Vancouver Island Fire Protection Association
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.
BC FIRECON 2023 – Day 2: CFAA Technical Content
November 24 @ 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.
Today is focused on “CFAA Technical Content.”
| START | FINSIH | TOPIC | PRESENTER/Sponsor |
| 7:45 | 8:30 | Continental Breakfast | |
| 8:00 | 8:15 | Introduction & Chairman’s Address | Joe Robinsmith – BC CFAA, Secretary |
| 8:15 | 9:15 | Annual Inspection of Sprinklers | John MacDonald – Mac1 Industries & CFAA President |
| 9:15 | 10:15 | Implementation of Integrated Testing – CAN/ULC-S1001 | Mike Longeran – ITC, Longeran Engineering |
| 10:15 | 10:45 | Break – Join our Exhibitors for Coffee | |
| 10:45 | 11:45 | New requirements – CAN/ULC- S524, 536, & 537 | Mike Hugh – JCI Johnson Controls |
| 11:45 | 12:45 | 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 |
| 15:00 | 15:15 | Break | |
| 15:15 | 16:15 | New Technology | Tim Renaud – Honeywell & Lui Tai – Vitalis Engineering |
| 16:15 | 16:30 | Education Update & Closing Remarks | Joe Robinsmith – BC CFAA, Secretary & Gord Miller – VIFPA President |