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Partners In Prevention Continued
You can now review Melinda Hurd's entire 2012 Partners In Prevention presentation, "Flammable and Combustible Liquid Hazards: Introduction to Hazards and Prevention Techniques" by clicking on the link in the right hand column.
Have a look at the handout that supports the presentation too. It contains an easy-to-follow checklist that will help you evaluate the safety of your facility when it comes to flammable and combustible liquid hazards.
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Partners In Prevention
LRI will be participating in Canada's largest health and safety event, the annual Partners in Prevention conference, May 1st and 2nd at the International Centre, in Toronto! LRI Iwill have a booth set up so you can come and speak with one of our team members about how we can work together to make your workplace even safer than it already is.
In additiona to our booth, LRI Code Team Associate, Melinda Hurd (P. Eng.), will be presenting a seminar entitled, "Flammable and Combustible Liquid Hazards: Introduction to Hazards and Prevention Techniques"
Melinda will present an introduction to liquid classification and the requirements of Part 4, “Flammable Liquids and Combustible Liquids”, of the 2007 Ontario Fire Code. The
session will emphasize the value of planning for life safety in the workplace to mitigate the hazard of fires and/or explosions. It will include an opportunity for attendees to evaluate various typical building conditions and to discuss Fire Code compliance issues observed.
For more information about the conference you can go here: Partners in Prevention
We hope to see you there!
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Easter Weekend
LRI offices will be closed Friday, April 6th, for the Easter holiday.
We'll be back on Monday, April 9th, operating as usual.
To our clients and friends, have a great long weekend!
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CFSA Annual Education Forum
The CFSA Annual Education Forum kicks off Wedneday, April 4th! There's going to be a lot of valuable information presented, including a presentation by LRI's Lisa Miller and Michael Power about the key design and fire safety planning requirements for Care occupancies. Hope we'll see you there!
Check out the link here
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Bruce Power Unit 2 Restart
The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission announced today that they have given the go-ahead to Bruce Power to restart Unit 2 at the nuclear generating station.
LRI is proud to have been invited to work alongside Bruce Power, providing a variety of fire protection engineering services in support of the Unit 2 Restart project. Talented LRI team members from our offices in Owen Sound and Toronto contributed countless hours of hard work and dedication to this project.
Congratulations to the team at Bruce Power, this is an impressive achievement. You can read the press release from the CNSC about the restart of Unit 2 here and a notice from Bruce Power about the restart here.
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LRI and IDC
On April 11th, 2012, Lisa Miller, an Associate at LRI, will be presenting a two hour webinar for the Interior Designers of Canada titled "Accessibility Requirements Based on Canadian Building Codes." Lisa will cover the key design criteria for barrier-free design as regulated by the National Building Code of Canada and the Provincial Building Codes of Alberta, British Columbia, Ontario, and Quebec.
The information packed webinar will introduce you to the Standard for Barrier-free design (CAN/CSA-B651), the requirements associated with a path of travel throughout a building and, barrier-free washroom design. The session will also highlight sections of the CSA standard for barrier-free accessibility not regulated by Canadian Building Codes within the built environment.
For more information or to sign up you can visit the IDC events webpage by clicking here.
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Dr. Guylene Proulx Scholarship Award
It is our great pleasure to announce that this year's winner of the Dr. Guylène Proulx Memorial Scholarship is Mr. James Eduful.
James is enrolled in the Fire Protection Masters program at Carleton University. His involvement in research projects along with his participation in student associations and leadership training programs embody the spirit in which the scholarship is awarded.
Please join us in congratulating Mr. Eduful.
Two years ago, LRI created a scholarship in honour of Dr. Guylène Proulx. Each year we award a Masters, or Doctoral candidate in fire protection engineering at Carleton University, in Ottawa.
Dr. Proulx was a researcher with the National Research Council and since 1992 was the manager of the Human Factors project within the Fire Research Program at the Institute for Research in Construction. Dr. Proulx was considered by her peers to be one of, if not the leading expert in the world, in the field of human behaviour in fires. She was posthumously named to the Order of Canada in January 2010.
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Hotel Retrofit Requirements Information
We have provided this brief questionaire to help you, click this link to see if you are up to code: http://www.leber-rubes.com/pdfs/LRI-Hotel-2007code-Card-V2.pdf
Current News
CFSA Annual Education Forum
The Candian Fire Safety Association will be holding it's annual Education Forum on April 4th, 2012 in Woodbridge Ontario. The title of this years forum is "It's In the Codes."
LRI team members Lisa Miller and Michael Power will be discussing key design and fire safety planning requirements for Care occupancies. As a member of the LRI Code Team, Lisa will address the construction features of Care occupancies, while Michael will address the fire safety planning requirements, including the responsibilities of supervisory staff. It's sure to be an informative and lively discussion.
For more information you can visit the CFSA website here.
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Happy New Year
Happy New Year to our clients and friends!
Events
Fire Fire Safety Seminar
The Ontario Fire Marshal's presentation at LRI Owen Sound was a big success! There was a great turnout for the interesting, and informative presentation by Dale L. Moore.
Thanks to everyone that attended.
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ULC Committee on Fire Alarm and Life Safety Equipment and Systems Appoints New Chair
During a recent meeting of the ULC Committee on Fire Alarm and Life Safety Equipment and Systems, LRI Chief Executive Officer, Fred Leber was appointed the new chair of the committee! The appointment furthers Fred's commitment to the continual improvement of fire and life safety standards. For more detail click here
Events
LRI Presents Farm Fire Safety
On December 12th, the LRI Owen Sound Office will be hosting Dale L. Moore of the Office of the Fire Marshal as he discusses some of the challenges agricultural operations face when it comes to fire safety. You can get more details by taking a look at the invitation, it's located in the column to the right or you can simply RSVP to info@lrifire.com.
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LRI and the PAN-AM Games
LRI is proud to be part of the EllisDon construction team tasked with the design and build of the 2015 Pan Am Games athletes village! The large scale project is comprised of 8 city blocks of residential and multi-use buildings located at the West Donlands in Toronto, ON. LRI will be providing Building and Fire Code consultation services over the course of the project.
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Welcome to LRI's New Online Home
We've got a new look and a lot of new features available. LRI is 25 years young in 2011, we look forward to another 25! In the meantime have a look at some of the custom artwork created by Matt Macdonald at Syndrome Design to commemorate our quarter-century in operation... Click here, tell us what you think!
Events
2011 SFPE Annual Meeting
The Society of Fire Protection Engineers (SFPE) will be hosting their annual meeting in Portland, OR, from October 23rd to the 28th. The informative sessions cover the very latest in fire protection engineering. Our very own CEO, Fred Leber, will be in attendance. For a full listing of the conference please visit here: 2011 SFPE Annual Meeting
