Bill 65 explained in plain English
Brunt and Kendall Act (Ensuring Safe Firefighter and Trainee Rescue Training), 2021
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Bill 65 enhances safety in firefighter and firefighter trainee rescue training by introducing new standards, certification, and licensing requirements for training providers in Ontario.
This bill, the Brunt and Kendall Act (Ensuring Safe Firefighter and Trainee Rescue Training), 2021, amends Ontario's *Fire Protection and Prevention Act, 1997* and *Private Career Colleges Act, 2005*. It aims to improve the safety of rescue and emergency services training for firefighters and firefighter trainees by establishing minimum safety standards, a certification process for training courses, and licensing for private providers of such training. The bill also makes changes to inspection and enforcement powers related to this training.
- Introduces new requirements for the safety and certification of rescue training courses for firefighters and firefighter trainees.
- Establishes a process for the Fire Marshal to develop and maintain minimum safety standards for these training courses.
- Requires the Fire Marshal to certify rescue training courses that meet these safety standards.
- Introduces a licensing system for private organizations that offer rescue training courses to firefighters and trainees.
- Grants inspectors new powers to ensure compliance with rescue training course requirements and to issue orders to cease unsafe or uncertified training.
- Amends the *Private Career Colleges Act, 2005* to ensure that rescue training courses offered by private career colleges are certified under the new provisions.
- Requires fire chiefs to ensure that rescue training courses provided within their departments meet the new requirements.
- Mandates that specific persons sign documents outlining roles, responsibilities, and safety measures before training exercises.
- Requires reporting of deaths and injuries that occur during rescue training courses.
- Adds definitions for 'firefighter trainee' and 'rescue training course' to the *Fire Protection and Prevention Act, 1997*.
- 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 under the *Fire Protection and Prevention Act, 1997*
- The Superintendent (under the *Private Career Colleges Act, 2005*)
- Fire chiefs have a duty to ensure rescue training courses within their departments meet the new Part III.1 requirements.
- Private providers must be licensed by the Fire Marshal to offer rescue training courses.
- Private providers must enter into written contracts and issue records of fees to trainees.
- Trainees can only receive written confirmation of course completion from the Fire Marshal.
- Persons providing rescue training must sign a document outlining roles, responsibilities, and safety measures before training exercises.
- Persons providing rescue training must report deaths and injuries occurring during training to the Fire Marshal within 48 hours.
- The Fire Marshal is required to develop and publish minimum safety standards for rescue training courses.
- The Fire Marshal must certify rescue training courses that meet the minimum safety standards.
- Inspectors can enter premises to ensure compliance with Part III.1 and can order the cessation of non-compliant courses.
- Private career colleges must have their rescue training courses certified under Part III.1 to be approved.
- The Act comes into force on the earlier of a day named by proclamation of the Lieutenant Governor or the first anniversary of the day it receives Royal Assent.
- Private career colleges and private providers may need to pay prescribed fees for licensing and certification processes.
- Contravention of prohibitions in section 11.8 of the *Fire Protection and Prevention Act, 1997* (e.g., offering uncertified courses, operating without a license, providing false information) constitutes an offence.
- Failure to comply with an order made by an inspector to cease a rescue training course is subject to penalties set out in subsection 28 (3) or 28 (4) of the *Fire Protection and Prevention Act, 1997*.
- Revocation of certification for rescue training courses by the Fire Marshal.
- Revocation of licenses for private providers by the Fire Marshal.
- Revocation of a private career college's approval to provide a rescue training course by the Superintendent.
- The specific 'minimum safety standards' are to be developed by the Fire Marshal, and details of these standards are not fully provided in the bill text itself.
- The exact 'prescribed qualifications, requirements, procedures, and fees' for licensing private providers are not detailed in the bill and would be set out in regulations.
- The bill states that regulations may be made to govern various aspects of licensing, appeals, and complaints, the specifics of which are not in the bill text.
- The commencement date of the Act is dependent on proclamation or the first anniversary of Royal Assent, meaning the exact date the provisions take effect is not fixed.
- Section 11.9 (5) states that the reporting of deaths and injuries does not apply to rescue training courses provided to firefighters within fire departments, creating a scope limitation for that specific section.
Adds a new Part III.1 to establish safety standards, certification, and licensing for rescue training courses for firefighters and trainees. It also modifies definitions, duties of fire chiefs, and inspection/enforcement powers.
Source: Part III.1 (Sections 11.1 to 11.9), Sections 1, 6, 19-26, 78
Ensures that private career colleges cannot approve or provide rescue training courses unless they are certified under the new Part III.1 of the *Fire Protection and Prevention Act, 1997*. It also adds an exception to a provision regarding approvals for rescue training courses.
Source: Sections 16, 17, 18, 19
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