Bill 219 — (Second Session) First Session, 18Th Legislature, 24 Elizabeth Ii the Legislative Assembly of A"Beiurb Bill 21~ the .Fire Prevention Amendment Act, 1975 (Legislature 18, Session 1)

L18 S1 5561

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1975 Bill 219 (Second Session) First Session, 18th Legislature, 24 Elizabeth II THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF A"BEIUrB BILL 21~ THE .FIRE PREVENTION AMENDMENT ACT, 1975 MR. PURDY First Reading ............................. . Second· Reading ............................ . Third Reading ............................. . Printed by the Queen's Printer for the Province of Alberta, EDMONTON Bill Mr. Purdy BILL 219 1975 (Second Session) THE FIRE PREVENnON AMENDMENT ACT, 1975 ( Assented to , 1975) HER MAJESTY, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, enacts as follows: 1. The Fire Prevention Act is hereby amended. 2.

Section is amended by adding the following clause after clause· (b) : (c) "Municipality" means a city, town, village, summer village, county, municipal district, improvement district or special area is defined by The Municipal Government Act. 3.

Section is amended by adding the following after subsection (4):

(5) The Fire Commissioner shall within one year of the coming into force of this Act and every two years there after, collect information and report to the Minister on the capability and adequacy of all municipal fire departments in the Province and shall include (

a) with respect to each municipality in the Province information concerning (

i) the available firefighting apparatus, equip ment, appliances and related facilities, (ii) the location of such firefighting apparatus, equipment, appliances and related facilities, and (iii) the number of fire officers, firefighters and other staff and the state of their training pro grams, if any; (

b) a report submitted pursuant to clause (

a) shall include recommendations the Fire Commissioner has made to the municipalities concerning (

i) the adequa~y of firefighting apparatus, equip ment, applIances and related facilities, (ii) the training and staffing requirements of the municipality, and (iii) any other matter required to give adequate municipal fire protection to the members of the general public.

(6) The Minister shall table the report of the Fire Com missioner in the Assembly within 30 days of its receipt or if the Assembly is not in session within 30 days of the com mencement of the next session.

(7) The Mayor or Reeve of every municipality shall, at the request of the Fire Commissioner, provide sUItable in formation relating to the report required by subsection (5) .

Section 41, subsection (1) is amended by adding the following after subsection (j) (

k) governing the minimum firefighting apparatus, equipment, appliances, and related facilities to be provided by municipalities and the extent to which and the conditions under which municipalities may make agreements with other municipalities for the sharing of such firefighting apparatus, equipment, appliances, related equipment or facilities, (1) providing for minim.um standards for frequency and scope of training of firefighters, fire officers and related staff, (

m) providing for grants or loans to a municipality (

i) to finance firefighting apparatus, equipment and appliances including related equipment and facilities, (ii) to obtain the services of firefighters, fire offi cers or related staff, and (iii) to provide for training or education of fire- fighters, fire officers or related staff, provided that the monies for such grants or loans shall have been appropriated by a separate vote of the Legislative Assembly. 5. This Act comes into force on a date to be fixed by Proclamation. 2 Title: 1975 (18th, 1st) Bill 219, The Fire Prevention Amendment Act, 1975

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Collection	Alberta — Bills
Citation	L18 S1 5561
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Language	en
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