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Historical Event List
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The following table lists the events we have hosted from September 2001 to May 2012. If you are looking for events hosted after May 2012, visit our Event List page.
| DATE | TOPIC | SPEAKER |
|---|---|---|
| 2012-05-08 | Fire Modelling: Past, Present and Future | Beth Weckman University of Waterloo |
| 2012-04-10 | Tour of FESTI and The Air France Disaster | Brian Ross GTAA |
| 2012-03-13 | Understanding and Applying NFPA 55 for Compressed Gas Storage | Sean Tracey NPFA |
| 2012-02-14 | Fire Protection Systems Commissioning & The New CAN/ULC-S1001-11 Standard | Simon Crosby Randal Brown & Associates Ltd. |
| 2012-01-10 | Unique Fire Safety Challenges in Data Centers and Post Disaster Buildings | Jack Keays Larden Muniak Consulting Inc. |
| 2011-12-13 | Sprinklers Gone Wrong | Robert J. Shirer R.J. Shirer & Associates Inc. |
| 2011-11-08 | Insulated Wall Panels | Daniel Fournier Norbec Architectural Inc. |
| 2011-10-11 | The Bow: A Design Review | Jon Winton Leber/Rubes Inc. |
| 2011-09-13 | Research on Automatic Sprinklers and Hazard Assessment of stored Commodities | Kathleen Almand Fire Protection Research Foundation |
| 2011-05-10 | New Sprinkler Requirements for High Rise Residential Buildings | Matthew Osborn Candian Automatic Sprinkler Association |
| 2011-04-12 | Fundamentals of NFPA 96 Commercial Cooking and Exhaust Systems | Sean Tracey NFPA |
| 2011-03-08 | Advances in Sprinkler Technology | Paul Janusauskas FM Global Canada Operations |
| 2011-02-08 | Fire Engineering in the Gulf Region | Amal Tamin Arencon |
| 2011-01-11 | Fire Protection in a Highly Automated Retail Distribution Centre | Randal Brown Randal Brown & Associates Ltd. |
| 2010-12-14 | Case Studies of Unique Fires Involving Electrical Issues | Bruce Paterson Office of the Fire Marshal |
| 2010-11-09 | Fire Stopping | Ryan Fusina Hilti (Canada) Corporation |
| 2010-10-12 | Fire Alarm Monitoring | Chris Newsome Fire Monitoring of Canada |
| 2010-09-14 | Fire Forensics Investigation | Robert Shirer R.J. Shirer & Associates |
| 2010-05-11 | NFPA 101, Chapter 43 Building Rehabilitation & Chapter 11 OBC | Sean Tracey NFPA |
| 2010-04-13 | Explosion Venting | Andrew W. Wong Vaughan Fire and Rescue Service |
| 2010-03-09 | Fire-Rated Expansion Joints | Al Shaw Fireline 520 LLC; and Jason Frigon Emseal Joint Systems Ltd. |
| 2010-02-09 | Living With Forest Fire at the Canadian Wildland-Urban Interface | Steve Taylor Canadian Forest Service, Natural Resources Canada |
| 2010-01-19 | Fire Protection of Steel Structures | Jack Keays Larden Muniak Consulting Inc. |
| 2009-12-08 | NFPA 13 Revisions | Larry Keeping Vipond Fire Protection |
| 2009-11-10 | Characteristics of Combustible Materials in Retail Buildings | Alex C. Bwalya Institute for Research in Construction |
| 2009-10-20 | A Fire Research Topic and Update on the University of Waterloo Fire Lab and Engineering Program | Beth Wickman University of Waterloo |
| 2009-09-15 | A Forensic Look at Sprinkler Failures | Scott Grainger Grainger Consultants |
| 2009-05-12 | Large Fire Loss – Queen Street (Toronto) | Doug Horn Office of the Fire Marshal |
| 2009-04-14 | Sunrise Propane Explosion & Fire | Frank Lamie Toronto Fire Services |
| 2009-03-10 | Ontario Fire Code Division B Part 4 and Industrial Occupancies | Andrew Wong City of Vaughan |
| 2009-02-10 | Underwriters' Laboratories of Canada Fire Standards Development Process | Emmanuel Sopeju Underwriters' Laboratories of Canada |
| 2009-01-13 | Gypsum Wallboard Firewalls | Bob Mercer CGC Inc. |
| 2008-12-09 | Challenges in Property Damage Restoration | Michael Flatt First General Services |
| 2008-11-18 | Fire Rated Duct Enclosure Systems | Michael McClure ThermoFire Systems |
| 2008-10-21 | Detection and Suppresssion of Moving Fires | Ajwad Gebera Nadine International |
| 2008-09-09 | Survivability of Fire Alarm Systems | Ken Baird Leber Rubes Inc. |
| 2008-05-13 | Fire Underwriters’ Survey (FUS) & GIS System Geographic Mapping of Fire & Water Services | Alan Pang CGI |
| 2008-04-08 | Combustion Fuel Heating Equipment — Valve Train Controls | Richard Ilomaki FM Global |
| 2008-03-11 | Flammability and Consumer Product Safety | Wendy McNalley & Nadira Rambritch Health Canada |
| 2008-02-12 | Quell Systems | Cliff Hartford Tyco Fire & Building Products |
| 2008-01-08 | Dust Explosions — A Soluble Problem | John Cholin J.M. Cholin Consultants, Inc. |
| 2007-12-11 | 2007 Ontario Fire Code | Krystyna Paterson Office of the Fire Marshal |
| 2007-11-13 | Best Practice Guide on Fire Stops and Fire Blocks | Ken Richardson Ken Richardson Fire Technologies Inc. |
| 2007-10-02 | Fire Alarm Systems Past and Present | David Sylvester Morrison Hershfield |
| 2007-09-11 | Daimler-Chrysler Automobile Assembly Plant Fire, July 9, 2000 | Len Papp Brampton Fire & Emergency Services |
| 2007-05-08 | Fire Protection in Nuclear Facilities | Barry Fleet Ontario Power Generation |
| 2007-04-10 | Greater Toronto Airports Authority Air France Crash | Richard Turgeon Greater Toronto Airports Authority |
| 2007-03-13 | Water Mist Systems | Dan Dye Marrioff |
| 2007-02-13 | Impacts of Photoluminescent Marking on Human Behaviour and Evacuation | Dr. Gulene Proulx National Resarch Council |
| 2007-01-09 | NFPA 13, 2007 Edition | Larry Keeping Vipond Fire Protection |
| 2006-12-12 | Dura Systems: Passive Fire Protection | Graham Prodger & Craig Pickering DuraSystems |
| 2006-11-14 | National Institute of Standards and Technology Study on The World Trade Centre Collapse | Abbas Nanji Underwriters' Laboratories of Canada |
| 2006-10-17 | Protecting Critical Assets | Andrew Turchet & Tom Stilwell Vision Fire & Security |
| 2006-09-12 | Fires on Wood Frame Construction Sites | Donald Keefe Munich Reinsurance Company of Canada |
| 2006-05-09 | Significant Fire Protection Changes in the 2005 National Codes | Igor Oleszkiewicz National Research Council |
| 2006-04-11 | Fire Protection in Asia | Richard Ilomaki FM Global |
| 2006-03-14 | SFPE Engineering Guide for Fire Exposures to Structural Elements | Randal Brown Randal Brown & Associates Ltd. |
| 2006-02-14 | Recent Developments and Improvements in Fire Protection Systems | Lorne Leveque Viking Supplynet |
| 2006-01-10 | Horizon Plastics Fire, Cobourg | Deputy Chief Mike Vilneff Cobourg Fire Department |
| 2005-12-13 | Gaseous Agent Fire Protection Systems | Gary Taylor Seneca College |
| 2005-11-15 | Urbanism, Preparedness and Fire Department Response | Chief Bill Stewart Toronto Fire Services |
| 2005-10-18 | Residential Sprinklers | MPP Linda Jefferies Government of Ontario |
| 2005-09-13 | Emergency Preparedness | Dr. James G. Young Government of Ontario |
| 2005-05-10 | Recent Loss Lessons | Ian Daunt Crawford Adjusters |
| 2005-04-12 | Determining the Combustibility of Building Materials | Tony Crimi A.C. Consulting Solutions Inc. |
| 2005-03-08 | Smoke Evacuation in Transit Stations | Ray Sinclair Rowan Williams Davies & Irwin Inc. |
| 2005-02-08 | Terrorism in Canada | Steven J. Rocke Security Intelligence Office — Airport Division of Peel Police |
| 2005-01-11 | Smoke Detection in Mechanical Air Handling Systems | Gary Lougheed National Research Council of Canada |
| 2004-12-14 | Electrical Blackout August 14, 2003 | Bruce Weaver & Barry McKinnon Office of the Fire Marshal |
| 2004-11-09 | Greater Toronto Airport Authority Fire and Emergency Services | Mike Figliola & Frank Lafond GTAA Fire & Emergency Services |
| 2004-10-19 | Arcing Ground Faults and Arc Flash Hazards | Ajit Bapat Schneider Electric Canada |
| 2004-09-14 | New Developments in Fire Sprinkler Technologies | David Stevens Jr. Tyco Fire & Building Products |
| 2004-05-11 | Recent Loss Lessons | Jeff Yuill Starr Technical Risks Agency |
| 2004-04-13 | Recent NFPA Fire Investigations and Updates to NFPA Codes and Standards | Sean Tracey NFPA |
| 2004-03-09 | Fire Modeling with Fire Dynamics Simulator and Smokeview | Dave McGill Seneca College |
| 2004-02-10 | ULC Standard CAN/ULC S561-03 and Other ULC Updates | Bruce Paterson Underwriters' Laboratories of Canada |
| 2004-01-13 | Proposed Amendments to the Ontario Fire Code | Krystyna Paterson Office of the Fire Marshal |
| 2003-12-09 | Ontario's Electrical Safety Code 2002 Amendments & Other Issues | Leslie Stoch L.Stoch & Associates |
| 2003-11-12 | Fire Protection for Structural Steel — An Update | Don Falconer A/D Fire Protection Systems |
| 2003-10-14 | Kemano Smoke Alarm Study | Tony Crimi A.C. Consulting Solutions Inc. |
| 2003-09-16 | Residential Clandestine Marijuana Grow Labs | Gary Jarrett Brampton Fire & Emergency Services |
| 2003-04-08 | Novec 1230 — Fire Protection Fluid | Jim Newton 3M |
| 2003-03-11 | Ford Rouge Complex — Power House Explosion | Hank Budesky Ford Motor Company |
| 2003-02-11 | NFPA 13 Revisions | Sean Tracey NFPA |
| 2003-01-14 | Electrical Equipment Maintenance — Thermal Imaging and Transformer Fluid Analysis | Bill Himmen GE Power Systems |
| 2002-12-10 | Technical Standards and Safety Authority — A Public Protection Organization | Muhammad Tarig TSSA |
| 2002-11-12 | Developing Pre-Incident Plans — Emergency Planning | Cyril Hare Leber Rubes Inc. |
| 2002-10-08 | Study of Building Performance in the World Trade Centre Disaster | James Milke University of Maryland |
| 2002-09-10 | Fire Suppression — Water Mist Systems | Dan Dye Marioff Inc. Canada |
| 2002-04-09 | Latest Sprinkler Technology | Kevin Maughan Tyco Fire Products |
| 2002-03-12 | Central Station Reliability | Gary Richardson Uponor Wirsbo Canada |
| 2002-02-12 | Bill 124 | David Brezer Ministry of Municipal Affairs & Housing |
| 2002-01-15 | Smoke Control vs Smoke Exhaust | Walter Schachtschneider Bell Canada |
| 2001-12-11 | High Rise Building Evacuation | Eric Esselink Leber Rubes Inc. |
| 2001-11-13 | Argotec Fire Extinguishing Clean Agent | Stephanie Shaffer Control Fire Systems Inc. |
| 2001-10-16 | Fire Stopping of Penetrations Through Fire Rated Assemblies | Ralph Pasquini 3M Canada |
| 2001-09-18 | Voluntary Sprinkler Replacement Program by Central Sprinkler | James Golinveaux Tyco Fire Products |