Preventive maintenance and proper training help prevent nuisance alarms Once a fire alarm in a condominium is determined to be a false alarm, residents are likely to feel relief. After all, there is no real danger. However, for condo managers, a false fire alarm results in a slew of new issues. What happens when a …
The Provincial Fire Marshals and Commissioners offices are not giving direct instruction on how you are to implement the fire code in your condo currently. Why is that? The Fire Code is the law and officials are not going to instruct you to disobey the law. These are unprecedented times. Some provinces have far more active cases …
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Ontario fires up 65% while property managers and boards navigate fire code compliance. For many of our clients and for many of you reading this today you may have made decisions weeks ago about whether to test your fire alarm systems and in suites devices that should be revisited now. When I heard from a …
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The surge in people working from home has brought an increase in home cooking fires, risk and insurance professionals observe. “You are seeing a spike in residential fires in condos and rental units because people are at home more and cooking more,” said Jeff McCann, CEO of Apollo Insurance Solutions Ltd., in a recent interview …
Expert guidance, good records and ongoing vigilance support compliance Recent fire code updates may catch building owners/managers unaware, but it’s more likely to be longstanding easily understood requirements that put them afoul of inspectors. Drawing data from more than a hundred fire safety audits conducted over the course of one year, Michele Farley reports that …
With more people being home because of COVID we saw a significant increase in home fires and home fire fatalities. 2020 had the highest home fire related deaths in almost 20 years with 114 home fire fatalities, and an increase in home fires of over 65%. Allstate Insurance also reported that their home fire related …
March 26, 2021 12:00 PM – 01:30 PM Friday, March 26th, 2021 – 12:00 noon to 1:30 p.m. Available documentation: Hot 10 Fire Prevention Tips – March 26 21 webinar – Do’s and Dont’s [PDF] Speakers Michele Farley of FCS Fire Consulting Services Carrie Clark, the Deputy Chief and Manager of Communications, Public Education and Fire …
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Wednesday, May 26, 2021By Rebecca Melnyk Many residents across Ontario are living in condos with outdated fire safety plans. This might be of particular concern among an aging population. Part of these plans includes a list of persons requiring special assistance: names and locations of people whose health conditions or disabilities may impede the evacuation …
August 3, 2021 UL in Canada is pleased to announce the successful completion of the listing evaluation of FCS Fire Consulting Services Ltd to become the first ULC Listed Integrated Systems Testing Service Provider. This new ULC program assists fire and building code authorities, property owners, insurance companies and other industry stakeholders confirm that organizations …
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Barrie, ON – After a rigorous certification process, the team at FCS Fire Consulting Services Ltd is proud to announce that they are officially the first ULC listed and authorized S-1001 Integrated Systems Testing Service Provider, with the authority to issue a mandated final clearance certificate. Since June of 2020, jurisdictions across Canada have been implementing this new provision in the …
Safe Wishes,
Michele Farley
President & Senior Code Consultant
FCS Fire Consulting Services LTD
