Building owners and property managers in Ontario

Where is the building?

Check if your building needs a fire safety plan under the Ontario Fire Code and get a free outline of what it must contain. Free.

  • Free to read
  • No sign-up until the draft
  • Hands off to the right door
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ePlan fills in

  • Building footprint
  • Storeys
  • Nearby hydrants
  • Plan required

How it works

Fire safety plan check and outline, from one answer

  1. Enter the address, how the building is used and how many storeys.
  2. ePlan checks the Fire Code triggers and lists what the plan must contain.
  3. Read the check free. Building a full safety program? Start a COR safety manual.

What you get

One document, drafted from your answers

The check is free. The paperwork after it is drafted at the COR Safety Manual, Drafted for Your Company door.

The first draft

Fire safety plan check and outline (free)

  1. Does the Fire Code require a plan
  2. Emergency procedures when the alarm sounds
  3. Supervisory staff and their training
  4. Diagrams of fire emergency systems
  5. Fire drills
  6. Control of fire hazards

Modeled on: Ontario Fire Code, Division B, Subsection 2.8.2

From public data

What ePlan fills in, and from where

12 months

is the longest a fire safety plan can go between reviews under the Ontario Fire Code
Source: O. Reg. 213/07, Division B, 2.8.2.1

Ready for the paperwork?

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Questions

Fire Safety Plan Template: what people ask

Which buildings need a fire safety plan in Ontario?

Among others: assembly, care and detention buildings, residential buildings with an occupant load over 10, retirement homes, offices and shops over 300, industrial buildings above set loads, and any building of 4 or more storeys counting storeys below grade.

Source: ontario.ca

What must the plan include?

Emergency procedures for a fire, supervisory staff and their training, diagrams of the fire emergency systems, fire drills, control of fire hazards, maintenance of building facilities, and alternative measures when fire protection is shut down.

Source: ontario.ca

Where do I send it?

To your local fire department. Kitchener, for example, asks owners to complete its template and email it to the fire prevention team.

Source: kitchener.ca

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