Fire Protection Association of British Columbia
VIFPA Monthly Member Meetings are held via Zoom on the middle Wednesday of each month at 2:30 PM.!
If you don’t have the Zoom link, please contact the Secretary at secretary(at)vifpa.ca and they’ll send one to you.
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BC FIRECON 2023 – Day 2: CFAA Technical Content
November 24, 2023 @ 07:45 - 16:30 PST
Welcome Day 2 of BC FireCon, hosted by the Canadian Fire Alarm Association in partnership with the Vancouver Island Fire Protection Association.
For more information on attending, follow this link: www.bcfirecon.ca
To register, click here! BC FireCon REGISTRATION
Today is focused on “CFAA Technical Content.”
| START | FINISH | TOPIC | PRESENTER/Sponsor |
| 7:45 | 8:15 | Continental Breakfast | |
| 8:15 | 8:30 | Introduction & Chairman’s Address | Joe Robinsmith – BC CFAA, Secretary |
| 8:30 | 9:30 | How Employers Should Train their Fire Protection Technicians | John MacDonald – Mac1 Industries & CFAA President |
| 9:30 | 10:30 | Implementation of Integrated Testing – CAN/ULC-S1001 | Mike Longeran – ITC, Longeran Engineering |
| 10:30 | 11:00 | BREAK– Join our Exhibitors for Coffee & Snacks | |
| 11:00 | 12:30 | New requirements – CAN/ULC- S524, 536, & 537 | Mike Hugh – JCI Johnson Controls |
| 12:30 | 13:15 | LUNCH – Join our Exhibitors for Lunch | |
| 12:45 | 14:00 | Battery Characteristics & Testing | Phil Gagnon – Underwriter’s Laboratories of Canada |
| 14:00 | 15:00 | Performing Annual Inspections | Darcy Watson – Elite Air Protection |
| 15:15 | 15:30 | BREAK – Join our Exhibitors for Coffee & Cookies | |
| 15:30 | 16:30 | New Technology | Tim Renaud – Honeywell & Lui Tai – Vitalis Engineering |
| 16:30 | 16:45 | Education Update & Closing Remarks | Joe Robinsmith – BC CFAA, Secretary & Gord Miller – VIFPA President |