Fire Protection Podcast

0:06 -  Fire Protection Terminology
 2:34  - Intro to Scott MacRitchies
 3:39  - Steve /Ulmer & the Buffalo Bills
 5:00 -  A Found Industry
 5:17  - Drew has been in Fire Protection for 20 years
 5:40 -  LBX Global & Smart Infrastructure
 7:04  - FireM
 7:45 -  Fire Panel Data Points
 8:22  - Capturing Insights 
 9:20  - Upgrading what is already in Place
10:10 - My Dishwasher tells me when it's finished 
11:00 - Connected IoT
12:23 - Pain Points for Technicians
13:35 - How to Attract Young People to Fire Protection
15:01 - Roll a Truck only when you really need to
16:10 - Third-Party Device
17:13 - All Data in One Place
19:03  - Carbon Copies?
21:50  - Used to be hours, then minutes, and now seconds
24: 40 - A Little Box
25:54 -  Going Mobile?
31:02 -  We are a Conduit
33:36 - “My Panel is Beeping.”
34:14 - In Other IoT News & Trends in Manufacturing
36:10 - We are all becoming Friends
37:38 - Co-petitors
38:00 -NFPA - FireM at Booth #442
39:09 -Nathan Brown, FireM’s inventor, will be there
39:57 - New Products, including Fire Extinguisher Monitoring
41:20 - Healthcare Hand Portables
41:44 - Looking for Feedback
43:30 - Hit the Inspect Point Button!
44:00 - Fast Round
44:20 - Favorite Installation?
45:10 - Favorite Suppression System?
46:02 - Scott’s Favorite Suppression System is in the Future!
47:04 - Table Smash?
48:20 - Wrap Up

See you at NFPA!

0:05 - Intro
1:15   - Todd has been on the FPP before (Episode #38)
1:25  - Intro to Industrial Fire Protection (IFP) and SEVO Systems
3:20 - Todd's favorite Special Hazard
4:37  - Moynihan Train Hall's fantastic flame detectors
5:40 -  Fire Detection is the Brains of it 🧠
5:54  -  IFP & Clean Energy
6:26  - Energy Storage System (ESS) Market
6:49 -  Lithium Ion Batteries
7:41  -  Importance of Detection
8:17  -  What are we trying to protect?
8:41 -   What tech does what?
9:26 -  Tesla
10:35 - We've learned a lot in the last 3 - 5 years
10:45 - Who's issue is it? Fire? Battery?
11:00 - Big emphasis on moving to electric everything
11:20 - Drew wants a power wall
11:57 -  Todd won't park an electric car in his garage
12:40 - The Jetsons
12:50  - A Software Solution?
13:18  -  A new arm of Inspect Point?
13:40  - New projects for IFP?
14:06 -  Aviation Market
14:52 - Alternatives to Foam
15:20 - New Ideas for the industry
15:34 - The mess of foam safety
16:30 - Changes in thinking
16:38 - Foam manufacturers have gone through a lot
17:17 - Fluorine-free options
17:33 - Can systems be easily swapped out?
18:37 - How does clean agent fire protection work?
21:25 - The approval process for clean agents
22:40 - New technologies included in NFPA standards
24:27 - ARFF!
27:50 - Just what are we protecting?
28:56 - Paging Mr. Aaron Johnson!
30:40 - Electric Planes
31:34 - Technology opens doors in fire protection
32:37 - Paging Mr. John Demeter!
33:27 - American Innovation & Manufacturing Act (AIM)
33:41 - The HFC Debate
35:59 - HFC cuts coming well before the 2035 cut-off date
36:49 - Drew pulls from his brain 🧠
37:13 - 3M's Big Stir in the industry
38:27 - FK-512  and 3M™ Novec™ 1230 
39:30 - PFAS is being rebranded - some are non-toxic
41:00 - Back in the day...
41:40 - Barry White Voice
42:20 - SEVO Systems & FK512
43:40 - There's PFAS in Prozac
45:00 - Quick Response Round!
46:00 - Lobsta! 🦞
47:00 Trade show love
50:00 - Evil Empires & Wrap up

 0:05 -   Drew's Intro
 0:30  -  Who is Peerless? 
  1:20  -  The #1 Fire Pump City is NYC 
  1:30  -   What is Travis's Background?
  2:20  -  The Digital Transformation 
  3:15   -  Fire Protection World lags in Digitalization
  5:05 -  When you Need a Fire Pump, you Really Need a Fire Pump
  5:40  -  Code Cycles
  6:01 -    Smart Systems in a Home vs. for Fire Pumps
  7:02  - Lots of Data Collected
  7:07 -  Data Can Now Come to You
  8:00 - Things Changed Post-COVID
  8:20 -  Testing Frequency & Staffing
  9: 15 -  What Fire Pump? We Don't Have a Fire Pump.
10:30  -  Visibility = Better Protection 
  11:10 -   NFPA25 Section Re-Write 
  11:48 -  Perks to NFPA25 Re-Write With Remote Monitoring
 12:30 -  Remote Testing?
 13:15 -  Constant Flow of Data
 14:10 -  Can See What Happens in the System in between Inspections
14:20  - Digitization vs.  Digitalization 
15:30 -  Saves Manhours 
17:36 -  Will Always Need Technicians
19:43 - Hardware vs. Software
21:08 -  80 to 100 Points of Data
23:00 - How Does it All Work?  
23:40 - How Do You Avoid Hacking?
26:26 -  Biggest Adopters So Far
28:56 -  Who Should Get This? Building Owners or ITM Contractors?
31:30 -   Efficiency of Knowing What the System Needs Before Going to It
32:00 -  Various Costs
40:30 - The Steps of the Digital Revolution in Fire Pumps
41:01  -   The System Calls a Tech to Come to Fix It
42:30 -  Want to Know More? 
43: 03 - Join Us For a Webinar on 12/7
43: 31  -  Functionality During a Live Incident
44:20 -  Can Know if Fire is Contained
45: 04 - Can Alert Fire Brigade
46: 27 - It's All About Safety  
46:50  - Drew's Outro & Contact Info for Travis

 0:15 -   Drew's Intro from Antarctica 
  1:39  -  Intro from Canada
  1:54 -   Shout out to Troy Life & Fire Safety 
  2:09  - Conversion to Listed Antifreeze
  3:20  - What is out there?
  4:17   -  Sean, who are you? 
  5:30 -  Supply Chain
  5:50  -  NFPA25 and Older Systems
  7:34  -  Is a Dry System Better?
   9:18   - Will there be a TIA?
 10:07 -  How Many Old Systems are Out there? 
   11:13 -  The Contractor Still has the Liability
12:05  -  Refractometers & other new Tools
13:17  -  The Field Testing Challenge: it's a Science Experiment
16:38  -  Huge Challenge for Contractors
19:00 -   When there were Large Vats of Glycerine!
22:58  - ESFR
26:50  - What's Next?
28:01  -  Get Trained
29:44  -  Sugar & Concrete
32:09  -  NYC DOB
35:43  - Canadian Socks
37:55 -  Inspection Software Makes it Easy for AHJs
39:00  - Fire Sprinklers Save Lives
39:40  - Outro

0:15 -   Introduction
2:10   -  Remember the Pandemic?
3:09 -  The Pre-Engineered Systems Niche 
6:04  -  Why a Dry Chemical System?
7:20   -  NFPA420 - Extraction Booths
13:03 - The Restaurant Industry is Evolving
14:05 - Ventless Solutions & Fireballs
16:14  -  More Electric Appliances in Restaurants
23:42 - More Rigorous Standards, Testing, Reporting, and Repairing 
28:18  - Labor Shortage
32:06 - Recession, but Everybody Has to Eat
33:50 -  International Changes in Restaurant Fire Protection
41:30  -  Electrical Detection
46:46  - The Jetsons is now
50:11   -  The Barista Bot
51:47  -   Please Reach out to Jamie with What You See
53:34  - Welding for Five Year Olds
54:20  - Wrap-Up
57:10   - Outro
 

0:41 -   Peter’s Introduction
2:56 -   SSi Background
4:52 -   Greensol & Clean Agent Protection
9:20 -   SNAP (Significant New Alternative Policy) / Eco-Friendly
11:05 -  What is FirePASS?
16:47 -  Secondary Systems?
17:44 -  Room Integrity & FirePASS
23:30 - SSi Battery Solution & Lithium-Ion Fires
26:50 - Peter’s Experience as an Executive Director of the CFAA
29:20 - Importance of Standardized Documentation 
33:43 - Peter’s Perspective as a Firefighter & Industry Professional
37:22 - Technology Adoption in the Industry
40:15 - Quick Response Round
43:34 - Final Thoughts

0:16 - Fire Alarm Gateways

4:14 - Code Updates

6:58 - Louisiana: From Tags to QR Codes

12:55 - Consolidation in the Industry

17:03 - Success of Fire Protection in 2021

18:50 - A Recession-Proof Industry 

20:30 - Final Thoughts on NFPA Boston

23:41 - Upcoming Shows

25:30 - Closing Thoughts

0:15 - Introduction

3:35 - COVID in Fire Protection

6:26 - Engagement in the Industry

8:45 - Adoption Among Jurisdictions

11:58 - Shortage of Engineers / Technicians

16:25 - Active-Resume.com & Skilled Labor

19:40 - New Detection Technology

24:30 - Tesla & Lithium Ion Battery Fires

28:24 - Latest From Potter

0:01 - 3:15      - Show Intro and Melinda’s Background
3:20 - 4:48     - Legalization in Canada vs. the U.S.
5:30 - 8:20     - NFPA 420 and Classifying Growing Facilities 
9:05 - 10:02   - Craft Cannabis? 
10:52 - 12:37 - How Melinda Became Chair of NFPA 420
12:50 - 14:40 - CodeNext in the Cannabis Sector
14:45 - 16:50 - Solvents in Use Today
17:15 - 18:40 - More on the 420 Committee 
18:50 - 21:40 - The Standard’s Timeline / In-Person Committees
21:55 - 25:15 - Detection Systems in Cannabis
25:55 - 27:50 - Craziest Deficiency Melinda Has Seen
28:00 - 29:20 - Foam Mattress Fires
29:25 - end - Closing Thoughts

0:01 - Intro & Inspect Point Deal
2:48 - Mike’s Introduction
4:30 - Mike & Covenant Fire Protection
6:17  -  Mike’s Role with NFSA
7:32  - Layout Technician Class Updates
12:20 - Ponchos Class / History
14:46 - Benefits of the Virtual Class
18:20 - Class Pacing / Knowledge Retention
22:40 - Registration Opening
26:24 - New Software and New Textbook
30:07 - Other NFSA Initiatives 
33:20 - NFPA 13 & The Reach of NFSA 
38:04 - Wildest System Mike Has Created
41:32 - Mike’s Time in New England
44:44 - Closing Thoughts