Bill 58 explained in plain English
Brunt and Kendall Act (Ensuring Safe Firefighter and Trainee Rescue Training), 2018
Ontario legislature bill summary, status, timeline, sponsor, votes, and official sources.
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Official Legislative Assembly of Ontario snapshot for 41st Parliament, 3rd Session. Representative vote breakdowns appear when the Assembly publishes an Ayes and Nays page for the bill.
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This Ontario bill establishes new safety standards, certification, and licensing requirements for firefighter rescue and emergency services training, amending the Fire Protection and Prevention Act and the Private Career Colleges Act.
This Ontario bill, called the Brunt and Kendall Act (Ensuring Safe Firefighter and Trainee Rescue Training), 2018, amends two existing laws: the Fire Protection and Prevention Act, 1997, and the Private Career Colleges Act, 2005. The main goal is to create rules and standards for rescue and emergency services training for firefighters and those training to become firefighters. It introduces new requirements for safety standards, course certification, and the licensing of private training providers. The bill also clarifies the duties of fire chiefs regarding such training and adds enforcement mechanisms. It also specifies how deaths or injuries during training must be reported.
- Establishes new rules for rescue and emergency services training for firefighters and firefighter trainees.
- Introduces minimum safety standards for these training courses.
- Creates a process for certifying rescue training courses.
- Requires private providers of these courses to be licensed.
- Clarifies the duties of fire chiefs to ensure training within their departments meets the new standards.
- Adds new powers for inspectors to ensure compliance with these training standards.
- Requires reporting of deaths and injuries that occur during rescue training courses.
- Amends the Private Career Colleges Act to ensure rescue training courses offered by these colleges meet the new standards.
- Firefighters
- Firefighter trainees
- Fire departments
- Fire chiefs
- Private providers of rescue training courses
- Private career colleges offering rescue training courses
- The Fire Marshal of Ontario
- Inspectors appointed under the Fire Protection and Prevention Act, 1997
- Fire chiefs have a duty to ensure rescue training courses within their departments comply with new standards.
- Private providers must be licensed and enter into written contracts for training courses.
- Persons providing training courses must sign an acknowledgment of roles and responsibilities before training exercises.
- Deaths and injuries during training must be reported to the Fire Marshal within 48 hours.
- Firefighters and firefighter trainees can only receive written confirmation of course completion from the Fire Marshal if provided by a private provider.
- The Act comes into force on the earlier of a day named by proclamation of the Lieutenant Governor and the first anniversary of the day it receives Royal Assent.
- Fees may be prescribed for the licensing of private providers offering rescue training courses.
- Private providers may be required to pay fees for their licences.
- Private providers are required to issue written records of fees paid and any refunds to students.
- Contravention of prohibitions in section 11.8 of the Fire Protection and Prevention Act, 1997, constitutes an offence under section 28.
- Inspectors can order a person to immediately cease offering or providing a rescue training course if it is not certified, does not meet safety standards, is unsafe, or is offered by an unlicensed private provider.
- Failure to comply with an order made by an inspector under subsection 21 (4) can result in penalties set out in clause 28 (3) (b) or subsection 28 (4) of the Fire Protection and Prevention Act, 1997.
- The specific details regarding prescribed qualifications, requirements, procedures, and fees for licensing private providers are not detailed in the bill text and are to be set out in regulations.
- The specific circumstances for the revocation of certification of a rescue training course by the Fire Marshal are to be prescribed in regulations.
- The exact date of commencement is not fixed and depends on proclamation or the first anniversary of Royal Assent.
This act is amended to introduce new provisions (Part III.1) for the regulation of rescue and emergency services training. It adds definitions for 'firefighter trainee' and 'rescue training course', requires the Fire Marshal to develop and publish minimum safety standards, establishes a certification process for courses, and mandates licensing for private providers. It also clarifies duties of fire chiefs, inspection powers, and reporting requirements for training incidents.
Source: Sections 1, 6, 9, 10.1, Part III.1 (Sections 11.1-11.9), Sections 19-26, 78
This act is amended to ensure that rescue training courses offered by private career colleges are certified under the new Part III.1 of the Fire Protection and Prevention Act, 1997. It also specifies that private career colleges cannot approve the provision of such a course unless it is certified.
Source: Sections 23, 24, 53, 55
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