High-Intensity Residential Fires
Government has accepted most of the recommendations received from the High-Intensity Residential Fires Working Group, created by the province to study the fires and bring forward solutions.
- Working group final report and recommendations
- Government's response - News release May 23, 2008
- Questions and answers
Background
Recent large-scale residential fires in Alberta, including the 2007 fire in Edmonton’s MacEwan neighbourhood, involved fire spreading to adjacent buildings.
The working group was established to review the facts surrounding high-intensity residential fires and make recommendations to reduce their occurrence and severity. The working group included representatives from:
- the Alberta government;
- municipal emergency services, including the Edmonton and Calgary fire departments;
- the Safety Codes Council; and
- municipal safety codes officers.
Following the working group’s report, several affected organizations were asked to analyze the recommendations and provide information on the effects of the proposed changes, including representatives from:
- the fire service;
- municipal governments;
- home builders;
- land developers; and
- safety codes administrators.
More information:
Alberta Municipal Affairs
Phone: 780-427-2732
Dial 310-0000 for toll-free connection in Alberta
E-mail: comments@gov.ab.ca
