Program

7:15 am – 6:00 pm

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Registration

7:15 am - 8:15 am

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Breakfast on Trade Show Floor

7:15 am – 7:00 pm

Trade Show Open

8:00 am to 8:05 am

Welcome Remarks

Alex Yarmoluk, CFSA Vice President/Conference Chair 

8:05 am to 8:25 am

Special Address

8:30 am to 9:20 am

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Session 1

Fire Hazard of the Modern Vehicle

Melisa Rodriguez, Johnson Controls

9:20 am to 9:45 am

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Break on Trade Show Floor

9:45 am to 11:00 am

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Session 2

Keynote Address: Abandoned Gas Wells: Emerging Hazards and Operational Lessons from the Wheatley Incident

Chris Case, Chatham-Kent Fire Rescue

11:05 am to 11:35 am

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Paul Amendola, TapReport

11:35 am to 12:45 pm

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Lunch on Trade Show Floor

12:45 pm to 1:35 pm

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Session 3

Forensic Investigations of Sprinkler System Failures: The How and Why 

Olivia Yalnizyan, CEP Forensics

1:40 pm to 2:30 pm

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Session 4

Beyond Visual Checks: Understanding NFPA 25 Laboratory Testing Requirements

Alyssa Dunn, Dyne Fire Protection Labs, an NFPA Global Solutions Company

2:30 pm to 2:45 pm

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Break on Trade Show Floor

2:45 pm to 3:35 pm

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Session 5

Swinging Fire Door Compliance Challenges and Enforcement Strategies

Hal Kelton, National Guard Products

3:40 pm to 4:30 pm

Session 6

Burnout: Recognizing, Preventing, and Recovering Together

Katherine Carter, Carter's Counselling Service's

4:30 pm to 7:00 pm 

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Reception on Trade Show Floor

7:30 am – 8:20 am

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Breakfast on Trade Show Floor

7:30 am – 3:30 pm

Trade Show Open

8:00 am to 8:20 am

CFSA Annual General Meeting

Anthony Rago, CFSA President 

8:25 am to 8:45 am

Scholarship Awards

Allena Goodyear, CFSA Scholarship Chair

8:45 am to 9:45 am

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Session 7

Keynote Address:
Full Steam Ahead: Future-Proofing the Fire Alarm System in Canada's Busiest Train Station

Ryan Duggan, City of Toronto 

9:45 am to 10:00 am

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Break on Trade Show Floor

10:00 am to 10:50 am

Session 8

Smoke Detector Spacing Design - Latest Code Challenges 

Tim Renaud, Honeywell

10:55 am to 11:25 am

11:25 am to 12:30 pm

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Lunch

12:30 pm to 1:20 pm

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Session 9

Combustible Dust Hazards in Wood Handling Facilities

Parker MacNeil, Jensen Hughes 

1:25 pm to 2:15 pm

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Session 10

"Watering Down" Danger: A Deep Dive into Miscible Flammable Liquids and the Ontario Fire Code

Melinda Amador, Code Next

2:15 pm to 2:30 pm

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Break on the Trade Show Floor

2:30 pm to 3:20 pm

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Session 11

Generators: Backing up Fact from Fiction

Michael Lonergan,  Lonergan Engineering 
Jeremy Walker,  Lonergan Engineering 

3:20 pm to 3:30 pm 

Closing Remarks

Alex Yarmoluk, CFSA Vice President/Conference Chair