Delivering Public Education During Covid-19

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Landlords’ Responsibilities for Fire Safety in Ontario

Landlords’ Responsibilities for Fire Safety in Ontario:     Who is Responsible for Fire Safety? According to the Fire Code, the owner of the property is responsible for carrying out its provisions. In the case of rental properties, this means the landlord is responsible for ensuring compliance with fire safety requirements. This includes installing and maintaining

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Director Jason Benn’s blogpost

Making the Case for Rural Water Tank Implementation       A Lifeline for Firefighting For rural properties, access to reliable water sources can make all the difference in an emergency. When wildfires or structure fires strike, having a dedicated water tank for firefighting can help protect homes, livestock, and land. Why Install a Firefighting

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Your OMFPOA Executive met yesterday via conference call.  Several current public education strategies were discussed like Toronto’s Smoke Alarm Video Challenge to Central York

and Prince Edward County Fire Prevention delivering fire safety messages during Covid-19.  Have a look at Kingston Fire & Rescue’s personalized  Birthday Videos from Sparky.

At this time we would like to ask departments to share what they are doing.  Please send us descriptions and links to your on-line educational programs and other public education activities in order that we may share them with our membership.

Remember to tag The Ontario Municipal Fire Prevention Officers Association on Facebook (@omfpoa) and on Twitter (@omfpoa911)

Keep safe everyone.