The CFAA Fire Alarm Technician’s Podcast

By Tim Renaud

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Podcast for Canadian Fire Alarm Technicians and other people interested in the fire alarm industry in Canada.

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Episode Date
Ep 53 - A New Canadian, Succeeding in the Fire Alarm Industry
Feb 09, 2026
Ep 52- The history of the CFAA
Jan 26, 2026
Ep 51 - Intro to Ground Faults / Year End Message from CFAA president
Jan 12, 2026
Ep 50 - The Monitoring connection journey to the Fire Department / Codes Corner on S1001 updates in Ontario
Dec 24, 2025
Ep 49 - Troubleshooting NAC and Speaker circuits
Dec 08, 2025
Ep 48 What to expect when you are expecting a ULC 1001 test
Nov 24, 2025
Ep 47 - Addressable vs Conventional circuis when troubleshooting
Nov 10, 2025
Ep 46 - Intro to a Series on Basic Troubleshooting
Oct 27, 2025
Ep 45 - Lithium Ion Battery Awareness and Safety in your home and at work
Oct 13, 2025
Ep 44 - Test Your Smoke Alarm Day on Sept 28!
Sep 29, 2025
Ep 43 - Changes to the OBC part 2
Sep 15, 2025
Ep 42 - Changes to the OBC for 2025 part 1
Sep 01, 2025
Ep 41 - Digital Reporting / Codes update on Alberta Standata on Smoke Dampers
Aug 05, 2025
Ep 40 - Behind the scenes at ULC and the National Building Codes Committees
Jul 21, 2025
Ep 39 - Wires Vs Water - Who will prevail! - Or... let's talk Sprinklers!
Jul 07, 2025
Ep 38 - Women In Engineering
Jun 23, 2025
Ep 37 - Soft Skills - Verbal, Written and Preparation Skills to make your job (and life) easier!
Jun 09, 2025
Ep 36 - 'Like for Like' Replacements? What does that mean? Is it a thing?
May 26, 2025
Ep 35 - A 'Junior' Technician's Perspective
May 12, 2025
Ep 34 - 2 Stage Fire Alarm Systems / Code Changes for Atlantic Canada
Apr 28, 2025
Ep 33 - Above And Beyond Awards
Apr 14, 2025
EP 32 - Codes And Standards Committee
Mar 10, 2025
Ep 31 - The AHJ's Perspective - A discussion with Fire Safety Inspectors
Feb 24, 2025
Ep 30 - Above And Beyond Award winner - with our Quebec chapter winner (in French)
Feb 10, 2025
Ep 29 - ISO 17024 Certification for Technicians?
Jan 27, 2025
Ep 28 - Above And Beyond Awards Pt 2
Jan 13, 2025
Ep 27 - End Of Year Roundup
Dec 30, 2024
Ep 26 - Above And Beyond Awards Part 1
Dec 16, 2024
Ep 25 - Behind The Curtain of the CFAA Executive Board and Committees Pt 2
Dec 02, 2024
Ep 24 - Behind the Curtain of the CFAA Executive Board and Committees Pt 1
Nov 18, 2024
Ep 23 - AI tools being used in Fire Alarm
Nov 04, 2024
Ep 22 - Deficiencies in S536-2019 and S537 2019 (Part 2)
Oct 21, 2024
Ep 21 - The past, present and future of CFAA Education
Oct 07, 2024
Ep 20 - Deficiencies in the new ULC standards' updates
Sep 23, 2024
Ep 19 - Elevator shaft applications using Aspiration detection
Sep 09, 2024
Ep 18 - Door Mag Locks and Fire Alarm Interconnections and testing
Aug 26, 2024
Ep 17 - Fire Alarm Cabling
Aug 12, 2024
Ep 16 - What is “performanced-based design” and how does it affect my inspections?
Jul 29, 2024
Ep 15 - An Introduction to Camp Molly
Jul 15, 2024
Ep 14 - Software tools for Fire Alarm Sales Management
Jul 01, 2024
Ep 13 - Code Changes for Ontario effective Jan 2025 and Battery Testing Safety
Jun 17, 2024
Ep12 - Troubleshooting tips
Jun 03, 2024
Ep 11 - ULC S561 Central Station Monitoring
May 20, 2024
Ep 10 - Women In Fire Alarm Part 3
May 06, 2024
Ep 9 - Software tools for reporting
Apr 29, 2024
Ep 8 - Women In Fire Alarm Part 2
Apr 15, 2024
Ep 7 - S1001 Standard for Integrated Systems Testing: An Overview
Apr 01, 2024
Ep 6 - End User’s perspective on new codes
Mar 18, 2024
Ep 5 - Changes to 536-2019
Mar 04, 2024
Ep 4 - Women In Fire Alarm part 1
Feb 19, 2024
Ep 3 - CFAA position statement on qualified personnel
Feb 05, 2024
Ep 2 - Changes to NBCC codes coming to many provinces
Jan 22, 2024
Ep 1 - Introduction to the show and interview with Mark Wilson
Dec 30, 2023