249_2024 — Fire Safety (Risk Analysis for Compliance Monitoring) Regulation

s. 1 — Definitions

In this regulation:

s. 1 — Act

Act means the Fire Safety Act;

s. 1 — assembly occupancy

assembly occupancy has the same meaning as in section 1.4.1.2 of Division A of the British Columbia Fire Code;

s. 1 — business and personal services occupancy

business and personal services occupancy has the same meaning as in section 1.4.1.2 of Division A of the British Columbia Fire Code;

s. 1 — care occupancy

care occupancy has the same meaning as in section 1.4.1.2 of Division A of the British Columbia Fire Code;

s. 1 — detention occupancy

detention occupancy has the same meaning as in section 1.4.1.2 of Division A of the British Columbia Fire Code;

s. 1 — general risk

general risk means the level of risk associated with the major occupancy of a public building under section 3;

s. 1 — high-hazard industrial occupancy

high-hazard industrial occupancy has the same meaning as in section 1.4.1.2 of Division A of the British Columbia Fire Code;

s. 1 — liquor primary licence

liquor primary licence has the same meaning as in the Liquor Control and Licensing Regulation;

s. 1 — low-hazard industrial occupancy

low-hazard industrial occupancy has the same meaning as in section 1.4.1.2 of Division A of the British Columbia Fire Code;

s. 1 — major occupancy

major occupancy has the same meaning as in section 1.4.1.2 of Division A of the British Columbia Fire Code except that the definition there is to be read as if it were as set out in the table in section 3 of this regulation;

s. 1 — medium-hazard industrial occupancy

medium-hazard industrial occupancy has the same meaning as in section 1.4.1.2 of Division A of the British Columbia Fire Code;

s. 1 — mercantile occupancy

mercantile occupancy has the same meaning as in section 1.4.1.2 of Division A of the British Columbia Fire Code;

s. 1 — residential occupancy

residential occupancy has the same meaning as in section 1.4.1.2 of Division A of the British Columbia Fire Code;

s. 1 — specific risk

specific risk means a risk factor associated with a characteristic or condition of a public building or the use of a public building;

s. 1 — treatment occupancy

treatment occupancy has the same meaning as in section 1.4.1.2 of Division A of the British Columbia Fire Code.

s. 2 — Requirements in conducting a risk analysis

For the purposes of conducting a risk analysis under section 20 (1) (b) [risk-based compliance monitoring system] of the Act, a monitoring entity must do the following:

s. 2(a)

identify the major occupancy of the public building;

s. 2(b)

consider the general risk for that major occupancy;

s. 2(c)

consider all elements of any applicable specific risk;

s. 2(d)

analyze the impact of all applicable risks to determine

s. 2(d)(i)

the likelihood that a fire may occur, and

s. 2(d)(ii)

the consequences if a fire does occur;

s. 2(e)

determine the risk-based compliance monitoring approach for the public building.

s. 3 — General risk for major occupancy classifications

For the purposes of conducting a risk analysis under section 20 (1) (b) [risk-based compliance monitoring system] of the Act, the general risk for each major occupancy classification set out in column 1 of the table is the general risk set out opposite it in column 3, as follows: