Revised Statutes of Newfoundland 1990 Chapter F-11

(a) "council" includes the St. John's Municipal Council, the Corner Brook City Council, the Mount Pearl City Council and a town or community council or local service district committee constituted or continued under the Municipalities Act;

(b) "court" means the Trial Division;

(d) "mayor" means the mayor of or the person holding an equivalent office in a municipal area;

(e) "minister" means the Minister of Municipal and Provincial Affairs or another minister of the Crown appointed by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council to administer this Act;

(f) "municipal area" means the area in which a council exercises jurisdiction;

(g) "property" means all real property and all personal property whether moveable or immoveable; and

(h) "structure" includes a building, plant, machinery, equipment, storage tank, storage place or fixture of any kind and a part of 1 of them erected or placed on, in, over or under land or water.

RSN1970 c131 s2; 1979 c33 Sch C; 1986 c42 Sch A; 1988 c35 s443(6); 1989 c30 Sch B

PART I
ADMINISTRATION
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3. (1) The Lieutenant-Governor in Council may appoint an officer to be known as the Provincial Fire Commissioner and an officer to be known as the deputy fire commissioner, both of whom shall hold office during pleasure.

(2) The Lieutenant-Governor in Council may appoint a qualified person to act as a special assistant to the fire commissioner in the whole of the province or in that part of the province that may be designated in his or her appointment.

(3) The Lieutenant-Governor in Council may appoint or employ those other officers, clerks and employees that are necessary for the proper carrying out of this Act.

RSN1970 c131 s3

4. (1) The minister may appoint

(a) the chief of the fire department of a municipal area where a fire department has been established; or

(b) the mayor of a municipal area where a fire department has not been established,

a local assistant to the fire commissioner.

(2) Every officer and member of the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary or the Royal Canadian Mounted Police exercising his or her functions in the province is, unless the minister otherwise directs in writing, a local assistant to the fire commissioner with respect to that area of the province over which that officer or member exercises his or her functions.

(3) A local assistant to the fire commissioner shall serve without remuneration.

RSN1970 c131 s4; 1981 c79 s8

5. The fire commissioner shall, under the direction of the minister,

(a) keep a record of every fire reported to him or her with those facts, statistics and circumstances that may be required by the minister;

(b) investigate the cause, origin, extent and circumstances of fires in those areas that may be prescribed by the minister;

(c) from time to time inspect property or a community with a view to determining whether precautions against fire and the spread of fire and the means of exit in case of fire or the alarm of fire are adequate and satisfactorily maintained and with a view to directing those alterations or additions to be made and precautions to be taken that the fire commissioner considers necessary for the safeguarding of persons and property;

(d) review plans and specifications for the construction, alteration or repair of structures and outside storage areas with a view to determining that proper precautions are taken against fire and the spread of fire;

(e) submit to the minister on or before December 31 in each year a detailed report, in the form that the minister may prescribe, setting out particulars of all fires, fatalities or injuries by fire, investigations of fires, investigations of and prosecutions for arson or attempted arson, and a summary of the administration and the fire prevention and fire protection activities of the office of the fire commission, and other information required by the minister;

(f) render advice and make recommendations to the minister and to councils with respect to

(i) the establishment of fire brigades and departments and the necessary organization and equipment for those brigades or departments,

(ii) the provision of adequate water supply for firefighting purposes,

(iii) the installation and maintenance of fire alarm systems and fire extinguishing equipment,

(iv) the storage, use, sale or disposal of combustibles, explosives or other flammable material,

(v) the construction and maintenance of fire escapes and other exit facilities in the event of fire or the alarm of fire,

(vi) the types and adequacy of fire alarms in communities and in or upon a building or property,

(vii) fire prevention precautions in the construction or major alteration of or addition to a structure or property,

(viii) the assessing of fire hazards,

(ix) electrical installations in or upon a structure or property,

(x) the enactment and enforcement by councils of regulations, by-laws or ordinances for the prevention and suppression of fire and the safe-guarding of persons and property in the event of fire or the alarm of fire,

but nothing in this section affects the obligation or duty of a person to comply with, carry out or enforce a law of the province or a regulation, by-law or ordinance made under that law;

(g) disseminate information and advice as to fire prevention and fire protection by means of public meetings, press articles, exhibitions, radio, moving pictures or other publicity campaigns that the minister may consider advisable;

(h) perform the other duties that the minister may prescribe.

RSN1970 c131 s5; 1983 c35 s1

6. (1) The fire commissioner may require that plans and specifications for the construction, alteration or repair of a structure be submitted to him or her to determine whether proper provision has been made in the plans and specifications

(a) to prevent fire or the spread of fire;

(b) to provide for fire escapes and other exit facilities in the event of fire or the alarm of fire; and

(2) The fire commissioner may order those alterations that he or she considers appropriate in plans and specifications submitted under subsection (1) in respect of the matters referred to in that subsection.

RSN1970 c131 s6; 1983 c35 s2

7. The deputy fire commissioner shall act in the place of the fire commissioner, in the absence of the latter during illness or other disability, or in case of a vacancy in the office, or when ordered to do so by the minister, and when so acting the deputy fire commissioner has and may exercise all of the powers and authority of the fire commissioner.

RSN1970 c131 s7

8. (1) A local or special assistant to the fire commissioner shall, subject to the direction of the fire commissioner, assist in the carrying out of the duties of the fire commissioner within the territorial jurisdiction of that assistant and in particular shall investigate and report to the fire commissioner the cause, origin and circumstances of every fire occurring within the territorial jurisdiction of that assistant by which fatalities or injuries have occurred to persons, or by which property has been destroyed or damaged, for the purpose of ascertaining whether the fire and a death or injury caused by the fire was the result of negligence, carelessness, accident or design, and during the investigation of a property or structure that assistant may exclude people from the property or structure except those necessary for the maintenance or care of the property or structure or its contents.

(2) An investigation under subsection (1) shall be begun within 6 days of the occurrence of the fire or within the longer period that may be prescribed by the fire commissioner and the person conducting the investigation shall immediately after the investigation is completed furnish to the fire commissioner on a form to be supplied by the fire commissioner a written statement of all the facts that can be ascertained relating to the cause, origin and circumstances of the fire and the further information that may be required by the fire commissioner.

(3) Notwithstanding subsection (1), where a fire occurs on an industrial site and where the owner or operator of the industrial site has safety supervisory staff in its employ, the investigation into the cause, origin and circumstances of the fire need not be investigated by a local or special assistant to the fire commissioner unless there are indications of suspicious circumstances in the cause, origin and circumstances of the fire.

(4) The owner or operator of an industrial site shall report all fires occurring on the industrial site to the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary or the Royal Canadian Mounted Police within 24 hours of the occurrence of the fire.

RSN1970 c131 s8; 1975 No53 s2; 1983 c35 s3

9. The fire commissioner or a local or special assistant to the fire commissioner may, for the purposes of an investigation being conducted by him or her under this Part or the regulations, at all times,

(a) enter in or upon and examine a structure or property where a fire has occurred, and other structures or property adjoining or in the vicinity of the structure or property; and

(b) remove an article or material, which in his or her opinion may be required for the purposes of furthering the investigation, from a structure or property where a fire has occurred and from a structure or property adjoining or in the vicinity of the structure or property.

1983 c35 s4

10. (1) The Lieutenant-Governor in Council may by order constitute an advisory council, which shall consist of the fire commissioner who shall act as chairperson and not more than 10 other persons.

(2) The advisory council shall act in an advisory capacity only and shall meet not less than 3 times annually where requested to do so by the chairperson and shall advise the minister on matters within the scope of this Act.

RSN1970 c131 s10; 1983 c35 s5

PART II
FIRE PROTECTION AND INSPECTION
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11. The fire commissioner shall where necessary for the proper carrying out of this Act

(a) conduct fire research directed towards the application of modern methods and practices in fire protection engineering, fire prevention, fire inspection and the investigation of fire loss and arson;

(b) approve the fire protection materials, devices, systems, apparatus and standards to be installed in or used on a structure or property; and

RSN1970 c131 s11

12. The fire commissioner or special assistants of the fire commissioner may, upon complaint of a person interested, or where he or she considers it necessary without a complaint, inspect a structure or property to determine if fire hazards dangerous to persons or property exist in or upon the structure or property and for those purposes may, at all reasonable times, enter into or upon the structure or property taking with him or her a peace officer or other assistant, or both.

RSN1970 c131 s12

13. (1) Where the fire commissioner or a local or special assistant finds a structure or property which, for want of proper repair or by reason of age, dilapidated condition or other state, is especially liable to fire or the spread of fire or which is so situated as to endanger another structure or property or so occupied that fire would endanger persons or property in the structure or property or where flammable, combustible or explosive material or conditions dangerous to the safety of persons or property exist he or she may order the owner or occupant to

(a) remove or demolish the structure or property or a part of it to make repairs or alterations;

(b) install safeguards by way of fire extinguishing equipment, fire and smoke alarms, smoke detectors, fire escapes, exit doors, exit lights, emergency lights and other devices and equipment that may be required by the regulations;

(c) attend from time to time demonstrations of fire drill, including evacuation of persons from a structure or property, first aid, and the handling and use of firefighting equipment;

(d) remove the flammable, combustible or explosive material;

(e) alter the use or occupancy of the structure or property or a part of it; or

(f) evacuate and close the structure or property or a part of it.

(2) Where, in the opinion of the fire commissioner or a local or special assistant to the fire commissioner, an electrical installation, apparatus or equipment in or upon a structure or property is in a condition or so situated as to be likely to cause fire and to be dangerous to the safety of persons or property, he or she may in writing order a person, firm, corporation, commission or other organization supplying electrical energy to discontinue supplying electrical energy to the structure or property until the condition or the location of the electrical installation, apparatus or equipment is remedied or altered to his or her satisfaction, and upon receipt of the order the person, firm, corporation, commission or other organization to whom it is directed shall immediately discontinue supplying electrical energy to the structure or property until the order is rescinded by the person who made it or by the fire commissioner.

(3) Where an appliance, apparatus or place in or upon a structure or property is used or intended to be used for supplying fire or heat and in the opinion of the fire commissioner or a local or special assistant to the fire commissioner the use of the appliance, apparatus or place for that purpose is likely to be dangerous to persons or property, he or she may order in writing that a fire be not lighted or maintained in the appliance, apparatus or place until the dangerous condition has been remedied, and upon receipt of the order the owner or occupant of the structure or property in or upon which the appliance, apparatus or place is situated or contained, or the person in charge or control of the appliance or apparatus shall not light or maintain a fire in the appliance, apparatus or place until the order is rescinded by the person who made it or by the fire commissioner.

RSN1970 c131 s13; 1983 c35 s6

14. (1) Where the fire commissioner considers it necessary he or she may order the designation of fire lanes on public or private property.

(2) A fire lane designated under subsection (1) is considered to be a highway for the purposes of the Highway Traffic Act.

1981 c59 s1

15. (1) An order made under this Part shall be in writing and shall be served by delivering a copy to the person to whom it is addressed, and unless otherwise directed by the fire commissioner an order made by a local or special assistant to the fire commissioner shall be submitted to the fire commissioner for approval before it is served.

(2) Two or more specific orders for the same building or premises may be inserted or combined in 1 order and an order may be made in the alternative or subject to those conditions as to alterations, repairs, replacements or placement of firefighting apparatus, fire escapes, exit doors or other facilities and the performance of another act or thing in or upon the structure or property or a part of it that the fire commissioner considers reasonable under the circumstances.

(3) Where the fire commissioner considers it necessary he or she may direct the owner or occupant of a structure or property or both the owner and the occupant to comply with an order and may designate the person who shall bear the expense of carrying out the order or a part of the expense.

RSN1970 c131 s14

16. A tenant or occupier of a structure or property in respect of which an order is made under this Part or the regulations shall at all reasonable times permit the owner of the structure or property or a servant, agent, worker or employee of the owner to enter and re-enter that part of the structure or property of which he or she is a tenant or occupier for the purpose of making the alterations and repairs and doing those other things that the owner is required to do by the order.

RSN1970 c131 s15

17. (1) An order made under section 13 may require that the structure or property be repaired or altered or that the installation be made in accordance with a provision of the Canadian Electrical Code, the National Building Code, the National Fire Code of Canada, or the National Fire Codes of the National Fire Protection Association (International), a requirement relating to accepted material and appliances of the Underwriters' Laboratories of Canada, the CSA Testing Laboratories, a division of the Canadian Standards Association, or The Canadian Gas Association, and specifications of the Canadian Standards Association, which may be specified in the order and in accordance with those other requirements that the fire commissioner may prescribe.

(2) A certificate signed or purporting to be signed by the fire commissioner that a document attached to the certificate is a copy of the Canadian Electrical Code, or the National Building Code, or the National Fire Code of Canada or the National Fire Codes of the National Fire Protection Association (International), or the accepted list of the Underwriters' Laboratories of Canada, the CSA Testing Laboratories, a division of the Canadian Standards Association, or The Canadian Gas Association or the specifications of the Canadian Standards Association, or an extract from either of them is, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, evidence of the content of that code, list or specification or extract without proof of the appointment or signature of the fire commissioner.

RSN1970 c131 s16; 1983 c35 s7

18. (1) Where in a structure or property there is in the opinion of the fire commissioner a fire hazard dangerous to the safety of persons, the fire commissioner may order that the public be not admitted to the structure or property until the fire hazard has been remedied to the satisfaction of the fire commissioner.

(2) Where in a structure or property there is, in the opinion of the fire commissioner, danger to the safety of the public by reason of the inadequacy of exits, or the overcrowding of rooms or areas or the presence of flammable material or because of other conditions, the fire commissioner may order that the number of persons to be permitted to be in or upon the structure or property at one time shall not exceed that prescribed in the order.

(3) When, in the opinion of the fire commissioner, the smoking of pipes, cigars or cigarettes in a structure or property constitutes a fire hazard dangerous to the safety of persons, the fire commissioner may order that smoking shall not be permitted in the structure or property or shall be permitted only in those rooms or portions of the structure or property that may be designated in the order.

(4) When an order has been made under subsection (3) the proprietor or manager of the structure or property shall within 1 week post notices in conspicuous places in the structure or property bearing the words "No Smoking, By Order of the Fire Commissioner", and no person shall smoke in the structure or property except in those rooms or places that have been designated for that purpose in the order.

(5) An order made under this section shall be in writing and shall be served by delivering a copy to the proprietor or manager of the structure or property to which the order refers or, where the proprietor or manager cannot be found, by posting a copy in a conspicuous place on the structure or property.

RSN1970 c131 s17; 1983 c35 s8

19. (1) On application made to the minister by an interested party, before the expiration of 30 days after the order was made, the minister may review an order made under this Part by the fire commissioner or by a local or special assistant to the fire commissioner and may amend, revoke or confirm the order.

(2) A decision made by the minister under this section may be enforced under this Act in the same manner as an order of the fire commissioner.

RSN1970 c131 s18; 1983 c35 s9

20. (1) Where an order has been dealt with by the minister under section 19 an interested person who is dissatisfied with the action of the minister taken under that section may within 14 days after the minister has made known his or her decision apply to a judge of the court to review the decision of the minister.

(2) A person appealing under subsection (1) shall, within 5 days of the filing of the notice of appeal or within a longer time where permitted by the judge, file with the registrar of the court a bond of an amount not less than $200, to be fixed by the judge, with at least 2 sureties approved by the judge conditioned to pay all of the costs of the appeal where judgment is given against him or her, or the person appealing shall deposit with the registrar an amount not less than $200 to be fixed by the judge to cover the costs of the appeal.

(3) An order made by a judge on application to him or her under this section may be enforced in the same manner as an order of the court.

RSN1970 c131 s19

21. An order of the fire commissioner or a local or special assistant to the fire commissioner and a decision of the minister made under section 19 shall until revoked or amended in accordance with this Act remain in effect and may be enforced even though a review of the order or decision is sought, but a judge of the court or the minister may, on the application of an interested party and subject to those terms and conditions that the judge may consider appropriate, stay the enforcement of the order or decision to allow that party an opportunity to have it reviewed in accordance with this Act.

RSN1970 c131 s20

PART III
REPORTING FIRES AND FIRE LOSSES
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22. (1) An insurer shall furnish to the fire commissioner a statement respecting every fire that occurs in the province in which the insurer is interested as an insurer stating in each case the name and address of the owner and occupier of the property where the fire occurred, the name and address of each person insured by that insurer in respect of property destroyed or damaged, the location of the property, the use and occupancy, the date of the fire, the value of the property, the amount of insurance carried, the amount of loss sustained, the probable cause of the fire, the name and address of the person adjusting the claim and the other information that the fire commissioner may require.

(2) A person adjusting a claim against an insurer in respect of a loss by fire of property in the province, whether that person represents the insurer or the insured, shall forward a report in writing to the fire commissioner stating the date of the fire, the name and address of the owner and of the occupier of the property where the fire occurred, the location of the property, the name and address of the insured and each insurer, the value of the property insured, the amount of insurance placed with each insurer, the amount of loss which each insurer is to bear and those other particulars that the fire commissioner may require.

(3) A person sustaining or claiming to have sustained a loss by fire of property in the province whether uninsured or insured wholly or partially shall report to the fire commissioner the date of the fire, the name and address of the owner and of the occupier of the property where the fire occurred, the location and use and occupancy of the property, particulars of the insurance and other information that the fire commissioner may require.

(4) A person in or upon whose property a fatality or injury has been caused by fire shall immediately report the fatality or injury to the fire commissioner giving the name, age and sex of each and every person sustaining the fatality or injury, the cause of the fire and the name of the occupier of the property where the fatality or injury occurred and other information that may be required by the fire commissioner.

(5) A report required to be made under this section shall be mailed or delivered to the fire commissioner within 10 days after the occurrence of the fire or within a longer period that the fire commissioner may prescribe.

(6) Where a fire appears to him or her to be of suspicious origin, a local or special assistant of the fire commissioner or a fire insurance adjuster or other person interested shall, as soon as practicable, report to the fire commissioner the name of the owner and of the occupant of the property where the fire occurred or was attempted, the use and occupancy, the date of the fire or attempted fire and those other facts and circumstances that may appear necessary, and that report shall be made in addition to another report that may be required under this Part.

RSN1970 c131 s21

PART IV
MISCELLANEOUS
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23. (1) A person who

(a) contravenes or fails to comply with a requirement or obligation imposed on him or her by this Act or a regulation or an order made under this Act or a regulation or a condition of a permit issued under this Act or a regulation;

(b) interferes with a person in the discharge of his or her duties under this Act or a regulation or under an order made under this Act or a regulation;

(c) tears down, removes or damages a regulation, order or notice made under this Act or a regulation and posted or published; or

(d) interferes or tampers with or damages installed fire protection or detection equipment,

is guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine of more that $1,000 and in default of payment of the fine to imprisonment for a period of not more than 12 months.

(2) The conviction of a person for failing to comply with a requirement or obligation referred to in subsection (1) shall not operate as a bar to further prosecution under this Act for the continued failure on the part of that person so to comply.

RSN1970 c131 s23; 1983 c35 s11

24. All fines collected under this Act shall be forwarded to the Department of Municipal and Provincial Affairs for payment to the credit of the Consolidated Revenue Fund.

RSN1970 c131 s24; 1989 c30 Sch B

25. (1) The Lieutenant-Governor in Council may make regulations

(a) in respect of all matters relating to or affecting the manufacture, transportation, handling, storage, use, sale or other disposal of explosive or inflammable substances and materials, whether volatile or non-volatile, solid, liquid or gas and in particular

(i) regulating or restricting the classes or quantities of those substances and materials that may be kept or stored and the places or areas in which they may be handled, kept or stored, or prohibiting the handling or storage of those substances and materials in specified places or areas,

(ii) regulating or restricting the manner in which those substances and materials may be transported, sold, or offered or held for sale, or prohibiting their transportation or sale,

(iii) regulating or prescribing the kinds of installations or containers which may be used for the storage, handling, use or sale of those substances and materials and prescribing the markings which shall be placed on those installations or containers,

(iv) providing for the issuing of permits by the fire commissioner for the transportation, storage, handling, use, or sale of those substances and materials, the conditions to which permits are subject, and the refusal, suspension or cancellation of permits,

(v) prescribing the minimum distances from highways, residences or other premises at which installations for the storage, handling, use or sale of those substances and materials may be erected;

(b) regulating the sale, installation and maintenance in structures or property of equipment or apparatus for burning fuel, whether solid, liquid or gas;

(d) providing for emergency exits from various buildings or structures in the event of fire or the alarm of fire;

(e) prohibiting or restricting the lighting of fires or the disposal of refuse or waste material and prescribing the location and construction of incinerators, whether public or private;

(f) regulating the sale, installation and maintenance of electrical equipment used or intended for use in or upon a structure or property;

(g) prescribing fire prevention and fire protection measures in the construction of structures to prevent the vertical and horizontal spread of fire;

(h) prescribing the fire extinguishing materials, devices, apparatus and equipment which shall be installed in structures;

(i) regulating the handling of materials or the setting of fires which may spread to adjoining property;

(j) prohibiting the construction, structural alteration or change of use of a structure unless a plan and specifications in a form to be prescribed in the regulations are first furnished to the fire commissioner and approved by him or her;

(k) providing that where the owner of a structure or property is absent from the province or cannot readily be found the fire commissioner may order the tenant or occupant or person in possession of the structure or property to make minor repairs or alterations that are urgently required for the purposes of fire prevention and empowering a tenant or occupant making those repairs or alterations in the execution of an order to deduct the cost from rent or other money payable by him or her to the owner or to recover the cost by civil action against the owner;

(l) providing that where a structure or property in respect of which an order has been made under this Act or the regulations is not occupied and the owner is absent from the province or cannot readily be found the fire commissioner may arrange to have the order carried out, and providing for the recovery by the fire commissioner of expenses incurred from the council of the municipal area in which the structure or property is situated, and empowering the council from which those expenses are recovered to assess the structure or property and the land on which it is situated for an amount equal to the amount recovered from it together with interest at 6% a year and to recover the amount assessed in the same manner as a tax assessment or imposition may be recovered by the council in that municipal area;

(m) providing that so much of this Act and the regulations as he or she considers desirable shall apply to structures or property owned or occupied by the Crown;

(n) prescribing the period in which a report required by this Act or the regulations shall be forwarded where the period is not specified in this Act, and where the period is so specified, varying that period;

(o) prescribing forms to be used for the purpose of this Act or the regulations;

(p) providing for the installation in structures of fire-detecting devices of the type set out in the regulations.

(2) The Lieutenant-Governor in Council may adopt and constitute as regulations by reference

(a) a code, rule or standard relevant to a matter referred to in subsection (1), or an official abridgment of a code, rule or standard;

(b) a code, rule, standard or abridgment with the exception of a specified provision;

(d) an amendment to a code, rule, standard or abridgment made, with or without modification,

and a certificate of the minister that a document is a copy of a code, rule or standard adopted and constituted as regulations under this subsection or an official abridgment of, extract from or amendment to a code, rule or standard shall without further proof be, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, evidence of the contents of the code, rule or standard.

(3) Regulations made under this section may be made to apply to the whole of the province or may be restricted in their application to specified areas of the province and may be made to apply without limit of time or during particular periods or at or between specified times only, or in or upon particular circumstances or conditions only, and different regulations may be made in respect of structures or property of a different description or class or in respect of structures or property of the same description or class in different circumstances, and exceptions or limitations in favour of or against structures or property of a particular description or class may be prescribed.

(4) Regulations made under this section may be made with retroactive effect.

(5) The fire commissioner may attach to a permit issued under regulations made under subparagraph (1)(a)(iv) those conditions that he or she considers necessary and the conditions may be varied in respect of different permits.

(6) Notwithstanding the other provision of this Act, the fire commissioner shall not issue a permit under regulations made under subparagraph (1)(a)(iv) except with the approval of the Deputy Minister of Works, Services and Transportation.

(7) The fire commissioner may attach to a permit issued under subsection (1) those conditions that he or she considers necessary or desirable and the conditions may be varied in respect of different permits, and the permits are subject to refusal, suspension or cancellation.

RSN1970 c131 s25; 1981 c59 s2; 1983 c35 s12

26. The fire commissioner may for the purpose of this Act enter upon a structure or property in or upon which explosive or inflammable substances or materials are manufactured, transported, handled, stored, used, sold or otherwise disposed of and may take samples of those substances or materials.

RSN1970 c131 s26

27. No action or proceeding shall, without the written consent of the minister, be brought or taken against the fire commissioner, the deputy fire commissioner or a local or special assistant to the fire commissioner for anything done or omitted to be done in the performance or intended or supposed performance of his or her duties under this Act.

RSN1970 c131 s27

28. Where there is a conflict between the authority of the fire commissioner and that of an official of a municipal area the authority of the fire commissioner shall prevail.

RSN1970 c131 s28