Upcoming Webinar: Ready, Set, Sprinkle: Activating Your Department for Home Fire Sprinklers

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2025 Fire Prevention Week Theme and Planning

June 18, 2025

Fire Prevention Pros – This One’s for You!We can’t officially tell you the 2025 Fire Prevention Week theme yet… but let’s just say, it’s going to be electric. (You might want to ground yourself before attending. Just saying.)The Ontario Municipal Fire Prevention Officers Association (OMFPOA) and the Ontario Association of Fire Educators (OAFE) are teaming

Last Call for Nominations – OMFPOA Executive Positions

May 22, 2025

We are now accepting nominations for several positions on the OMFPOA Executive. The following roles are up for election this year: President Treasurer Three (3) Director Positions These are two-year terms that offer a meaningful opportunity to help shape the future of our association, contribute to fire prevention across the province, and collaborate with a

Bridging the Fire Safety Gap: Advocating for Home Fire Sprinklers in Ontario

May 15, 2025

In Ontario, a paradox exists: individuals are often safer from fire hazards in public spaces like shopping malls than in their own homes. While commercial buildings are mandated to have fire sprinklers, most residential homes lack this critical safety feature. Over the past five years, Ontario has witnessed a troubling number of residential fire fatalities,

Be sure to join us for this insightful webinar featuring NFPA Regional Director Laura King. Learn how your department can receive funding, develop programs, participate in Home Fire Sprinkler Week, and encourage the use of home fire sprinklers in your community.

The Home Fire Sprinkler Coalition Canada provides tools (and money!) for fire departments to educate homeowners, buyers, builders, developers, councillors, planners and other municipal officials about the benefits of home fire sprinklers. All the resources – from virtual reality to side-by-side burn demonstration guidelines – are free and easy to access.

Presenter Information:

Laura King is the NFPA’s regional director for Canada. Laura was a reporter and editor for newspapers and magazines across Canada and the United States before joining NFPA in 2017. She is from Cape Breton and now lives in the Greater Toronto Area.

Date: 29 April 2025
Time: 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM