New Fire Alarm Systems Exams

Release Date March 25, 2024

NICET will release new updated exams for FAS certification on March 25, 2024. The current exams will no longer be available at that time. The new exam content will be based on the 2022 edition of NFPA 72 and several other updated references. The details are available on the FAS Program page of NICET’s website.

NICET began the update and maintenance process for FAS in August 2022 with a Job Task Review (JTR). The first step of the JTR is completed by a group of Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) and practitioners who assess the existing certification content and requirements against industry best practices.  Next, a survey was distributed to a wider audience of practitioners, certificants, and other stakeholders to validate the JTR.

Once validated the JTR Report was presented to and approved by the NICET Board of Governors in April 2023.

SMEs and practitioners in collaboration with NICET staff continued the update with item writing, item edits, item review, item approval, test assembly, a passing score study and standard setting in sequence. The last step, publishing the new exams, will be completed in early 2024. NICET is following the ISO/IEC 17024 Standard Conformity assessment — General requirements for bodies operating certification of persons for this update and will seek accreditation following the release of the new exams.

Dozens of volunteers contributed to this effort, and we received over 2,000 responses to the validation survey.

Thank you to everyone who participated!