Nanaimo By-law 7108, s. 2(a) — Fire Protection and Life Safety Regulation Bylaw

Fire Chief

• (b) Deputy Fire Chief
• (c) Assistant Fire Chief
• (d) Captain
• (e) Lieutenant
• (f) Fire Prevention Officer "OFFICER IN means the highest-ranking Officer in attendance at an COMMAND" Incident. In the event that an Officer is not in attendance at an Incident, the most senior Member in attendance at that Incident will assume command in accordance with Section 11(1). "OPEN BURNING" means a fire in the open air but does not include a Cooking Fire or a fire where the products of combustion from the fire are conveyed to and disposed of by means of a chimney in

a Building or Structure constructed and maintained in accordance with the Building Code. "PEACE OFFICER" means any member or a Bylaw Enforcement Officer. "PREMISES" means a Building or Structure together with its grounds and appurtenances. "PRE-INCIDENT PLAN" means a series of documents containing plans, drawings and written descriptions identifying the type and location of Buildings, fire fighting hazards, Fire and Life Safety Equipment and utilities”. "PRIVATE HYDRANT" means a fire hydrant on private property or common property within a strata property. “SINGLE DWELLING is a suite operated as a housekeeping unit under a single UNIT" tenancy. "SMOKE ALARM" means a combined smoke detector and audible alarm device designed to sound an alarm, within the room in which it is located upon the detection of smoke within the room. "SPRINKLER SYSTEM" includes all equipment forming part of or used in connection with a fire sprinkler system, including without limitation, all heads, valves, piping, switches, sensors, relay equipment, and other accessories. "STRUCTURE" means any construction, or any production or piece of work artificially built up or composed of parts joined together in some definite matter; that which is built or constructed, an edifice or building of any kind whether fixed to, supported by or sunk into land or water including, combinations of Bylaw 7108 – Consolidated Version materials to form a construction for Occupancy, use or ornamentation whether installed on, above, or below the surface of a parcel of land, but specifically excludes landscaping, fences, paving and retaining structures less than 1.5 meters in height. "VEHICLE" means a device in, upon, or by which a person or thing is or may be transported or drawn upon a highway, except a device designed to be moved by human power or used exclusively upon stationary rails or tracks.