NEWS RELEASE
MPP ANN HOGGARTH
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Ontario invests in fire safety upgrades for Community Service Agency in Simcoe County
Funding will help organizations that serve some of the province’s most vulnerable
Community Living Association for South Simcoe will receive approximately $200,000 in 2016-17 to improve fire safety.
Ontario is investing $6.5 million in 2016-17 in fire safety in more than 130 facilities from over 40 community service agencies across the province. This investment will help ensure some of Ontario’s most vulnerable people receive community services in a safer facility that meets improvements to Ontario’s Fire Code.
Types of projects will include:
- Fire alarm system upgrades
- Installation of fire doors and separations
- Sprinkler system installations.
This investment brings the total funding to improve fire safety in developmental and community service agency facilities to more than $15 million since 2014-15.
Ontario is making the largest investment in public infrastructure in the province's history — about $160 billion over 12 years, which is supporting 110,000 jobs every year across the province, with projects such as hospitals, schools, roads, bridges and transit. Since 2015, the province has announced support for more than 475 projects that will keep people and goods moving, connect communities and improve quality of life. To learn more about infrastructure projects in your community, go to Ontario.ca/BuildON.
Investing in community service agency facilities is part of the government's economic plan to build Ontario up and deliver on its number-one priority to grow the economy and create jobs. The four-part plan includes helping more people get and create the jobs of the future by expanding access to high-quality college and university education. The plan is making the largest infrastructure investment in hospitals, schools, roads, bridges and transit in Ontario's history and is investing in a low-carbon economy driven by innovative, high-growth, export-oriented businesses. The plan is also helping working Ontarians achieve a more secure retirement.
QUOTES
“Community Living provides important services to some of our most vulnerable people. This investment will help agencies make important safety upgrades that they may not have been able to afford.”
— Ann Hoggarth, Barrie MPP
“We recognized that it is difficult for many of these organizations to afford the cost of bringing their facilities up to the Fire Code standards. This funding will ensure that facilities continue to be safe so that dedicated staff and volunteers can focus on caring for individuals that need their services.”
— Dr. Helena Jaczek, Minister of Community and Social Services
“Fire safety measures like upgraded fire alarms, fire doors and sprinkler systems significantly reduce the risk of fire and help save lives. Now, even more buildings across the province that provide community services will have fire safety precautions in place to protect Ontario’s most vulnerable and bring peace of mind to their loved ones.”
— David Orazietti, Minister of Community Safety and Correctional Services
QUICK FACTS
- Ontario is the first province to make sprinklers mandatory in existing senior’s care residences and homes for our most vulnerable citizens.
- An amendment to the Fire Code that took effect on January 1, 2014, introduced new retrofit requirements requiring facility modifications.
LEARN MORE
- Learn how Ontario is improving services for people with a developmental disability.
- Read about the Fire Code.
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