Vancouver Island Fire Protection Association
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BC FIRECON 2023 – Day 1: The Lifecyle of a Fire Alarm System
November 23 @ 07:45 - 16:45 PST
Welcome Day 1 of BC FireCon, hosted by the Vancouver Island Fire Protection Association in partnership with the Canadian Fire Alarm Association.
Today is focused on “The Lifecyle of a Fire Alarm System.”
| START | FINSIH | TOPIC | PRESENTER/Sponsor |
| 7:45 | 8:15 | Continental Breakfast | |
| 8:15 | 8:30 | Introduction and Chairman’s Address | Colin Greenhalgh, Committee Chair |
| 8:30 | 9:15 | Keynote: Building Code Responsibility & New Code 2024 | 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 Fir |
| 11:15 | 11:45 | Verification | 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 | Aaron Hutchinson – Troy Life & Fire Safety |
| 14:15 | 14:45 | End-Of-Life to Upgrading: Palliative Panel Care | TBA |
| 14:45 | 15:15 | Code Changes 2024 | TBA |
| 15:15 | 15:45 | Break – Join our Exhibitors for Coffee | |
| 15:45 | 16:15 | Smoke Dampers | Tim Renaud – Honeywell |
| 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 |