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26. Ep 26 - Above And Beyond Awards Part 1
26:31||Season 1, Ep. 26This is the first of a multi-part series where we wil feature an interview with each of the award winners of our technician's committee Above and Beyond Awards. Trevor Ritchie (Drapeau Fire) was the winner for the Eastern Chapter of Ontario and Woody Gradin (Troy Life and Fire Safety) won for the Saskatchewan chapter. They give us their insights on what fires them up (pun intended...) about the industry and their job and what makes them go "Above and Beyond"!
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25. Ep 25 - Behind The Curtain of the CFAA Executive Board and Committees Pt 2
17:48||Season 1, Ep. 25Part 2 of the podcast on a behind the scenes of the CFAA board of directors and committees. This episode focuses on the technicians and how you as a tech can get involved, what the levels of membership in the CFAA look like, and other topics of interest to our technician members.Ep 24 - Behind the Curtain of the CFAA Executive Board and Committees Pt 1
21:07|This week, we take a look 'behind the curtain of the CFAA Boards and Committees and see how the sausage is made! We will dive into each of the committees and see how they all work together to make the engine run for the CFAA.23. Ep 23 - AI tools being used in Fire Alarm
21:28||Season 1, Ep. 23This week's episode is with Pery Zerbinos and we discuss some of the best use cases for AI (currently) and how it is shaping our future in fire alarm reporting and getting our work done. This podcast may be at the highest risk of being obsolete in a year! We will see...22. Ep 22 - Deficiencies in S536-2019 and S537 2019 (Part 2)
35:11||Season 1, Ep. 22This week is a long-ish episode and is more of a discussion with Mark and Tom on what we have been discovering as we have started working wiht the new standards. We focus on the topic of deficiencies and how some parts are open to some interpretation.Would you like to come on the podcast? Send me a line at marketing@cfaa.ca21. Ep 21 - The past, present and future of CFAA Education
30:17||Season 1, Ep. 21This week's episode is with Randy Panesar from Durham College and we go over where we were, where we are, and where we are going in education for fire alarm systems in Canada.20. Ep 20 - Deficiencies in the new ULC standards' updates
28:09||Season 1, Ep. 20On this episode, Mark and I discuss some of the definitions and parameters around 'what is a deficiency?' We will have more episodes to come on this very important subject, as this affects all of your work as a fire alarm technician and how you report and comment on things that 'aren't right'.Thanks again Mark for joining! 20 episodes down!If you would like to join me on the podcast, send an email to marketing@cfaa.ca