A shared vision.
A stronger profession.
In 2016, the Ontario Recreation Facilities Association (ORFA) became a founding partner of RFAM, recognizing an opportunity to bring recreation equipment information together—and turn everyday operational knowledge into a lasting resource for the people who care for our communities.
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What if the knowledge behind our facilities could do more?
Recreation professionals understand their equipment better than anyone. They know which assets are aging, which repairs recur, and what it takes to keep buildings safe and welcoming. Too often, that insight lives in paper binders, isolated spreadsheets—or in the experience of one employee.
ORFA and Marmak shared a vision: make it easier to capture this knowledge in a structured way, preserve it over time, and help members use it to make more informed decisions.
Building community
ORFA begins its longstanding commitment to education, professional development and the recreation facilities profession.
Founding partnership
RFAM is introduced as an ORFA membership benefit, connecting the association's sector expertise with Marmak's asset-management technology.
Knowledge that lasts
Consistent equipment records and maintenance histories can help teams share experience, identify patterns and plan for the next generation of operators.
One record is useful.
A history of records changes decisions.
Every inspection, condition update and repair tells part of a larger story. RFAM is designed to help recreation organizations turn those individual observations into usable operational and lifecycle information.
Experience should not retire with the employee.
When an experienced operator leaves, equipment histories, recurring problems and practical context shouldn't disappear with them. Documented asset records help incoming staff understand what came before.
See beyond the latest breakdown.
Repeated failures on a pool pump, arena gate or HVAC unit are more meaningful when connected to the same equipment record. Maintenance histories help reveal where attention is repeatedly required.
Give capital decisions a stronger foundation.
Condition information, maintenance activity and equipment age can support repair-versus-replace conversations and more defensible long-term investment planning.
Make better information available to members.
ORFA's vision of organized recreation facility information aligns with its mission to equip members with relevant tools, knowledge and resources that improve professional practice.
A partnership built around the people doing the work.
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Our members have always understood that recreation facilities are more than buildings. By supporting a common approach to equipment information, we saw an opportunity to preserve professional knowledge, strengthen decision-making and give today's operators—and those who follow them—better resources to serve their communities.
RFAM was built on a simple belief: the people responsible for public facilities deserve tools that recognize the importance of their work. ORFA shared that belief from the beginning. Together, we wanted to make the information operators collect every day useful not just for the next shift, but for the next generation.
Built with the profession. Made accessible to its members.
ORFA's membership offering includes access to RFAM's equipment inventory tools, with additional modules available through its partnership with Marmak. This reflects a practical commitment: help members begin organizing the information that supports sound facility operations.
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We believe that when operators have better information, they can make better decisions. When that knowledge is preserved, the next generation can build on it. And when facilities are cared for with confidence and foresight, the entire community benefits.
That's why ORFA and RFAM came together. Not simply to collect data—but to give the people behind recreation facilities a stronger foundation for today, tomorrow, and the generations to come.
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