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Carbon Monoxide (CO) in Residential Buildings - Ontario

In this blog, we will discuss why condominium communities should have an active risk management program and emphasize the importance of having documentation to prove compliance and defend against potential losses or claims.

The Fire Safety Commission, ordered a residential condominium corporation in Ontario to remove storage from within a total of 52 “wired” cages (locker units) located within the building’s underground parking garage.

As with all incidents impacting a high-rise building’s operations requiring a response, lessons learned are identified after the incident, to ensure that the next incident impacts us all - less. This is the very foundation of having an “active” risk management program required by building Owners. The following is a brief list of lessons learned, best practices and tips to ensure your high-rise building is ready for the next power failure.

Implementation of your Residential Fire Safety Plan in Ontario: Tips; National Life Safety Group

Whether your workplace and facility is owned or leased, facility management professionals are the dedicated industry leaders that continue to innovate, refine, and make safe facilities for everyone.

Fire Safety Plans in facilities across Ontario, often appoint the Facility Manager, as being tasked, amongst other things, to oversee, control, and implement the fire safety plan. In some facilities, this is a shared task between the landlord or the Building Owner, and the tenant in control of the space, but either way, the role and responsibility of the Facility Manager for Fire Safety – is a major one.

A recent Condo fire in Saskatoon, with damages over 5 Million dollars , reveals numerous immediate lessons learned for Condo’s across Canada.

The majority of these lessons learned seem to focus on resident actions, or in actions. Fire Safety is a team approach and your fire safety plan, written just for your condo, must include the roles and responsibilities of all parties in the building. Failing to engage the residents means a part of your fire safety team – is not aware of their roles and responsibilities.

Suspicious Incident Awareness; Better preparing front line staff - Above and beyond Security

Do Commercial / Retail Tenants in my building require a copy of the building's fire safety plan?

Convoy Protests in Canada and Building Safety & Security

Fire Prevention Week 2021 ! What does this mean for Condominiums in Ontario?