Our Mission
To co-ordinate efforts of its members in the fields of Fire Prevention, Fire Safety, Public Education, and Fire Protection, and by doing, endeavour to provide more efficient, effective, and uniform Fire Prevention Programs in Ontario.
How We Help
Fire & Life Safety Education
Our first line of defence is Public Education. This section contains resources from social media tweets to full programs to assist you in providing Public.
Fire Inspection & Code Enforcement
Our second line of defense is enforcement. Here you’ll find resources to assist our members with inspections and where necessary enforcement tools.
Fire Investigation
Understanding the origin and cause of fires provides us with insights on how to prevent fires from occurring, and where to focus our public education strategies.
Forums
Have a question? Looking to see how your colleagues handle a situation? Have a great idea to share? Welcome to our membership discussion forums.
Latest News
TSSA Labour Disruption
The Office of the Fire Marshal has been made aware of strike action of some members of TSSA, which may have some impact on their operations and we wanted to bring it to the attention of the OMFPOA as one of our stakeholders. The following link to you to provide some further details on the
Synchronous Courtroom Procedures Course
Synchronous Courtroom Procedures Course Ontario Fire College is offering a synchronous online Courtroom Procedures course in September and have some openings still available. This course will be run through Adobe Connect online. Dates: Friday September 16 – 1700-2100; Saturday September 17 – 0830 to 1230 and Sunday September 18th – 0830 to 1230 with an
Fire Code Error
Please note there exists an error, in the Ontario Fire Code February 2020 compendium version, of significance related to the standards to be referenced in Part 6. In the fire code compendium, page 106 of Div. B- under NFPA 25 you will see the year 2011 showing- this is the error. It should read 2014.
INFORMATION FOR ONTARIO RESIDENTS
Welcome to our section for residents. The OMFPOA is committed in providing fire prevention messages and useful resources to assist the residents of Ontario. Please do not hesitate to contact your local Fire Department for additional information.
INFORMATION FOR ONTARIO BUSINESSES
Welcome to our section for Businesses. The OMFPOA is committed in providing fire prevention messages and useful resources to assist the residents of Ontario. Please do not hesitate to contact your local Fire Department for additional information.
Resources
Links
We continually strive to find relevant links that will assist us in our duties. Feel free to contact us with suggestions.
Legislation
Looking for the FPPA, Fire Code, Building Code? Interested in court rulings and commission rulings?
Training
Here a list of all known training opportunities across the province. If were missing any, please let us know!
Directory
Welcome! Search here for our Fire Departments, Executive, Chapter and individual contacts.