Winnipeg By-law 35/2017, s. 33 — Fire Prevention By-law

33. A person commits an offence if he or she damages, tampers with, destroys, disconnects or removes all or any part of a fire protection/life safety installation. 34 Inoperable fire alarm system 34(1) The owner of a building must ensure that a fire alarm system is operable at all times. By-law No. 35/2017 14 34(2) The owner of a building may affix a label to the fire alarm system which includes the name, address and telephone number of a licenced service person who is authorized by the owner to act as the owner’s agent and at the owner’s expense to make the fire alarm system operable when it is inoperable. 35 Inoperable fire alarm system constitutes an emergency 35 Whereas an inoperable fire alarm constitutes an emergency, where a fire alarm system is inoperable and where the owner or a licenced service person identified on a label affixed to the fire alarm system as the owner’s agent, if any, are unable to make the system operable forthwith, a designated employee may take whatever actions or measures are necessary to meet the emergency, including evacuating the building in which the inoperable fire alarm system is located. PART 5 FIRE EXTINGUISHER TRAINING LICENCE 36 Definitions 36 In this part:

• “training” means formal instruction provided to occupants of a property on the following:
• (a) the proper use of a fire extinguisher;
• (b) fire safety; and
• (c) fire prevention; and “training licence” means a licence issued under subsection 38(1). 37 Fire extinguisher trainers must be licenced