The New 2025 Ontario Fire Code – Key Fire Safety Amendments

PEO York Chapter

Technical Presentation:

The New 2025 Ontario Fire Code – Key Fire Safety Amendments

Date: Wednesday, April 8, 2026 - 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm

Location:

• In-Person at Courtyard Toronto Markham (65 Minthorn Blvd, Markham, ON)

*Venue space is limited. Please register as soon as possible. (Meal and refreshment will be provided.)

Registration: https://New2025OntarioFireCode.eventbrite.ca

This is a repeat of our exceptionally popular The New 2025 Ontario Fire Code – Key Fire Safety Amendments Technical Presentation. We have invited our guest speaker, Lui Tai, back again and we hope this will give those who were not able to attend the previous sessions a chance to participate.

Event Information:

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

In this presentation, we will breakdown 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.

Agenda:

6:30 - 6:35 pm   Opening Remarks

6:35 - 7:30 pm   Presentation

7:30 - 8:00 pm   Q & A

8:00 - 8:30 pm   Professional Networking

Our 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 in 2018 to 2020, and was also a part-time professor at Seneca Polytechnic School of Fire Protection Engineering.

Regards,

Elven Tsui, P.Eng.

Director, Business and Community Outreach

PEO York Chapter

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