The CFAA Fire Alarm Technician’s Podcast

Happy May 4th!

Colin and I discuss Lightsaber fire safety.

And we als odiscuss the BC Fire Con that is coming up in September in Langley BC!

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Happy 4/20 and we are presenting an appropriate episode on protecting the spaces where cannabis is grown!

Thanks to Melinda Amador from CodeNext for being on the podcast to discuss this subject

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This week we have a very special episode on AI and Machine Learning. I was able to get in touch with a PHD candidate at UBC, Arwa is really great at taking some pretty tough concept and bringing them down to earth for us so we can all try and understand this advanced tech!

Thank you Arwa for being on the show!

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This week's episode is Fire Alarm Tech talk at it's most advanced level yet on the podcast!

We get into the weeds in troubleshooting tough ground fault situations and how to break it all down.

Thanks so much to Steven Lott and Thomas Richards for being on the podcast once again!

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This week, Melinda has joined me to discuss the changes to the Ontario Fire Code.

Thanks Melinda for being on the podcast.

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This week, we hear from a Brazilian-born technician and his journey to Canada and his successful entry into the Fire Alarm industry. We discuss how important English-language skills are for a new Canadian to successfully find work in Canada.

Thanks Rafael!

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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!

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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.

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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.

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