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On this week's episode, we go wayyyy back to the begining and talk about the origin story of the CFAA, from back in preliminary meetings well before the inception in 1974 nad how it has changed up to today. Thanks to Gerry and Stephen! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This week we continue our series on troubleshooting by delving into the world of ground faults. This is the first episode on ground faults and we will continue further in future episodes. Thanks Tom Richards! We also have Jordan Klemick ,CFAA president on with a year-end message, recorded in December 2025. We discuss some of the projects taht are ongoing and reviewe 2025 with the CFAA. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode 50! Wow! 2 years in and 50 episodes down! This week we have Blair Falkinson from US Digital Designs to discuss the montoring connection and how it gets to our dispatchers and ultimately to the Fire Department first responders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this episode, we dig into some advanced troubleshooting techniques for NAC and Speaker circuits and even have a little chat about toners and how they are used. Thanks Steven and Tom! *Apologies for my yappy dog in the background! Bad dog! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

With Rob Clark / Aaron Lee on Codes Corner Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this episode of the podcast, we dig deeper into troubleshooting techniques and differences between Addressable and Converntional fire alarm circuits. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

With Tom Richards and Steven Lott Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Another episode with Deputy Fire Marshall John McBeth to explore the world of batteries and devices that we use around our home that have Lithium Ion Batteries. https://www.oafc.on.ca/about/announcements/fire-news-headlines/office-fire-marshal-warns-ontarians-growing-lithium-ion Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Setpember 28th is Test Your Smoke Alarm Day! saved by the Beep is the campaign that the Ontario Fire Marshall's Office have on throughout Ontario and throughout Canada! Please visit https://www.savedbythebeep.ca/resources for more information. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As promised, here is the second part in our discussion on the changes to the Ontario Building Code for 2025. Thanks to Lui Tai for being on the podcast once again! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this episode, we discuss the changes to the Ontario Building Code with Lui Tai. Lui has spoken on this topic in the past few months and offers many insights into what to expect with these changes. This is part 1 of a 2 part series on the topic. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Cindy Leber has been in the Canadian Fire Alarm industry providing digital solutions for reporting for over 20 years! We talk about some of the history of reporting in Canada and where we are at with the recent changes in ULC Standards. Aaron is also back to discuss a Standata recently released in Alberta for a clarification on smoke dampers. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this 40th episode (woah... 40 already!), we get into the codes and standards and how we go about updating them and the process of the hard-working committees, and how YOU can get involved and make a difference to influence the codes and standards! Thanks to Tess Espejo from UL Solutions for being on the podcast to go over this topic. We also have Aaron back for a codes corner to talk about the controversial topic of smoke detectors at the top of elevator shafts and the contemplated changes to the appendix item on whether a spot smoke detector at the top of a shaft should be considered a deficiency. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this episode, we do the ultimate showdown of fire alarm techs vs sprinkler fitters and techs! Well, not really... we get into the situations on site and how we can work better together and what we all really need from each other. Also, check out Chris Logan on the Fire Sprinkler Podcast - available on YouTube and Apple Podcasts and Spotify! Tom Richards has written articles for the CFAA journal and has been on this podcast before and will be on soon again! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Celebrating International Women In Engineering Day (INWED), we have 4 women with very different stories on how they moved into fire protection engineering. Please join us for this very informative Podcast! We also have Aaron Lee back to go over ULC standards revisions and what they mean to us when the Building and Fire Codes are updated. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.