The implementation of a Fire Safety Plan helps to assure effective utilization of Life Safety features in a building, to protect people from fire. The required Fire Safety Plan should be designed to suit the resources of each individual building or complex of buildings.
Fire Safety Plans are intended to assist the owner of a building with the basic essentials for the safety of all occupants. They are also designed to ensure an orderly evacuation at the time of an emergency and to provide a maximum degree of flexibility to achieve the necessary Fire Safety for the building.
From the Ontario Fire Code Division B
2.8.1.1. (1) The requirements of this Section shall apply to buildings containing a
(a) Group 'A' or 'B'
occupancy,
(b) Group 'C' occupancy where the occupant load exceeds 10,
(c) Group 'D' occupancy where the occupant load exceeds 300,
(d) Group 'E' occupancy where the occupant load exceeds 300,
(e) Group 'F' Division 1 occupancy where the occupant load exceeds 25,
(f) Group 'F' Division 2 occupancy where the occupant load exceeds 100, or
(g) Group 'F' Division 3 occupancy where the occupant load exceeds 300.
(2) Despite Sentence (1), the requirements of this Section shall apply to buildings or premises
(a) containing 4 storeys or more, including storeys below grade,
(b) subject to the provisions of Subsection 3.5.3.,
(c) subject to the provisions of Article 4.1.5.6.,
(d) subject to the provisions of Article 4.12.4.1.,
(e) regulated by Section 9.3 (Boarding, Lodging and Rooming Houses),
(f) subject to the provisions of Sentence 9.5.3.1.(3), or
(g) used as a convalescent home or children's custodial home providing sleeping accommodation for more than 3 persons.
(3) Despite Sentence (1), the requirements of this Section apply to recreational camps regulated under the Health Protection and Promotion Act.
(4) Despite Sentence (1), the requirements of this Section apply to facilities regulated by or under the Developmental Services Act.
The Fire Protection and Prevention Act states that "every person who contravenes any provision of the Fire Code is guilty of an offence and upon conviction is liable to a fine of not more than $50,000 or to imprisonment for a term of not more than one year, or to both". A corporation convicted of an offence is liable to a fine of not more than $100,000. Additionally, a director or officer or of a corporation who knows that the corporation is violating or has violated a provision of the Fire Code is guilty of an offence and is liable to a fine of not more than $50,000 or to imprisonment for a term of not more than one year, or to both.
This Plan is required to be acceptable to the Chief Fire Official.
This Information is for Building Owners, Property Managers and other persons controlling properties.