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: