What are the fees for the application and licence?
What is required for a Fire Inspection?
What we look for during this inspection depends on the type of property.
Single Family Home
- When inspecting a single family home that does not involve any other units, the inspector will check all smoke alarms to ensure they are in working condition and placed in the required locations.
Duplex
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Your duplex may fall under retrofit legislation in the Ontario Fire code. 9.8 Retrofit applies to "a detached house, "semi-detached house" or "row house" which contains two occupied, self contained "dwelling units" (each "dwelling unit" is operated as a housekeeping unit and is provided with independent cooking, eating, sleeping and sanitary facilities), and has one "dwelling unit" or portion of the "dwelling unit" situated above another "dwelling unit", or two "dwelling units" situated side by side sharing a common interior means of escape which may include an interior stairway, corridor or doorway."
If your property does require retrofit, we would look at ensuring required fire separations are in place, working smoke alarms are in place as required and an ElecCheck inspection from the Electrical Safety Authority 1-877-ESA-Safe (372-7233) has been done and all repairs have been completed.
Triplex or 4-plex
- Your building may fall under retrofit legislation in the Ontario Fire Code. 9.5 Retrofit applies to "buildings up to and including 6 storeys in building height with residential occupancies and containing;
- 1a) more than two dwelling units where
- i) at least two dwelling units share common exit facilities and have interior access to one another,
- ii) there is at least one dwelling unit located above another with interior access to one another, or
- iii) there is at least one dwelling unit located above another and the dwelling units share common exit facilities,
- b) sleeping accommodation for more than 10 persons, in one or more dormitories
- c) boarding, lodging or rooming accommodation for more than four persons where Sections 9.3 and 9.4 do not apply, or
- d) one or two dwelling units in combination with boarding, lodging or rooming accommodation for two, three, or four persons, excluding the operator's residence.
- If your property does require retrofit, we would look at ensuring required fire separations are in place, working smoke alarms are in place as required and any fire alarm requirements have been addressed.
A Fire Inspection is included in the Application Fee, if additional inspections are required due to not meeting requirements, an additional fee will apply.
