Fire Safety Commission

{{Short description|Quasi-judicial agency in Ontario, Canada}}

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|agency_name = Fire Safety Commission
Commission de la sécurité-incendie (French)

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|jurisdiction = Province of Ontario

|headquarters = 25 Grosvenor Street

Toronto, Ontario

|minister1_name = Attorney General of Ontario

|agency_type = Tribunal

|parent_agency = Tribunals Ontario

|keydocument1 = The Fire Protection and Prevention Act

|website = {{url|https://tribunalsontario.ca/fsc//}}

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The Fire Safety Commission (FSC; French: Commission de la sécurité-incendie) is an independent, quasi-judicial agency in Ontario, Canada. It is one of 13 adjudicative tribunals under the Ministry of the Attorney General that make up Tribunals Ontario.

The FSC resolves disputes, conducts case conferences and hearings regarding fire safety.{{cite web|title=Fire Safety Commission |url=https://tribunalsontario.ca/fsc/ |website=TribunalsOntario.ca |publisher=Tribunals Ontario}}{{Cite web|title=Guelph hoarder ordered to tidy up his apartment|url=https://www.guelphtoday.com/local-news/guelph-hoarder-ordered-to-tidy-up-his-apartment-3659865|access-date=2021-11-11|website=GuelphToday.com|language=en}}{{Cite web|date=2020-03-28|title=Company ordered to repair over-crowded employee residences – Kingston News|url=https://www.kingstonist.com/news/company-ordered-to-repair-over-crowded-employee-residences/|access-date=2021-11-11|website=Kingstonist News - 100% local, independent news in Kingston, ON|language=en-US}}{{Cite news|last=Janyce|first=McGregor|date=12 Apr 2021|title=Foreign workers assigned unsafe housing during contracts at Ontario baby formula plant: documents|work=CBC|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/foreign-workers-milk-plant-1.5967593}}

Authority

The FSC has three related legislations and regulations: The Fire Protection and Prevention Act,{{cite web|title=Fire Protection and Prevention Act, 1997 |url=https://www.ontario.ca/laws/statute/97f04 |website=Ontario.ca |publisher=Government of Ontario}} Fire Code{{cite web|title=FIRE CODE |url=https://www.ontario.ca/laws/regulation/070213 |website=Ontario.ca |publisher=Government of Ontario}} and Statutory Powers Procedure Act.{{cite web|title=Statutory Powers Procedure Act |url=https://www.ontario.ca/laws/statute/90s22 |website=Ontario.ca |publisher=Government of Ontario}} The FSC resolves disputes and conducts hearings regarding fire safety matters, including orders made by inspectors or the Fire Marshal for repairs, alterations or installations to a building, structure or premises.

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