Fire Protection and Prevention Ontario Fire Code
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SECTION 2.1 GENERAL

SECTION 2.1  GENERAL

Subsection 2.1.1.  Scope and Application

Scope

2.1.1.1.  This Part provides measures for the fire safety of persons and buildings, including the elimination or control of fire hazards in and around buildings, the maintenance of certain life safety systems in buildings, the establishment of a fire safety plan in certain buildings and the installation of smoke alarms and carbon monoxide alarms.

Application

2.1.1.2.  Subject to Article 2.1.1.3., this Part applies to buildings, premises, tents, air-supported structures and outdoor public amusement areas.

Exceptions

2.1.1.3.  (1)  Subject to Sentences (2) and (3), this Part does not apply to individual dwelling units.

(2)  Section 2.2 (Fire Separations), Article 2.4.4.4. (Open-air burning), Subsection 2.4.7. (Vacant Buildings), Section 2.6 (Service Equipment), Section 2.11 (Insulation and Re-Insulation), Section 2.13 (Installation of Smoke Alarms), Section 2.15 (Portable Oxygen Systems) and Section 2.16 (Installation of Carbon Monoxide Alarms) apply to individual dwelling units.

(3)  This Part applies to individual dwelling units in a supported group living residence or an intensive support residence regulated under the Services and Supports to Promote the Social Inclusion of Persons with Developmental Disabilities Act, 2008.

Subsection 2.1.2.  Classification of Buildings or Parts of Buildings by Major Occupancy

Classification of buildings or parts thereof

2.1.2.1.  For the purpose of applying this Code, a building or part thereof shall be classified according to its major occupancy by the Chief Fire Official in conformance with the Building Code.

Hazardous activities

2.1.2.2.  Activities that create a hazard and that are not allowed for in the original design shall not be carried out in a building unless approved provisions are made to control the hazard.

2.1.2.3.  Revoked: O. Reg. 256/14, s. 9.

Subsection 2.1.3.  Prohibited Combinations of Occupancies

Prohibited combinations of occupancies

2.1.3.1.  A building containing a major occupancy that is classified as an assembly occupancy, a care occupancy, a care and treatment occupancy, a detention occupancy or a residential occupancy shall not contain a major occupancy that is classified as a high hazard industrial occupancy.

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