Bill 76 explained in plain English
Visual Fire Alarm System Act, 2010
Ontario legislature bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.
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Official Legislative Assembly of Ontario snapshot for 39th Parliament, 2nd Session. Representative vote breakdowns appear when the Assembly publishes an Ayes and Nays page for the bill.
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The Visual Fire Alarm System Act, 2010 (Ontario) mandates that new provincial and municipal public buildings be equipped with visual fire alarm systems to alert deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals.
This Ontario bill, the Visual Fire Alarm System Act, 2010, requires that new provincial and municipal public buildings be equipped with visual fire alarm systems. These systems must have features, such as strobe beacons, that can alert deaf or hard-of-hearing individuals to a fire alarm. The bill also allows for systems that can electronically display messages about the alarm, evacuation, and exits. The requirement applies to buildings for which a building permit application is made on or after the first anniversary of the bill coming into force. The Act binds the Crown. The bill comes into effect on the day it receives Royal Assent.
- Requires new provincial and municipal public buildings to be equipped with visual fire alarm systems.
- Specifies that visual fire alarm systems must include features like strobe beacons to alert deaf or hard-of-hearing people.
- Allows visual fire alarm systems to include electronic message displays regarding fire alarms and building evacuation.
- States that the Act binds the Crown.
- Specifies that the Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent.
- Owners and operators of new provincial public buildings
- Owners and operators of new municipal public buildings
- Deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals
- The Crown in right of Ontario
- Obligation for new provincial and municipal public buildings to be equipped with a visual fire alarm system (Section 1(1)).
- Requirement for visual fire alarm systems to include features sufficient to alert deaf or hard-of-hearing people (Section 2(1)).
- The Crown is bound by this Act (Section 3).
- The Act comes into force on the day it receives Royal Assent (Section 4).
- The requirement for visual fire alarm systems applies to buildings for which a building permit application is made on or after the first anniversary of the section coming into force (Section 1(2)).
- The Act does not specify the exact nature or intensity of the 'strobe beacon or similar feature', only that it must be 'sufficient in the circumstances' to alert those who are deaf or hard of hearing.
- The Act does not detail the specific content or format requirements for the optional electronic messages.
- The exact date of Royal Assent is not provided within the bill text.
This is the new Act itself, establishing requirements for visual fire alarm systems in public buildings.
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