The New 2025 Ontario Fire Code

PEO Lake Ontario Chapter - The new 2025 Ontario Fire Code - Key Fire Safety Amendments.

The New Ontario Fire Code took effect on January 1, 2026. In this new edition of the Fire Code, there are significant changes to fire and life safety requirements affecting building owners, inspectors, engineers, and technicians.

In this presentation, we will break down the key changes in the new 2025 OFC, Part by Part, to provide a clear and practical review of the amendments from the technical perspective, explain the rationale behind the amendments, and how these changes may change the way we design, maintain and operate fire & life safety systems in buildings.

• There is free parking available. A light refreshment will be served

Agenda:
6:00 - 6:05 pm Opening Remarks
6:05 - 7:30 pm Presentation
7:30 - 8:00 pm Q & A

Our Guest Speaker:

Lui Tai, P. Eng., AIFireE, BCIN, FEC

Lui is a Professional Engineer with over 37 years of practical experience working in fire protection engineering in Canada. He is the principal at Vitalis Engineering Inc., a specialty consulting firm that specializes in fire & code consulting. He is currently the President of The Institution of Fire Engineers (IFE Canada), Founding Chair of Canadian Fire Engineering Summit,1st Vice President at Canadian Fire Alarm Association (CFAA), and Chair of TC21 technical committee member at Standards Council of Canada (SCC) and Member of TC5006 at Underwriters Laboratory of Canada (ULC). Lui was the Chair of PEO York Chapter from 2018 to 2020, and was also a part-time professor at Seneca Polytechnic School of Fire Protection Engineering.