Halifax Regional Fire & Emergency

You can submit a request online for any of the information or records listed in this Routine Disclosure Plan. Before submitting an application for routine access, remember:

A request submitted through a Request for Routine Access must be for a reasonable quantity of records – no more than 50 pages, otherwise an Access to Information Application will be required.
The records will be processed within a reasonable time frame, but no later than 30 days from the receipt of application.
Routine Disclosure Plans and Requests for Routine Access apply to information created after November 2012.

Records available through active dissemination for Fire and Emergency include:

General records:

Overview of the business unit
Contact information
Links to relevant legislation
- Emergency Management By-Law
- Open Air Burning By-Law
- Administrative Order 2018-006-OP (Respecting Halifax Regional Fire & Emergency in the HRM)
- Fire Safety Act
- Volunteer Firefighter Act
- Emergency Management Act
- Bill 91 Trade Union Act

Fire and Emergency-specific records:

Emergency management
- Emergency Preparedness (Make a plan & House/Car emergency kit)
Fleet vehicles
Alarmed and Ready Program
Camp Courage for Girls Program
Fire investigation summaries
Fire prevention:
- Fire safety plans and regulations
- Kids safety information
- Fire safety systems inspection sheet
- Fire safety plan template
- Tem Permit Application and information package
- Mandatory fire safety maintenance duties
- Fire lane regulations
Fire hall rental information
Fire station coverage areas
Fire station locations
Fire incident statistics (updated monthly and include tent permits)
Volunteer firefighter recruitment information

Records available through routine access include:

General records:

Generic information about current benefits and hours of work
Current job descriptions, salary ranges, or hourly rate, classification of positions
Employee Expense Reports for current fiscal year – either monthly totals or current year to date total
Cost of sending a delegation out of the province to attend conferences/training/etc.
Expenditure reports, by cost element (salaries, office supplies, travel, etc.), for a maximum of four cost elements per year per requester

Fire and Emergency-specific records:

Fire Incident Reports (** excludes investigation narrative)
- Please Note: Fire Investigation Summaries are actively disseminated on our municipal web site
Fire Inspection Reports

Halifax Regional Fire and Emergency will continue to review information which may be provided under the Routine Access Policy and will update this Disclosure Plan accordingly.

Required fields are marked with an asterisk (*)

Request for Routine Access

Requestor's Information

First name *

Last name *

Phone *

Alternate phone

Email address *

Confirm email *

Address

Street number, name and type *

Unit / Apartment

City / Community *

Province *

Postal code *

As noted in the Routine Disclosure Plan, please describe the records you are requesting:

Requested Information:

How would you like the information returned to you? *

Mail

Access and Privacy In accordance with Section 485 of the Municipal Government Act (MGA), the personal information collected on this form will only be used by municipal staff and, if necessary, individuals under service contract with the Halifax Regional Municipality, for purposes relating to the processing of your recognition request. If you have any questions about the collection and use of this information, please contact the Access and Privacy Office at 902.490.7460, emailaccessandprivacy@halifax.ca.