Local assistant to the fire commissioner

Last updated on August 19, 2024

On August 1, 2024, the Fire Safety Act (FSA) came into effect, replacing the Fire Services Act. The Local Assistants to the Fire Commissioner (LAFC) functions that were part of the Fire Services Act will be discontinued within 90 days.

Under the Fire Services Act, LAFCs were appointed within each municipality and all other areas of the province, to assist the fire commissioner in the administration of fire legislation. This role had access to the provincial authority of the fire legislation and is accountable to the fire commissioner, not the local government.

The LAFC program will end October 28, 2024, and under the Fire Safety Act, local authorities will have to designate, in writing, a person or a class of persons as inspector(s) and investigator(s). This should be done once the Fire Safety Act is brought into force on August 1, 2024, and ideally before the LAFC program ends.

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