes with the FDC.
The alarm system in one drawing, smoke and heat detectors, detector spacing, audibility and visibility, power, pathways and supervising stations.
Portable extinguishers, flammable liquid classes, foam, CO2 and clean agents, kitchen hood systems, water mist and hot work permits.
The NFPA 25 calendar, sprinkler replacement, pump and alarm testing, impairments, the 10 number pairs people mix up and the exam-day index.
At the end of the book: The 10 number pairs people mix up, an exam-day checklist and a where-to-look index.
Practice with exam-style questions across every topic, each answer explained with the drawing and the standard to look up, so you train the open-book search before test day.
See the mix-ups people make most often (dry vs. pre-action, travel distance vs. common path, fire barrier vs. smoke barrier) side by side with the right version, ready to review in minutes the night before.
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You know sprinklers, or inspection, or alarms. The book fills in the rest of the CFPS topics, one drawing per page, without going back to the basics.
You review in the same order every time and know which standard to open for each question, so the open-book search doesn't eat your clock.
You keep a printed map of every system with its key numbers, handy for a survey, an inspection or a meeting with the AHJ.
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Yes. It's made for people who know sprinklers, or inspection, or alarms, and need the rest of the CFPS topics in order. It skips the very basics and goes straight to the numbers and where to look.
From the NFPA Fire Protection Handbook edition listed in the current CFPS Candidate Handbook and the NFPA codes it cites (13, 14, 20, 25, 72, 101 and others). Every page names the standard and section to open, so you can check each value in the edition you use for the exam.
No. It's an independent study guide, not affiliated with or endorsed by NFPA or the CFPS Board. It doesn't grant a certificate or continuing education credits: the CFPS credential comes only from passing the official exam.
No. You take the exam with the official references allowed by the CFPS Candidate Handbook, not with this book. This book is for studying before: what each system is, the key numbers, and which handbook section to open for each question.
No. They're written for this book in the style of the exam, each with the answer explained and the standard to look up.
The book and the 2 bonus books come as PDFs by email, to the address you enter at checkout.
No. It's a one-time payment.
Yes. The PDF is printable: print the whole book or just the pages you want next to you while you study.
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