Fire Protection Podcast

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FireM, The Future of Fire Alarm Technology Jun 19, 2023

Show notes

0:06 - Fire Protection Terminology
2:34 - Intro to Scott MacRitchies
3:39 - Steve /Ulmer & the Buffalo Bills
5:00 - A Found Industry
5:17 - Drew has been in Fire Protection for 20 years
5:40 - LBX Global & Smart Infrastructure
7:04 - FireM
7:45 - Fire Panel Data Points
8:22 - Capturing Insights
9:20 - Upgrading what is already in Place
10:10 - My Dishwasher tells me when it's finished
11:00 - Connected IoT
12:23 - Pain Points for Technicians
13:35 - How to Attract Young People to Fire Protection
15:01 - Roll a Truck only when you really need to
16:10 - Third-Party Device
17:13 - All Data in One Place
19:03 - Carbon Copies?
21:50 - Used to be hours, then minutes, and now seconds
24: 40 - A Little Box
25:54 - Going Mobile?
31:02 - We are a Conduit
33:36 - “My Panel is Beeping.”
34:14 - In Other IoT News & Trends in Manufacturing
36:10 - We are all becoming Friends
37:38 - Co-petitors
38:00 -NFPA - FireM at Booth #442
39:09 -Nathan Brown, FireM’s inventor, will be there
39:57 - New Products, including Fire Extinguisher Monitoring
41:20 - Healthcare Hand Portables
41:44 - Looking for Feedback
43:30 - Hit the Inspect Point Button!
44:00 - Fast Round
44:20 - Favorite Installation?
45:10 - Favorite Suppression System?
46:02 - Scott’s Favorite Suppression System is in the Future!
47:04 - Table Smash?
48:20 - Wrap Up

See you at NFPA!

With new regulations, where do Foam, HFCs, and 3M™ Novec™ 1230 go from here?? Feb 22, 2023

Show notes

0:05 - Intro
1:15 - Todd has been on the FPP before (Episode #38)
1:25 - Intro to Industrial Fire Protection (IFP) and SEVO Systems
3:20 - Todd's favorite Special Hazard
4:37 - Moynihan Train Hall's fantastic flame detectors
5:40 - Fire Detection is the Brains of it 🧠
5:54 - IFP & Clean Energy
6:26 - Energy Storage System (ESS) Market
6:49 - Lithium Ion Batteries
7:41 - Importance of Detection
8:17 - What are we trying to protect?
8:41 - What tech does what?
9:26 - Tesla
10:35 - We've learned a lot in the last 3 - 5 years
10:45 - Who's issue is it? Fire? Battery?
11:00 - Big emphasis on moving to electric everything
11:20 - Drew wants a power wall
11:57 - Todd won't park an electric car in his garage
12:40 - The Jetsons
12:50 - A Software Solution?
13:18 - A new arm of Inspect Point?
13:40 - New projects for IFP?
14:06 - Aviation Market
14:52 - Alternatives to Foam
15:20 - New Ideas for the industry
15:34 - The mess of foam safety
16:30 - Changes in thinking
16:38 - Foam manufacturers have gone through a lot
17:17 - Fluorine-free options
17:33 - Can systems be easily swapped out?
18:37 - How does clean agent fire protection work?
21:25 - The approval process for clean agents
22:40 - New technologies included in NFPA standards
24:27 - ARFF!
27:50 - Just what are we protecting?
28:56 - Paging Mr. Aaron Johnson!
30:40 - Electric Planes
31:34 - Technology opens doors in fire protection
32:37 - Paging Mr. John Demeter!
33:27 - American Innovation & Manufacturing Act (AIM)
33:41 - The HFC Debate
35:59 - HFC cuts coming well before the 2035 cut-off date
36:49 - Drew pulls from his brain 🧠
37:13 - 3M's Big Stir in the industry
38:27 - FK-512 and 3M™ Novec™ 1230
39:30 - PFAS is being rebranded - some are non-toxic
41:00 - Back in the day...
41:40 - Barry White Voice
42:20 - SEVO Systems & FK512
43:40 - There's PFAS in Prozac
45:00 - Quick Response Round!
46:00 - Lobsta! 🦞
47:00 Trade show love
50:00 - Evil Empires & Wrap up

Digital Tools For Fire Pumps with Travis Montembeault of Peerless Pumps Nov 08, 2022

Show notes

0:05 - Drew's Intro
0:30 - Who is Peerless?
1:20 - The #1 Fire Pump City is NYC
1:30 - What is Travis's Background?
2:20 - The Digital Transformation
3:15 - Fire Protection World lags in Digitalization
5:05 - When you Need a Fire Pump, you Really Need a Fire Pump
5:40 - Code Cycles
6:01 - Smart Systems in a Home vs. for Fire Pumps
7:02 - Lots of Data Collected
7:07 - Data Can Now Come to You
8:00 - Things Changed Post-COVID
8:20 - Testing Frequency & Staffing
9: 15 - What Fire Pump? We Don't Have a Fire Pump.
10:30 - Visibility = Better Protection
11:10 - NFPA25 Section Re-Write
11:48 - Perks to NFPA25 Re-Write With Remote Monitoring
12:30 - Remote Testing?
13:15 - Constant Flow of Data
14:10 - Can See What Happens in the System in between Inspections
14:20 - Digitization vs. Digitalization
15:30 - Saves Manhours
17:36 - Will Always Need Technicians
19:43 - Hardware vs. Software
21:08 - 80 to 100 Points of Data
23:00 - How Does it All Work?
23:40 - How Do You Avoid Hacking?
26:26 - Biggest Adopters So Far
28:56 - Who Should Get This? Building Owners or ITM Contractors?
31:30 - Efficiency of Knowing What the System Needs Before Going to It
32:00 - Various Costs
40:30 - The Steps of the Digital Revolution in Fire Pumps
41:01 - The System Calls a Tech to Come to Fix It
42:30 - Want to Know More?
43: 03 - Join Us For a Webinar on 12/7
43: 31 - Functionality During a Live Incident
44:20 - Can Know if Fire is Contained
45: 04 - Can Alert Fire Brigade
46: 27 - It's All About Safety
46:50 - Drew's Outro & Contact Info for Travis

Fire Sprinkler Antifreeze NFPA Changes with Sean Pearce of Lubrizol Oct 07, 2022

Show notes

0:15 - Drew's Intro from Antarctica
1:39 - Intro from Canada
1:54 - Shout out to Troy Life & Fire Safety
2:09 - Conversion to Listed Antifreeze
3:20 - What is out there?
4:17 - Sean, who are you?
5:30 - Supply Chain
5:50 - NFPA25 and Older Systems
7:34 - Is a Dry System Better?
9:18 - Will there be a TIA?
10:07 - How Many Old Systems are Out there?
11:13 - The Contractor Still has the Liability
12:05 - Refractometers & other new Tools
13:17 - The Field Testing Challenge: it's a Science Experiment
16:38 - Huge Challenge for Contractors
19:00 - When there were Large Vats of Glycerine!
22:58 - ESFR
26:50 - What's Next?
28:01 - Get Trained
29:44 - Sugar & Concrete
32:09 - NYC DOB
35:43 - Canadian Socks
37:55 - Inspection Software Makes it Easy for AHJs
39:00 - Fire Sprinklers Save Lives
39:40 - Outro

State of Pre-Engineered Systems with Jamie Knowles Sep 01, 2022

Show notes

0:15 - Introduction
2:10 - Remember the Pandemic?
3:09 - The Pre-Engineered Systems Niche
6:04 - Why a Dry Chemical System?
7:20 - NFPA420 - Extraction Booths
13:03 - The Restaurant Industry is Evolving
14:05 - Ventless Solutions & Fireballs
16:14 - More Electric Appliances in Restaurants
23:42 - More Rigorous Standards, Testing, Reporting, and Repairing
28:18 - Labor Shortage
32:06 - Recession, but Everybody Has to Eat
33:50 - International Changes in Restaurant Fire Protection
41:30 - Electrical Detection
46:46 - The Jetsons is now
50:11 - The Barista Bot
51:47 - Please Reach out to Jamie with What You See
53:34 - Welding for Five Year Olds
54:20 - Wrap-Up
57:10 - Outro

Sustainable Fire Suppression with Peter Hallinan Aug 03, 2022

Show notes

0:41 - Peter’s Introduction
2:56 - SSi Background
4:52 - Greensol & Clean Agent Protection
9:20 - SNAP (Significant New Alternative Policy) / Eco-Friendly
11:05 - What is FirePASS?
16:47 - Secondary Systems?
17:44 - Room Integrity & FirePASS
23:30 - SSi Battery Solution & Lithium-Ion Fires
26:50 - Peter’s Experience as an Executive Director of the CFAA
29:20 - Importance of Standardized Documentation
33:43 - Peter’s Perspective as a Firefighter & Industry Professional
37:22 - Technology Adoption in the Industry
40:15 - Quick Response Round
43:34 - Final Thoughts

NFPA Expo & The State of the Fire Protection Industry - Part 2 Jul 05, 2022

Show notes

0:16 - Fire Alarm Gateways

4:14 - Code Updates

6:58 - Louisiana: From Tags to QR Codes

12:55 - Consolidation in the Industry

17:03 - Success of Fire Protection in 2021

18:50 - A Recession-Proof Industry

20:30 - Final Thoughts on NFPA Boston

23:41 - Upcoming Shows

25:30 - Closing Thoughts

NFPA Expo & The State of the Fire Protection Industry - Part 1 Jun 28, 2022

Show notes

0:15 - Introduction

3:35 - COVID in Fire Protection

6:26 - Engagement in the Industry

8:45 - Adoption Among Jurisdictions

11:58 - Shortage of Engineers / Technicians

16:25 - Active-Resume.com & Skilled Labor

19:40 - New Detection Technology

24:30 - Tesla & Lithium Ion Battery Fires

28:24 - Latest From Potter

Fire Protection Podcast Episode 420 – The Growth of Marijuana and its Fire Protection Problem Apr 20, 2022

Show notes

0:01 - 3:15 - Show Intro and Melinda’s Background
3:20 - 4:48 - Legalization in Canada vs. the U.S.
5:30 - 8:20 - NFPA 420 and Classifying Growing Facilities
9:05 - 10:02 - Craft Cannabis?
10:52 - 12:37 - How Melinda Became Chair of NFPA 420
12:50 - 14:40 - CodeNext in the Cannabis Sector
14:45 - 16:50 - Solvents in Use Today
17:15 - 18:40 - More on the 420 Committee
18:50 - 21:40 - The Standard’s Timeline / In-Person Committees
21:55 - 25:15 - Detection Systems in Cannabis
25:55 - 27:50 - Craziest Deficiency Melinda Has Seen
28:00 - 29:20 - Foam Mattress Fires
29:25 - end - Closing Thoughts

NFSA and their new Fire Sprinkler Learning Platform Apr 18, 2022

Show notes

0:01 - Intro & Inspect Point Deal
2:48 - Mike’s Introduction
4:30 - Mike & Covenant Fire Protection
6:17 - Mike’s Role with NFSA
7:32 - Layout Technician Class Updates
12:20 - Ponchos Class / History
14:46 - Benefits of the Virtual Class
18:20 - Class Pacing / Knowledge Retention
22:40 - Registration Opening
26:24 - New Software and New Textbook
30:07 - Other NFSA Initiatives
33:20 - NFPA 13 & The Reach of NFSA
38:04 - Wildest System Mike Has Created
41:32 - Mike’s Time in New England
44:44 - Closing Thoughts

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