Municipal Inspections as per the Fire Safety Act
Responsibility of municipality to inspect
- Except for non-residential school buildings or assembly occupancies that have been inspected for fire safety by the municipality within the 24 months immediately before the coming into force of these regulations, a municipality must, within the specified time periods, inspect the following occupancies for compliance with the Act and these regulations:
- within 12 months of the coming into force of these regulations, assembly occupancies (Group A) in which alcoholic beverages are served and that require a fire alarm in accordance with the Building Code;
- within 24 months of the coming into force of these regulations, all assembly occupancies (Group A) in which alcoholic beverages are not served and that require a fire alarm in accordance with the Building Code; and
- within 36 months of the coming into force of these regulations, all assembly occupancies (Group A) that do not require a fire alarm in accordance with the Building Code.
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- A municipality must inspect an assembly occupancy (Group A) once every 3 years after the inspection under Section 13.
- A municipality must carry out a system of fire inspections on all buildings containing the following occupancies:
- a residential occupancy (Group C) that has more than 3 units and is not regulated under the Homes for Special Care Act;
- a business and personal services occupancy (Group D);
- a mercantile occupancy (Group E); and
- an industrial occupancy (Group F).