B.C. Reg. 249/2024, deposited August 1, 2024, under the FIRE SAFETY ACT [section 48 (2)]. Ministerial Order M272/2024, dated June 12, 2024.

I, Mike Farnworth, Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General and Deputy Premier, order that, effective August 1, 2024,

(a) the Fire Code Administration Regulation, B.C. Reg. 161/2018, is repealed, and

(b) the attached Fire Safety (Risk Analysis for Compliance Monitoring) Regulation is made.

— M. FARNWORTH, Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General and Deputy Premier.

FIRE SAFETY (RISK ANALYSIS FOR COMPLIANCE
MONITORING) REGULATION

Definitions

1 In this regulation:

"Act" means the Fire Safety Act;

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

"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;

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

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

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

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

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

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

"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;

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

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

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

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

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

Requirements in conducting a risk analysis

2 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:

(a) identify the major occupancy of the public building;

(b) consider the general risk for that major occupancy;

(c) consider all elements of any applicable specific risk;

(d) analyze the impact of all applicable risks to determine

(i) the likelihood that a fire may occur, and

(ii) the consequences if a fire does occur;

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

General risk for major occupancy classifications

3 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:

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