Fire Safety
The Office of the Fire Commissioner is a leader in fire safety and prevention in British Columbia.
The Office provides:
- Progressive advice about fire safety;
- Innovative recommendations about fire prevention;
- Support through collaboration with the fire service;
- Advice to provincial government agencies on broad fire safety issues;
- Advice on all fire safety and prevention matters by being a liaison between the provincial government and the fire service; and
- Consistent advice and recommendations to the public to increase fire safety awareness by reviewing and monitoring a broad scope of fire safety issues.
Fire Service Advisors
Fire Service Advisors provide the following services in regions throughout the province:
- Represent the Fire Commissioner at the regional level and making presentations at meetings and seminars
- Enforce the Fire Services Act throughout British Columbia
- Advice and recommendations to fire departments, police, ministries, local government and the public
- Answer inquiries relating to the British Columbia Fire and Building Codes
- Fire investigation assistance for Local Assistants to the Fire Commissioner (LAFC), coroner or police, as per OFC Request for Assistance Bulletin
- Assistance to LAFCs in carrying out in fire prevention and enforcement duties
- Expert testimony of fire cause determination during legal proceedings
