Michele Farley

President and Senior Fire Code Consultant at FCS Fire Consulting Services LTD.

Michele Farley is the President and Senior Fire Code Consultant at FCS Fire Consulting Services Ltd, which recently became the first ULC Listed Integrated Testing Service Provider. Michele has extensive experience with evaluating and conducting life safety risk assessments of buildings for more than twenty-five years. She has extensive experience with the technical evaluation, design and operation of fire alarm and related life safety systems. Michele has prepared and successfully presented alternative compliance measures to the Building Code Commission (BCC), Fire Safety Commission (FSC) and Building Material Evaluation Commission (BMEC). She works as an expert in Fire Code directly or on behalf of clients providing evaluations, fire code auditing and affidavit services. Michele is a former member of the National Research Council Task Group for Use and Egress, former Chair of the Underwriters’ Laboratories of Canada CAN/ULC-S572 Standard for “Photoluminescent and Self-Luminous Exit Signs and Path Marking Systems”. She is the current chair of the ULC-S590, installation use of Exit Signs and Path Marking Systems and current SC5 chair of five National Standards. She is a regular Chair and participant in the development of ULC (Underwriters Laboratories of Canada) codes and standards, has served on the National Research Council of Canada (NRC) task groups. Michele is a regular speaker at ACMO (Association of Condominium Managers) and CCI (Canadian Condominium Institute) presenting Fire Code materials that may be submitted for continuing educations credits, as well as a regular contributor to industry publications and former guest lecturer at Canadian Fire Alarm Association (CFAA), Canadian Fire Safety Association (CFSA) and property management firms.