S-3.4 - Fire Safety Act

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10. The fire safety cover plan shall include, in addition to the fire hazard reports made under section 5, an inventory, evaluation and classification of the fire risks present in the territory concerned and specify their location. The fire safety cover plan shall also include an inventory and evaluation of existing or planned fire protection measures, the human, physical and financial resources allocated to fire safety by the local or regional authorities or by intermunicipal boards, and the infrastructures and water sources available for fire safety purposes. In addition, the fire safety cover plan shall include an analysis of the functional relations between those resources and an evaluation of the operational procedures in force.
The fire safety cover plan shall determine, for each class of risk listed or each part of the territory defined, optimum fire protection objectives that can be achieved having regard to the measures and resources in place. The fire safety cover plan shall also specify the actions to be taken by the municipalities and, where applicable, the regional authority to achieve the determined objectives on incorporating their implementation plans.
Lastly, the fire safety cover plan shall contain a procedure for the periodic assessment of the effectiveness of the actions taken and the degree to which the determined objectives have been attained.
2000, c. 20, s. 10.