This standard establishes a satisfactory level of fire safety to be incorporated into the design and construction of Government of Canada property to minimize risks to life and property and to protect and conserve the Government's financial position.
This standard applies to all:
This chapter replaces chapter 7-2 of PMM Volume 12.
This standard describes the procedures to be followed by departments and agencies in incorporating fire protection engineering requirements into:
(See appendix B)
In this standard, Government of Canada property means real or personal property under the administration and control of a federal government department or agency, including property leased to the government.
In this standard:
Note: The FC should be consulted to determine the extent to which the NBC applies with respect to upgrading buildings to remove unacceptable fire hazards.
Note: The FC should be consulted to determine the extent to which FC standards apply to existing buildings.
Note: See FC standard "Construction Operations" for conditions of occupancy of unfinished buildings.
This standard refers to the following codes and standards which are not found in this volume:
Fire Commissioner of Canada standards
Construction operations
Welding and cutting
Computer systems
Record storage
Piers and wharves
General storage
Sprinkler systems
These standards can presently be obtained from the Fire Commissioner of Canada, Operations Program, Labour Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0J2 or from regional offices of Labour Canada. As they are revised, they will be issued in this volume.
Treasury Board publication
Treasury Board Manual
Materiel, Services and Risk Management volume
Fire Protection, Investigation and Reporting (Part III,
chapter 5)
This volume may be purchased from the Canada Communication Group - Publishing, 45 Sacré-Coeur Blvd., Hull, Québec, K1A 0S9.
National Research Council of Canada publications
National Building Code of Canada
National Fire Code of Canada
These codes can be purchased from the Secretary, Associate Committee on the National Building Code, National Research Council, Ottawa, K1A 0R6.
In the context of this standard, fire protection systems and fire protective features of design include, but are not necessarily limited to, the following: