2025 R06 – Fire Inspections and Investigations

Whereas the Fire Safety Act came into effect on August 1, 2024 and now requires local governments to appoint fire investigators / inspectors across their jurisdictions but in particular for those areas that may not have fire protection or are challenging to access (due to remoteness);

And whereas local governments, particularly in rural and remote areas, face significant logistical and resource challenges and do not have staff or funding in place to do inspections/investigations:

Therefore be it resolved that UBCM request the provincial government, as stated in the recently released Fire Safety Act, have the Local Fire Service Advisors perform fire inspections and investigations for regional districts and have it be continued in perpetuity.