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The CFAA Fire Alarm Technician’s Podcast — 59 episodes
Ep 59 - Update on the BC FireCon 2026
Ep 58 - NFPA 420 and ULC 4400 Standards on Fire Protection of Cannabis Growing and Processing Facilities
Ep 57 - Technician Spotlight - Above and Beyond Award Winner for Alberta
Ep 56 - Machine Learning and AI - Fire Design Implementation BEYOND the Chatbots
Ep 55 - Troubleshooting Ground Faults Episode 2
Ep 54 - Changes to the Ontario Fire Code
Ep 53 - A New Canadian, Succeeding in the Fire Alarm Industry
Ep 52- The history of the CFAA
Ep 51 - Intro to Ground Faults / Year End Message from CFAA president
Ep 50 - The Monitoring connection journey to the Fire Department / Codes Corner on S1001 updates in Ontario
Ep 49 - Troubleshooting NAC and Speaker circuits
Ep 48 What to expect when you are expecting a ULC 1001 test
Ep 47 - Addressable vs Conventional circuis when troubleshooting
Ep 46 - Intro to a Series on Basic Troubleshooting
Ep 45 - Lithium Ion Battery Awareness and Safety in your home and at work
Ep 44 - Test Your Smoke Alarm Day on Sept 28!
Ep 43 - Changes to the OBC part 2
Ep 42 - Changes to the OBC for 2025 part 1
Ep 41 - Digital Reporting / Codes update on Alberta Standata on Smoke Dampers
Ep 40 - Behind the scenes at ULC and the National Building Codes Committees
Ep 39 - Wires Vs Water - Who will prevail! - Or... let's talk Sprinklers!
Ep 38 - Women In Engineering
Ep 37 - Soft Skills - Verbal, Written and Preparation Skills to make your job (and life) easier!
Ep 36 - 'Like for Like' Replacements? What does that mean? Is it a thing?
Ep 35 - A 'Junior' Technician's Perspective
Ep 34 - 2 Stage Fire Alarm Systems / Code Changes for Atlantic Canada
Ep 33 - Above And Beyond Awards
EP 32 - Codes And Standards Committee
Ep 31 - The AHJ's Perspective - A discussion with Fire Safety Inspectors
Ep 30 - Above And Beyond Award winner - with our Quebec chapter winner (in French)
Ep 29 - ISO 17024 Certification for Technicians?
Ep 28 - Above And Beyond Awards Pt 2
Ep 27 - End Of Year Roundup
Ep 26 - Above And Beyond Awards Part 1
Ep 25 - Behind The Curtain of the CFAA Executive Board and Committees Pt 2
Ep 24 - Behind the Curtain of the CFAA Executive Board and Committees Pt 1
Ep 23 - AI tools being used in Fire Alarm
Ep 22 - Deficiencies in S536-2019 and S537 2019 (Part 2)
Ep 21 - The past, present and future of CFAA Education
Ep 20 - Deficiencies in the new ULC standards' updates
Ep 19 - Elevator shaft applications using Aspiration detection
Ep 18 - Door Mag Locks and Fire Alarm Interconnections and testing
Ep 17 - Fire Alarm Cabling
Ep 16 - What is “performanced-based design” and how does it affect my inspections?
Ep 15 - An Introduction to Camp Molly
Ep 14 - Software tools for Fire Alarm Sales Management
Ep 13 - Code Changes for Ontario effective Jan 2025 and Battery Testing Safety
Ep12 - Troubleshooting tips
Ep 11 - ULC S561 Central Station Monitoring
Ep 10 - Women In Fire Alarm Part 3
Ep 9 - Software tools for reporting
Ep 8 - Women In Fire Alarm Part 2
Ep 7 - S1001 Standard for Integrated Systems Testing: An Overview
Ep 6 - End User’s perspective on new codes
Ep 5 - Changes to 536-2019
Ep 4 - Women In Fire Alarm part 1
Ep 3 - CFAA position statement on qualified personnel
Ep 2 - Changes to NBCC codes coming to many provinces
Ep 1 - Introduction to the show and interview with Mark Wilson