The Ontario Building Code | Inadequate Firefighting Facilities
9.10.15.3. Inadequate Firefighting Facilities
(1) Where there is no fire department or where a fire department is not organized, trained and equipped to meet the needs of the community, the required limiting distance determined from Sentences 9.10.15.4.(2) and (5) and Sentence 9.10.15.5.(6), shall be doubled for a building that is not sprinklered.
In Plain Language
Where firefighting facilities in the area are inadequate, this article sets out how that affects the spatial separation requirements for a house.
This is a plain-language summary of the 2012/2017 Ontario Building Code text above, for general understanding only and not a substitute for the Code. Always confirm current requirements against the 2024 edition (O.Reg. 163/24) or a qualified professional before construction.