The CFAA Fire Alarm Technician’s Podcast

By Tim Renaud

Podcast for Canadian Fire Alarm Technicians and other people interested in the fire alarm industry in Canada.

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The CFAA Fire Alarm Technician’s Podcast episodes:

December 30, 2024 Ep 27 - End Of Year Roundup
On this Year-End episode, I have asked a few of my past guests and also Suzanne Alfano, Executive Director fo the CFAA and Jordan Klemick, Current President of the CFAA, to give us some year end summary of what we are doing at the executive committee level and what we have planned in 2025.

I was also able to bring on Cathy and Mark, who have been on the podcast in the past and have rolls within chapters of the CFAA.

I wish you all a Happy New Year and we will see you on the road somewhere in Canada or you wil continue to hear us on the podcast.

Thanks for listening this year and for continunin to spread the word on the podcast to all of your fellow fire alarm technicians, engineers, managers and AHJ's.

See you in 2025 with season 2 of the CFAA Fire Alarm Technician's Podcast!

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29min
December 16, 2024 Ep 26 - Above And Beyond Awards Part 1
This is the first of a multi-part series where we wil feature an interview with each of the award winners of our technician's committee Above and Beyond Awards. Trevor Ritchie (Drapeau Fire) was the winner for the Eastern Chapter of Ontario and Woody Gradin (Troy Life and Fire Safety) won for the Saskatchewan chapter. They give us their insights on what fires them up (pun intended...) about the industry and their job and what makes them go "Above and Beyond"!
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27min
December 02, 2024 Ep 25 - Behind The Curtain of the CFAA Executive Board and Committees Pt 2
Part 2 of the podcast on a behind the scenes of the CFAA board of directors and committees. This episode focuses on the technicians and how you as a tech can get involved, what the levels of membership in the CFAA look like, and other topics of interest to our technician members.
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18min
November 18, 2024 Ep 24 - Behind the Curtain of the CFAA Executive Board and Committees Pt 1
This week, we take a look 'behind the curtain of the CFAA Boards and Committees and see how the sausage is made! We will dive into each of the committees and see how they all work together to make the engine run for the CFAA.
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22min
November 04, 2024 Ep 23 - AI tools being used in Fire Alarm
This week's episode is with Pery Zerbinos and we discuss some of the best use cases for AI (currently) and how it is shaping our future in fire alarm reporting and getting our work done. This podcast may be at the highest risk of being obsolete in a year! We will see...
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22min
October 21, 2024 Ep 22 - Deficiencies in S536-2019 and S537 2019 (Part 2)
This week is a long-ish episode and is more of a discussion with Mark and Tom on what we have been discovering as we have started working wiht the new standards. We focus on the topic of deficiencies and how some parts are open to some interpretation.

Would you like to come on the podcast? Send me a line at [email protected]

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36min
October 07, 2024 Ep 21 - The past, present and future of CFAA Education
This week's episode is with Randy Panesar from Durham College and we go over where we were, where we are, and where we are going in education for fire alarm systems in Canada.
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31min
September 23, 2024 Ep 20 - Deficiencies in the new ULC standards' updates
On this episode, Mark and I discuss some of the definitions and parameters around 'what is a deficiency?'

We will have more episodes to come on this very important subject, as this affects all of your work as a fire alarm technician and how you report and comment on things that 'aren't right'.

Thanks again Mark for joining!

20 episodes down!

If you would like to join me on the podcast, send an email to [email protected]

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29min
September 09, 2024 Ep 19 - Elevator shaft applications using Aspiration detection
This week, we delve into the technical requirements of using Aspiration detection in an elevator shaft. With the new standards and the references to spot detectors being considered a deficiency if they are placed in elevator shafts (and other hard-to-access areas), we require better ways of doing fire detection in these spaces. Erik is one of the Field Application Engineers at Xtralis and provides great insight into ways that we can mitigate troubles and false alarm issues when using Aspiration detection in elevator shafts.

Thank you Erik for your time and providing some great education for all of us.

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23min
August 26, 2024 Ep 18 - Door Mag Locks and Fire Alarm Interconnections and testing
This week's episode is all about door mag locks and how we test these devices as Fire Alarm Technicians. Ray was able to join us and go over this presentation that he did for the Central Ontario chapter earlier this year.

Thanks for joining us, Ray!

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22min

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How many episodes does The CFAA Fire Alarm Technician’s Podcast have?

The podcast currently has 27 episodes available.