Why the Fire Code is Your Essential Safety Blueprint

There is incredible value associated with preventative maintenance and safety consciousness in a building. This includes a fire safe building that complies with the Ontario Fire Code. This value is realized in both the short-term and long-term. 

The short-term value could be in the form of an immediate safety upgrade (e.g., ensuring ready and properly functioning fire and life safety equipment). The long-term value could be in the form of increased property value (e.g., public perception of the building, decreased maintenance costs, selling the building with no Fire Code issues / violations). 

The Ontario Fire Code is, for the most part, a fire safety maintenance manual for your building. 

Generally, if you don’t follow a maintenance manual, the “thing” that requires maintenance slowly but surely falls apart, usually stops working over time, and creates safety issues. 

Buildings that comply with the Ontario Fire Code are basically following a critical maintenance manual. These buildings are less risky and less dangerous to their users. These buildings don’t create expensive liability issues for the owner.

Fire Code laws are intended to ensure a building is continuously maintained to prevent a fire. If a fire does occur, the Fire Code intends to mitigate the impact of the fire so that people can escape and property loss can be reduced. It is an ongoing cycle that rewards the building occupants, the owner and the community as a whole. 

For anyone who owns a building or manages safety and maintenance within a building, it is in your best interest to know the Ontario Fire Code compliance status in your building and act on any issues. 

Contact Alpha Code Consulting to conduct a private and confidential Fire Code inspection of your building. We will provide you with a report that outlines any issues / violations and provide solutions to help you on the path to Fire Code compliance.

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