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“Combustible Material” means any material capable of being ignited. “Combustible Metal” means a metal, including but not limited to magnesium, titanium, sodium, potassium, calcium, lithium, hafnium, zirconium, zinc, thorium, uranium, plutonium or other similar metals, which ignites easily when in the form of fine particles or molten metal. “Construct” includes build, erect, install, repair, alter, add, enlarge, move, locate, relocate or reconstruct. “Construction” includes a building, erection, installation, repair, alteration, addition, enlargement, or reconstruction. “Consumer Fireworks” means outdoor, low-hazard recreational fireworks described within Subdivision 1 of Division 2 of Class 7 of the Explosives Regulations, C.R.C., c. 599 and includes showers, fountains, golden rain, Roman candles, volcanoes, sparklers and caps for toy guns. “Council” means Council for the City. “Dangerous Goods” means those products or substances that are regulated under the Canada Transportation of Dangerous Goods Act and its Regulation, as amended from time to time. “Deputy Fire Safety Director” means a person appointed in writing by a building owner, business
owner or a Fire Safety Director and given the responsibility and necessary authority to supervise and maintain a fire safety plan in the absence of the Fire Safety Director. “Display Fireworks” means outdoor, high-hazard recreational fireworks described within Subdivision 2 of Division 2 of Class 7 of the Explosives Regulations, C.R.C., c. 599 and includes display shells, bombshells, large wheels, barrages, bombardos, waterfalls or mines. “Dwelling Unit” means a suite operated as a housekeeping unit, used or intended to be used as a residence and usually containing cooking, eating, living, sleeping and sanitary. “Emergency Access Route” means portion of a roadway or yard providing an access route for fire department vehicles from a public thoroughfare, as required under the Building Code. “Engineer" means a person registered or licensed as a Professional Engineer pursuant to the provisions of the Engineers’ and Geoscientists’ Act of British Columbia. “Explosion” means a rapid release of energy, that may or may not be preceded or followed by a fire, which produces a pressure wave or shock wave in air and is usually accompanied by a loud noise. “Extension Cord” means a portable, flexible electrical cord of any length which has one male connector on one end and one or more female connectors on the other. “False Fire Alarm” means malicious false alarm or nuisance false alarm. “Fire Alarm System” means a device or devices installed on or in real property and designed to issue a warning of a fire by activating an audible alarm signal or alerting a monitoring facility but does not include a fire alarm system that is intended to alert only the occupants of the dwelling unit in which it is installed. “Fire Chief” means the Director of Fire Department Services for the City, acting as head of the Fire Department, or a person designated to act in the place of the Fire Chief. “Fire Code” means the Fire Code Regulation made under the Fire Safety Act of British Columbia, as amended or replaced from time to time. “Firecracker ” means small fireworks with fuses used primarily as noise makers and for pyrotechnic effect. “Fire Department” means the Kelowna Fire Department established in 1906 and continued under this Bylaw. “Fire Hazard” means any condition, arrangement or act which increases the likelihood of fire or which may provide a ready fuel supply to augment the spread or intensity of a fire or which may obstruct, delay, hinder, or interfere with the operations of the Fire Department or the egress of occupants in the event of fire. “Fire Inspector” means the Fire Chief and every member of the Fire Department or any other person designated as such by the Fire Chief by name or office or otherwise, authorized to act on the behalf of the Fire Chief who shall have the authority under this Bylaw to carry out inspections as authorized by this Bylaw and the Fire Safety Act. “Fire Protection Equipment” includes but is not limited to, fire alarm systems, automatic sprinkler systems, special extinguisher systems, portable fire extinguishers, fire hydrants, water supplies for fire protection, standpipe and hose systems, fixed pipe fire suppression systems in commercial cooking exhaust systems, smoke control measures and emergency power installations. “Fire Protection Service Technician ” means a person certified under the Applied Science Technologists and Technicians Act “ASTTBC” as a fire protection technologist, or a person having other equivalent certification acceptable to the Fire Chief, that qualifies the person to perform inspections and testing of fire protection equipment. “Fire Safety Director” means a person appointed in writing by a building owner or business owner and given the responsibility and necessary authority to supervise and maintain a fire safety plan. “Fire Safety Plan” means a fire safety plan for a building required under the Fire Code and this Bylaw, that includes, without limitation:
- a) emergency procedures to be used in case of fire,
- b) training and appointment of designated supervisory staff to carry out fire safety duties,
- c) documents showing the type, location, and operation of fire emergency systems,
- d) the holding of fire drills,
- e) the control of fire hazards, and
- f) inspection and maintenance of facilities for the safety of the building's occupants. “Fire Safety Act” means the Fire Safety Act, SBC 2016, c. 19, as amended or replaced from time to time. “Firewatch ” means the assignment of a person or persons to an area for the express purpose of assuming the responsibility of notifying the fire department, the building occupants, or both, of an emergency; preventing a fire from occurring; extinguishing small fires; or protecting the public from fire or life safety dangers. “Fireworks ” means any product or device manufactured or used to produce an explosion, detonation or pyrotechnic effect and includes fireworks, composition and manufactured fireworks as defined in the Explosives Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. E-17 or anything within the definition of fireworks under the Fireworks Act, R.S.B.C. 1996, c. 146. “Flammable Gas” means a gas which can ignite readily and burn rapidly or explosively. “Flammable Liquid” shall have the meaning ascribed to it in the Fire Code. “Flammable Material” means any free burning material including but not limited to solids, combustible dust, combustible fibres, flammable liquid, flammable gas, and liquified flammable gas. “Flash Point” means the minimum temperature at which a liquid within a container gives off vapour in sufficient concentration to form an ignitable mixture with air near the surface of the liquid. “Floor Area” means the space on any storey of a building between exterior walls and required firewalls, including the space occupied by interior walls and partitions, but not including exits, vertical service spaces, and their enclosing assemblies. “Floor Area, Gross” means the sum of the horizontal areas of each floor of a building measured from the interior face of exterior walls providing that in the case of a wall containing windows, the glazing line of the windows may be used. "Handling" means the storing, transmitting, transporting or distributing of petroleum products or allied petroleum products and includes putting petroleum products into the fuel tank of a motor vehicle, vessel, aircraft or into a container. “High Building” means ‘high building’ as defined by the Building Code. “Incident” means an event or situation to which the Fire Department has responded or would normally respond. "Installation Permit" means a permit issued pursuant to the Fire Code. “Institutional Occupancy” means the occupancy or use of a building or part thereof by persons who are involuntarily detained, or detained for penal or correctional purposes, or whose liberty is restricted, or require special care or treatment because of age, mental or physical limitations. “Intermodal Shipping Container ” means a large rectangular metal container designed to store or transport materials between ships, trains and trucks. "Leak" means any loss of petroleum products or allied petroleum products because of a defect in underground or above ground storage tank systems. "Leak Test or Leak Detection" means a device or method that is capable of detecting leaks in underground or above ground petroleum storage tank systems and includes Levels 1, 2, 3 or 4 leak detection as defined in and required by the Codes. “Malicious False Alarm” means the negligent or intentional misuse of a fire alarm system resulting in the activation of the system, but does not include the activation of a fire alarm system under circumstances that would have a used a careful or prudent person to believe that a fire related emergency was in progress at the owner’s building or in circumstances where the owner has notified the Fire Department in advance of work being done on the fire alarm system that could cause a false fire alarm. “Member” means a person employed by the City and holding a position within the Fire Department. “Member in Charge” means the senior member at the scene of an incident or the member that is appointed as such by the Fire Chief. "Mobile Fuel Truck " means a vehicle used to transfer motive fuel from an approved storage tank system and dispense it to an aircraft, vessel or vehicle. "Motive Fuel" means any fuel to power a vehicle, aircraft or vessel. “Mobile Vendor ” means cooking equipment used in fixed, mobile or temporary concessions, such as trucks, buses, trailers, pavilions, tents, or any form of temporary roofed enclosure. The authority having jurisdiction can exempt temporary facilities, such as a tent, upon evaluation for compliance to the applicable requirements. “Multiple-Family Residential ” means a residential occupancy of a building to which, pursuant to clause
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