Fire Protection and Prevention Act

PART I
DEFINITIONS

1. Definitions

PART II
RESPONSIBILITY FOR FIRE PROTECTION SERVICES

2. Municipal Repsonsiblities
3. Territory without municipal organization
4. Community fire safety officer or team
5. Municipalities may establish fire departments
6. Fire chief, municipalities
7. Fire co-ordinators
7.1 Municipal by-laws

PART III
FIRE MARSHAL

8. Appointment of Fire Marshal
9. Powers of Fire Marshal
10. Delegation
11. Assistants to the Fire Marshal

PART IV
FIRE CODE

12. Fire Code

PART V
RIGHTS OF ENTRY IN EMERGENCIES AND FIRE INVESTIGATIONS

13. Entry on adjacent lands by firefighters, etc.
14. Entry where fire has occurred or is likely to occur
15. Immediate threat to life
16. Assistance
17. Identification

PART VI
INSPECTIONS

18. Interpretation
19. Inspectors
20. Warrant authorizing entry
21. Inspection orders
22. Limitation on orders relating to structural repairs
23. Contents of order
24. Service of order
25. Review of inspection order by Fire Marshal
26. Appeal to Fire Safety Commission
27. Appeal to Divisional Court

PART VII
OFFENCES AND ENFORCEMENT

27.1 Subsequent offence
28. Offences
29. Offence, removal of posted notice
30. Offence, failure to comply with inspection order
30.1 Limitation period
31. Order to close premises, etc.
32. Compliance order
33. Fire Marshal to carry out inspection order
34. Warrant authorizing entry

PART VIII
RECOVERY OF COSTS

35. Fire Marshal’s order to pay costs
36. Appeal to Fire Safety Commission
37. Enforcement of order to pay costs
38. Instructions for municipality to recover costs
39. Collection of costs
40. Expenses related to work on other lands

PART IX
FIREFIGHTERS: EMPLOYMENT AND LABOUR RELATIONS

DEFINITIONS

41. Definitions

WORKING CONDITIONS

42. Strike and lock outs
43. Hours of work
44. Termination of employment

ESTABLISHMENT OF BARGAINING RIGHTS BY CERTIFICATION

45. Bargaining unit
46. Bargaining agent

UNFAIR LABOUR PRACTICES

46.1 Duty of fair representation by association
46.2 Employers not to interfere with associations
46.3 Associations not to interfere with employers’ organizations
46.4 Employers not to interfere with firefighters’ rights
46.5 No interference with bargaining rights
46.6 Intimidation and coercion
46.7 Persuasion during working hours
46.8 Protection of witnesses’ rights
46.9 Removal, etc., of posted notices

COLLECTIVE BARGAINING

47. Notice of desire to bargain
48. Obligation to bargain
49. Referral to arbitration
50.1 Arbitrator
50.2 Selection of method
50.3 Procedure
50.3.1 Notice of agreement to recommence
50.3.2 Powers
50.4 Single arbitration of several disputes
50.5 Duty of arbitrator
50.6 Where agreement reached
50.7 Delegation
50.8 Existing proceedings discontinued
50.9 Transition
50.10 Transition

OPERATION OF COLLECTIVE AGREEMENTS

51. Collective agreement
52. Minimum term of collective agreements
52.1 Deduction and remittance of association dues
52.2 Permissive provisions
52.3 Religious objections
53. Arbitration provision required
53.0.1 Referral of grievances to a single arbitrator
53.1 Mandatory retirement
54. Managers, etc.
55. Enforcement of decisions
56. Working conditions not to be altered
56.1 Inquiry, alleged contravention
56.2 “person” defined for purposes of ss. 46.8 and 56.1
56.3 Board power re interim orders
56.4 Transition rules

REGULATIONS

57. Regulations

PART X
FIRE SAFETY COMMISSION

58. Fire Safety Commission

PART XI
FIRE MARSHAL’S PUBLIC FIRE SAFETY COUNCIL

59. Definition: “Council”
60. Council established
61. Objects
62. Board
63. Powers of Council
64. Borrowing powers
65. By-laws
66. Council’s property to be dedicated to objects
67. Employees
68. Ministry support
69. Protection from personal liability
70. Auditors
71. Annual and other reports
72. Winding-up
73. Review

PART XII
MISCELLANEOUS

74. Protection from personal liability
75. Indemnification
76. No action for damages from accidental fire
77. Manner of service
78. Regulations
79. Municipal by-laws superseded