By Laws

Question 1

The by-law schedule of fees related to the fire and emergency services is …?

Answer 1

Schedule D

Question 2

Motor vehicle collision user fee rates are based on the remuneration rate for fire response service as approved by the Ministry of transportation which I be adjusted annually effective when of each year?

Answer 2

Jan 1

Question 3

What is considered to be open air?

Answer 3

Any open place, yard, field or construction area which is not enclosed by a building or a structure

Question 4

Where a permit has been issued for an open air burn the fire must be 10 m from what?

Answer 4

A fire must be 10 m away from any building, structure, hedge, fence, vehicular roadway, overhead wire, obstruction of any kind or nature whatsoever

Question 5

What items are not to be burned due to excessive smoke?

Answer 5

Rubber tires, plastic products or other building materials

Question 6

For an open air burn permit, how many days can a permit be issued for?

Answer 6

1 day
7 days
28 days

Question 7

How long can an open air burn permit be issued for when it is for the purposes of disposal of vegetable matter or vegetation on farmlands which is normal and incidental to farming purposes?

Answer 7

The permit can be issued to cover the period of the proposed fire

Question 8

A fire for cooking purposes must be this distance from any building, structure, hedge, fence, vehicular roadway, overhead wires, obstruction of any kind or nature whatsoever?

Answer 8

5 metres

Question 9

What is the distance between the fire and any combustible materials around the perimeter of this fire?

Answer 9

5 metres

Question 10

What is an open air fire?

Answer 10

A fire set or maintained in any open place, yard, field or construction area which is not enclosed by a building or structure

Question 11

Where a permit has been issued for an open air burn, no fire can be set or maintained if the wind velocity is greater than how many km/h?

Answer 11

Greater than 24 km/h

Question 12

What section and what act permits a municipality to prohibit and regulate the sale of fireworks and the setting off fireworks?

Answer 12

Section 121 of the municipal act

Question 13

What is the main difference between permitted fireworks and prohibited fireworks?

Answer 13

Permitted fireworks do not travel more than 10 feet from the point of ignition. Prohibited fireworks travel more than 10 feet from the point of ignition

Question 14

On what days is the purchase of permitted fireworks acceptable?

Answer 14

New Year’s Eve
Victoria day
Canada day
Diwali
seven days preceding New Year’s Eve, Victoria day, Canada day or Diwali

Question 15

When are permitted fireworks allowed to be used?

Answer 15

Victoria day 
Canada Day 
Diwali 
New Year’s Eve 
a permit has first been obtained 
between the hrs of dusk and 11PM

Question 16

When did the fireworks by law come into effect?

Answer 16

October 1, 2016

Question 17

A fire set for cooking purposes must be set and confined in what type of container?

Answer 17

Metal or masonry container with a metal screen on the top with the mesh no larger than 1/2 inch

Question 18

A fire for cooking purposes must be no more than how many square metres in the area and how many metres in height?

Answer 18

No greater than 0.5 m in area

No greater than 0.5 m in height

Question 19

Every owner shall ensure a minimum of 1 CO alarm be installed where?

Answer 19

• Each dwelling unit with a fuel burning appliance
• for a building with multiple occupancy‘s, each unit located on the same floor as a fuel-burning appliance
• for a building with multiple occupancy‘s each unit located on the first or second floor above a floor level containing a fuel burning appliance

Question 20

What are two requirements that an owner must comply with for all electrically powered CO alarms

Answer 20

• Be equipped with visual indicators that it is in an operating condition
• have no switch between the CO alarm and the power distribution panel

Question 21

Where and when to see your alarms need to be heard

Answer 21

In all bedrooms with the doors closed

Question 22

Who is responsible for the installation of working smoke alarms and CO detectors?

Answer 22

The owner of the property

Question 23

Who is responsible for the maintaining, upkeep and changing of batteries in smoke detectors or CO alarms?

Answer 23

Occupants or residents

Question 24

Who may be charged the fee for a motor vehicle collision or motor vehicle fire in order to recover full payment of the stipulated fee for fire response?

Answer 24

Driver

Owner and insurance company

Ministry of transportation

407/ETR

Question 25

What shall be adjusted annually each year based on the most recent remuneration rates and when is it adjusted?

Answer 25

Remuneration rate for fire response

Effective January 1st of each year

Question 26

Who may be charged at a hazardous materials response in order to recover full payment of stipulated fees of schedule D?

Answer 26

The property owner

The vehicle owner and insurance company