Residential Fire Sprinkler Symposium – Ottawa November 13th – Ontario Municipal Fire Prevention Officer's Association

Residential Fire Sprinkler Symposium – Ottawa November 13th

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Ottawa Fire Services shall be hosting on residential fire sprinklers on 13 November. Details and registration can be found at the link below: https://www.oafc.on.ca/event/going-flow-fire-sprinkler-symposium-2019

We are looking forward to dispelling the many myths about these essential life safety systems and present up to date information and resources on how these can benefit your community. This will include benefits to developers, planners, within the current OBC framework; understanding firefighting flows and how sprinklers benefit in reducing these and their costs on development; and the protection of homeowners and your fire service personnel. Please share this invite with your staff and those who you feel can benefit from attending. I look forward to see you or members of your team there.

Sean A. Tracey, FIFireE Stracey1683@gmail.com @S_TraceyFIFireE