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The CFAA Fire Alarm Technician’s Podcast — 59 episodes

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Ep 59 - Update on the BC FireCon 2026

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Ep 58 - NFPA 420 and ULC 4400 Standards on Fire Protection of Cannabis Growing and Processing Facilities

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Ep 57 - Technician Spotlight - Above and Beyond Award Winner for Alberta

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Ep 56 - Machine Learning and AI - Fire Design Implementation BEYOND the Chatbots

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Ep 55 - Troubleshooting Ground Faults Episode 2

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Ep 54 - Changes to the Ontario Fire Code

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Ep 53 - A New Canadian, Succeeding in the Fire Alarm Industry

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Ep 52- The history of the CFAA

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Ep 51 - Intro to Ground Faults / Year End Message from CFAA president

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Ep 50 - The Monitoring connection journey to the Fire Department / Codes Corner on S1001 updates in Ontario

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Ep 49 - Troubleshooting NAC and Speaker circuits

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Ep 48 What to expect when you are expecting a ULC 1001 test

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Ep 47 - Addressable vs Conventional circuis when troubleshooting

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Ep 46 - Intro to a Series on Basic Troubleshooting

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Ep 45 - Lithium Ion Battery Awareness and Safety in your home and at work

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Ep 44 - Test Your Smoke Alarm Day on Sept 28!

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Ep 43 - Changes to the OBC part 2

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Ep 42 - Changes to the OBC for 2025 part 1

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Ep 41 - Digital Reporting / Codes update on Alberta Standata on Smoke Dampers

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Ep 40 - Behind the scenes at ULC and the National Building Codes Committees

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Ep 39 - Wires Vs Water - Who will prevail! - Or... let's talk Sprinklers!

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Ep 38 - Women In Engineering

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Ep 37 - Soft Skills - Verbal, Written and Preparation Skills to make your job (and life) easier!

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Ep 36 - 'Like for Like' Replacements? What does that mean? Is it a thing?

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Ep 35 - A 'Junior' Technician's Perspective

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Ep 34 - 2 Stage Fire Alarm Systems / Code Changes for Atlantic Canada

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Ep 33 - Above And Beyond Awards

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EP 32 - Codes And Standards Committee

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Ep 31 - The AHJ's Perspective - A discussion with Fire Safety Inspectors

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Ep 30 - Above And Beyond Award winner - with our Quebec chapter winner (in French)

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Ep 29 - ISO 17024 Certification for Technicians?

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Ep 28 - Above And Beyond Awards Pt 2

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Ep 27 - End Of Year Roundup

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Ep 26 - Above And Beyond Awards Part 1

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Ep 25 - Behind The Curtain of the CFAA Executive Board and Committees Pt 2

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Ep 24 - Behind the Curtain of the CFAA Executive Board and Committees Pt 1

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Ep 23 - AI tools being used in Fire Alarm

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Ep 22 - Deficiencies in S536-2019 and S537 2019 (Part 2)

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Ep 21 - The past, present and future of CFAA Education

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Ep 20 - Deficiencies in the new ULC standards' updates

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Ep 19 - Elevator shaft applications using Aspiration detection

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Ep 18 - Door Mag Locks and Fire Alarm Interconnections and testing

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Ep 17 - Fire Alarm Cabling

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Ep 16 - What is “performanced-based design” and how does it affect my inspections?

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Ep 15 - An Introduction to Camp Molly

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Ep 14 - Software tools for Fire Alarm Sales Management

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Ep 13 - Code Changes for Ontario effective Jan 2025 and Battery Testing Safety

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Ep12 - Troubleshooting tips

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Ep 11 - ULC S561 Central Station Monitoring

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Ep 10 - Women In Fire Alarm Part 3

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Ep 9 - Software tools for reporting

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Ep 8 - Women In Fire Alarm Part 2

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Ep 7 - S1001 Standard for Integrated Systems Testing: An Overview

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Ep 6 - End User’s perspective on new codes

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Ep 5 - Changes to 536-2019

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Ep 4 - Women In Fire Alarm part 1

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Ep 3 - CFAA position statement on qualified personnel

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Ep 2 - Changes to NBCC codes coming to many provinces

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Ep 1 - Introduction to the show and interview with Mark Wilson