AGENDA

Day 1 - Lifecycle of a Fire Alarm System

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7:45        8:15          Continental Breakfast

8:15        8:30          Introduction and Chairman’s Address  - Colin Greenhalgh, Committee Chair

8:30        9:15          Keynote: Fire-risk Reduction Initiatives and the Fire Safety Act - Fire Commissioner Brian Godlonton

9:15        9:45         Design: More than just a pretty picture - Amir Tavakoli – AES Engineering

9:45       10:15        Permitting: Dot the i’s and cross the t’s - Calvin Gray – Chief, Victoria Building Department

10:15     10:45        Break – Join our Exhibitors for Coffee

10:45     11:15         Installation Tim Lindsay – Retired Owner of Cantec Fire

11:15     11:45        Verification of Fire Alarm Systems - Ark Tsisserev – AES Engineering

11:45     12:15         Integrated Systems Testing Tess Espejo – Underwriter’s Laboratories of Canada

12:15    13:45          Lunch – Join our Exhibitors for Lunch     
13:45    14:15          Annual Inspection    Joe Robinsmith
14:15    15:15         Smoke Dampers    Tim Renaud – Honeywell

15:15    15:45         Break – Join our Exhibitors for Coffee    
15:45    16:15         End-Of-Life to Upgrading: Palliative Panel Care    TBA
16:15    16:45         AHJ/FD Inspections    Rick Cheung – Ass’t Chief, Vancouver Fire Dept.
16:45    17:00         Awards & Honors/ Chairman’s Closing Remarks    Colin Greenhalgh, Committee Chair
17:00    17:30         Vendor Tables and Coffee

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Day 2 - Presented by the Canadian Fire Alarm Association

8:00      8:15          Introduction and Chairmans Address Joe Robinsmith - BC CFAA, Secretary

8:15      9:15         Annual Inspection of Sprinklers John MacDonald - Mac1 Industries & CFAA President

9:15     10:15        Implementation of Integrated Testing - CAN/ULC-S1001 Mike Lonergan - ITC, Longeran Engineering

10:15    10:45       BREAK

10:45    12:15       New requirements for CAN/ULC- S524, 536, & 537 Mike Hugh - JCI Johnson Controls

12:15    13:00       LUNCH (Exhibitor Teardown at end)

13:00    14:00       Battery Testing via Zoom Phil Gagnon - ULC (ZOOM)

14:00    15:00       Performing Annual Inspections Darcy Watson - Elite Fire Protection

15:00    15:15       BREAK

15:15    16:15        New Technology Tim Renaud - Honeywell & Lui Tai - Vitalis Engineering

16:15    16:30       Education Update & Closing Remarks Joe Robinsmith - BC CFAA, Secretary

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