Automatic Fire Alarm Systems SS2 - ONLINE

This workshop will focus on the Automatic Fire Alarm systems requirements as part of the SS2 Automatic or manual emergency warning systems for compliance and it will cover the following:

• Building Act and Fire and Emergency NZ Act
• NZ Building Code C clauses
• Inspection and Maintenance requirements with reference to the relevant Standards and manufacturers requirements
• Common issues
• Current best practices

This workshop is designed for both IQP’s and Building Compliance Officials. Whether you are new or experienced in the industry this is a good course designed to upskill or refresh your skills.

• The course includes a post course assessment. On completion of the assessment, you will be awarded a Certificate of completion and 4.0 hours of CPD.

Cost for Half-day workshop:

$425 +GST for ABC Member

$550 +GST for Non-Member

If you enrol in both this workshop and the Smoke Control for Compliance SS13.1, SS13.2 workshop you will receive a 15% discount. Please see combined event to receive the discount. Register here for full day training

PRESENTER – Steve Bailey 

Steve has been in New Zealand since 1998 working in the fire alarm and building compliance field as a senior IQP and Council liaison as of March 2026 Steve has made the move over to teaching and is now a lecturer for Future Skills passing on his knowledge on Building Compliance starting with a level 4 NZQA course.

Steve also has his IQP registration in the South Island in SS1,2,3/2, 3/3, 4, 13/2, 13/3, 14/1, 14/2, 15/1, 15/2, 15/3, 15/4 and 15/5.

Prior to living in New Zealand Steve lived in the UK and has an apprenticeship in mechanical engineering and followed this with 13 years in the lift industry where he worked overseas and trained staff from all around the world.

Steve has a passion for teaching others and takes great pleasure in seeing those that he mentors evolving and moving into successful careers.

Steve believes that building compliance is a field worth entering as it provides the opportunity to shape the buildings of the future and to make them safe for all who use them. I have been known to use the phrase that Luck is not a specified system and now is the time to reduce the use of this specified system and make our buildings and our families safe.

ABCTech training workshops offered by the Association of Building Compliance (ABC) are intended for introductory or refresher CPD only. While these workshops provide valuable educational support and technical information, they are not designed to replace formal qualifications or certifications however they are designed to complement them. Completion of our training does not grant certification as an Independently Qualified Person (IQP) or other professional designations but can be used in evidence to support an application.