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Luncheon Presentations

Unless otherwise noted, all luncheon sessions start at 11:45 A.M. at the Downtown Toronto Board of Trade - 1 First Canadian Place. Click here for a map to the Board of Trade. 

Contact Ed Koe, our Program Chair, if you have a suggestion for a Luncheon topic.

2011/2012 Luncheon Presentations
    - Click an event for more information (if available)

Date Program Topic Speaker
September 13, 2011 Research on Automatic Sprinklers and Hazard Assessment of stored Commodities Kathleen Almand,
Fire Protection Research Foundation
October 11, 2011 The Bow: A Design Review Jon Winton,
Leber/Rubes Inc.
November 8, 2011 Insulated Wall Panels Daniel Fournier,
Norbec Architectural Inc.
December 13, 2011 Sprinklers Gone Wrong Robert J. Shirer,
R.J. Shirer & Associates Inc.
January 10, 2012 Unique Fire Safety Challenges in Data Centers and Post Disaster Buildings Jack Keays,
Larden Muniak Consulting Inc.
February 14, 2012 Fire Protection Systems Commissioning & The New CAN/ULC-S1001-11 Standard Simon Crosby,
Randal Brown & Associates Ltd.
March 13, 2012 TBA TBA
April 10, 2012 TBA TBA
May 8, 2012 TBA TBA

2010/2011 Luncheon Presentations
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Date Program Topic Speaker
September 14, 2010 Fire Forensics Investigation Robert Shirer,
R. J. Shirer & Associates
October 12, 2010 Fire Alarm Monitoring Chris Newsome,
Fire Monitoring of Canada Inc.
November 9, 2010 Fire Stopping Ryan Fusina,
Hilti (Canada) Corporation
December 14, 2010 Case studies of Unique Fires Involving Electrical Issues Bruce Paterson
Office of The Fire Marshall
January 11, 2011 Fire Protection in a Highly Automated Retail Distribution Centre Randal Brown,
Randal Brown & Associates Ltd.
February 8, 2011 Fire Engineering in the Gulf Region Amal Tamim,
Arencon
March 8, 2011 Advances in Sprinkler Technology Paul Janusauskas,
FM Global Canadian Operations
April 12, 2011 Fundamentals of NFPA 96 Commercial Cooking and Exhaust Systems Sean Tracey,
MIFireE – Canadian Regional Director NFPA
May 10, 2011 New Sprinkler Requirements for High Rise Residential Buildings Matthew Osburn,
Canadian Automatic Sprinkler Association

2009/2010 Luncheon Presentations
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Date

Program Subject

Speaker

September 15, 2009

A Forensic Look at Sprinkler Failures

Scott Grainger, Grainger Consultants

October 20, 2009

A Fire Research Topic and Update on the University of Waterloo Fire Lab and Engineering Program

Beth Wickman, University of Waterloo

November 10, 2009

Characteristics of Combustible Materials in Retail Buildings

Alex C. Bwalya, Institute for Research in Construction

December 8, 2009

NFPA 13 Revisions

Larry Keeping, Vipond Fire Protection

January 19, 2010

Fire Protection of Steel Structures

George Frater, Canadian Steel Construction Council

February 9, 2010

Living With Forest Fire at the Canadian Wildland-Urban Interface

Steve Taylor, Canadian Forest Service, Natural Resources Canada

March 9, 2010

Fire-Rated Expansion Joints

Al Shaw, Fireline 520 LLC and Jason Frigon, Emseal Joint Systems Ltd.

April 13, 2010

Explosion Venting

Andrew W. Wong, Executive Officer Vaughan Fire and Rescue Service

May 11, 2010

NFPA 101, Chapter 43 Building Rehabilitation & Chapter 11 OBC

Sean Tracey, NFPA

Past SFPE Luncheon Topics

Date

Program Subject

Speaker

May 12, 2009

Large Fire Loss – Queen Street (Toronto)

Doug Horn

Office of the Fire Marshal

April 14, 2009

Sunrise Propane Explosion & Fire

Frank Lamie

Toronto Fire Services

March 10, 2009

OFC Division B Part 4 and Industrial Occupancies

Andrew Wong

City of Vaughan

Feb. 10, 2009

ULC Fire Standards Development Process

Emmanuel Sopeju

ULC

Jan. 13, 2009

Gypsum Wallboard Firewalls

Bob Mercer

CGC Inc.

Dec. 9, 2008

Challenges in Property Damage Restoration

Michael Flatt

First General Services

Nov. 18, 2008

Fire Rated Duct Enclosure Systems

Michael McClure

ThermoFire Systems

Oct. 21, 2008

Detection and Suppresssion of Moving Fires

Ajwad Gebera

Nadine International

Sept. 9, 2008

Survivability of Fire Alarm Systems

Ken Baird

Leber Rubes

May 13, 2008

Fire Underwriters’ Survey (FUS) & GIS System Geographic Mapping of Fire & Water SErvices

Alan Pang, CGI

April 8, 2008

Combustion Fuel Heating Equipment – Valve Train Controls

Richard Ilomaki

FM Global

March 11, 2008

Flammability and Consumer Product Safety

Wendy McNalley & Nadira Rambritch

Health Canada

February 12, 2008

Quell Systems

Cliff Hartford

Tyco Fire & Building Products

January 8, 2008

Dust Explosions A Soluble Problem

John Cholin

December 11, 2007

2007 Ontario Fire Code

Krystyna Paterson

Office of the Fire Marshal

November 13, 2007

Best Practice Guide on Fire Stops and Fire Blocks

Ken Richardson

Ken Richardson Fire Technologies Inc. 

October 2, 2007

Fire Alarm Systems Past and Present

David Sylvester

Morrison Hershfield

September 11, 2007

Daimler-Chrysler Automobile Assembly Plant Fire, July 9, 2000

Len Papp

Brampton Fire & Emergency Services

May 8, 2007

Fire Protection in Nuclear Facilities

Barry Fleet

OPG

April 10, 2007

GTAA Air France Crash

Richard Turgeon

GTAA

March 13, 2007

Water Mist Systems

Dan Dye

Marioff

February 13, 2007 

Impacts of Photoluminescent Marking on Human Behaviour and Evacuation 

Dr. Gulene Proulx
National Resarch Council

January 9, 2007 

NFPA 13, 2007 Edition 

Larry Keeping
Vipond Fire Protection 

December 12, 2006

Dura Systems: Passive Fire Protection

Graham Prodger & Craig Pickering
DuraSystems

November 14, 2006 

NIST Study on World Trade Centre Collapse 

Mr. Abbas Nanji
ULC

October 17, 2006

Protecting Critical Assets

Andrew Turchet & Tom Stilwell
Vision Fire & Security

September 12, 2006

Fires on Wood Frame Construction Sites

Donald Keefe
Munich Reinsurance Company of Canada

May 9, 2006

Significant Fire Protection Changes in the 2005 National Codes

Igor Oleszkiewicz
National Research Council

April 11, 2006

Fire Protection in Asia

Richard Ilomaki
FM Global

March 14, 2006

SFPE Engineering Guide for Fire Exposures to Structural Elements

Randal Brown
Randal Brown & Associates Ltd.

February 14, 2006

Recent Developments and Improvements in Fire Protection Systems

Lorne Leveque
Viking Supplynet

January 10, 2006 

Horizon PLastics Fire, Cobourg  

Deputy Chief Mike Vilneff
Cobourg Fire Department

December 13, 2005 

Gaseous Agent Fire Protection Systems

Gary Taylor  
Seneca College

November 15, 2005

New Urbanism, Preparedness and Fire Department REsponse

Chief Bill Stewart  
Toronto Fire Services

October 18, 2005

Residential Sprinklers 

MPP Linda Jefferies
Government of Ontario

September 13, 2005

Emergency Preparedness 

Dr. James G. Young
Government of Ontario

May 10, 2005 

Recent Loss Lessons 

Ian Daunt
Crawford Adjusters 

April 12, 2005 

Determining the Combustibility of Building Materials 

Tony Crimi
A.C. Consulting Solutions Inc. 

March 8, 2005 

Smoke Evacuation in Transit Stations 

Ray Sinclair
Rowan Williams Davies & Irwin Inc. 

February 8, 2005 

Terrorism in Canada 

Steven J. Rocke
Security Intelligence Office - Airport Division of Peel Police 

January 11, 2005 

Smoke Detection in Mechanical Air Handling Systems 

Gary Lougheed
National Research Council of Canada 

December 14, 2004 

Electrical Blackout August 14, 2003 

Bruce Weaver and Barry McKinnon
Office of the Fire Marshall (Ontario) 

November 9, 2004 

Greater Toronto Airport Authority Fire and Emergency Services 

Mike Figliola and Frank Lafond
GTAA Fire & Emergency Services 

October 19, 2004 

Arcing Ground Faults and Arc Flash Hazards 

Ajit Bapat
Schneider Electric Canada 

September 14, 2004 

New Developments in Fire Sprinkler Technologies 

David Stevens Jr.
Tyco Fire & Building Products 

May 11, 2004 

Recent Loss Lessons

Jeff Yuill
Starr Technical Risks Agency

April 13, 2004

Recent NFPA Fire Investigations and Updates to NFPA Codes and Standards

Sean Tracey
NFPA

March 9, 2004

Fire Modeling with Fire Dynamics Simulator and Smokeview

Dave McGill, Seneca College

February 10, 2004 

ULC Standard CAN/ULC S561-03 and Other ULC Updates

Bruce Paterson
UL of Canada

January 13, 2004 

Proposed Amendments to the OFC

Krystyna Paterson
Office of the Fire Marshall (Ontario)  

December 9, 2003 

Ontario's Electrical Safety Code 2002 Amendments & Other Issues 

Leslie Stoch
L.Stoch & Associates 

November 12, 2003 

Fire Protection for Strucutral Steel - An Update 

Don Falconer
A/D Fire Protection Systems 

October 14, 2003 

Kemano Smoke Alarm Study 

Tony Crimi
A.C. Consulting Solutions Inc. 

September 16, 2003 

Residential Clandestine Marijuana Grow Labs 

Gary Jarrett
Brampton Fire & Emergency Services

April 8, 2003 

Novec 1230 - Fire Protection Fluid 

Jim Newton
3M

March 11, 2003 

Ford Rouge Complex - Power House Explosion 

Hank Budesky
Ford Motor Company 

February 11, 2003 

NFPA 13 Revisions 

Sean Tracey
NFPA 

January 14, 2003 

Electrical Equipment Maintenance - Thermal Imaging and Transformer Fluid Analysis 

Bill Himmen
GE Power Systems 

December 10, 2002 

Technical Standards and Safety Authority - A Public Protection Organization 

Muhammad Tarig
TSSA 

November 12, 2002 

Developing Pre-Incident Plans - Emergency Planning 

Cyril Hare
Leber Rubes Inc. 

October 8, 2002 

Study of Building Performance in the World Trade Centre Disaster 

James Milke
University of Maryland 

September 10, 2002 

Fire Suppression - Water Mist Systems 

Dan Dye
Marioff Inc. Canada 

April 9, 2002 

Latest Sprinkler Technology 

Kevin Maughan
 Tyco Fire Products 

March 12, 2002 

Central Station Reliability 

Gary Richardson
Uponor Wirsbo Canada 

February 12, 2002 

Bill 124 

David Brezer
Ministry of Municipal Affairs & Housing 

January 15, 2002 

Smoke Control vs Smoke Exhaust 

Walter Schachtschneider
Bell Canada 

December 11, 2001 

High Rise Building Evacuation 

Eric Esselink
Leber Rubes Inc. 

November 13, 2001 

Argotec Fire Extinguishing Clean Agent 

Stephanie Shaffer
Control Fire Systems Inc. 

October 16, 2001 

Fire Stopping of Penetrations Through Fire Rated Assemblies 

Ralph Pasquini
3M Canada 

September 18, 2001 

Voluntary Sprinkler Replacement Program by Central Sprinkler 

James Golinveaux
Tyco Fire Products 

 

 

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