Fire safety plans for buildings in Ladner, Tsawwassen, North Delta and the Tilbury and Annacis Island industrial areas, prepared to the BC Fire Code and Delta’s Fire Regulation Bylaw.
Who needs a fire safety plan in Delta
Delta Fire & Emergency Services applies Section 2.8 of the BC Fire Code through the City’s Fire Regulation Bylaw No. 5855. Where the Code requires a fire safety plan, the bylaw requires it to be submitted to the department for approval on a form and diagram template the Fire Chief accepts, reviewed every year, and resubmitted when it changes. That takes in every building with a fire alarm system, every assembly, care or detention occupancy, every high building and every sprinklered building.
Delta is three very different communities and two of the region’s largest industrial areas, so the plans range from a village-core retail strip in Ladner to a distribution centre on Annacis Island with hazardous materials and rail access to think about.
How Delta Fire & Emergency Services reviews a plan
The Fire Prevention division reviews each plan against the Code and the bylaw. Delta is specific about drawings: they must be supplied in a digital format the Fire Chief approves, printable in portrait orientation on the department’s form, using the fire safety symbols the Chief has set. A plan drawn with generic symbols or supplied only on paper is sent back.
The bylaw also gives the Fire Chief a fire pre-plan program for specified occupancies. Buildings in the program submit pre-plan data and drawings on the department’s forms, review them at least every twelve months, and meet an annual June 30 deadline unless the Chief sets another date. We confirm with the department whether your building falls under the program and prepare the pre-plan alongside the fire safety plan.
A review fee applies to fire safety plans and pre-plans under the bylaw’s fee schedule; we confirm the current amount and include it in your quote. The department also reviews plans for new and major developments and inspects construction sites, and our construction division at constructionfiresafetyplans.ca prepares construction fire safety plans in Delta.
The buildings we plan for in Delta
Village-core retail and low-rise wood-frame stratas in Ladner. Mid-rise condos and the town-centre retail of Tsawwassen. The retail strips and newer mid-rise and high-rise residential along the Scott Road corridor in North Delta. Warehouses, food processing and manufacturing in the Tilbury industrial area. The large distribution and industrial buildings of Annacis Island, where storage heights, dangerous goods and fire department access drive the plan. Schools, daycares, care homes and places of worship throughout Delta.
Keeping a Delta plan current
The bylaw requires an annual review and, if anything has changed, an updated plan submitted to the department. Update it whenever the Fire Safety Director, property manager, monitoring company or building systems change, keep any pre-plan on the department’s form current by its June deadline, run the annual drill and keep the records in the plan box.
How it works with FireSafetyPlan.com
- Firm quote in one business day. One upfront price based on building type and size, with any fire department review fee included.
- Site visit. We confirm exits, fire alarm panel and annunciator, sprinkler and standpipe connections, shut-offs and the plan box location, and photograph the fire protection systems.
- Draft in five to seven business days. CAD drawings and the full written plan, sent to you for review before anything is submitted.
- Submission and approval. We submit to the fire department, handle any revisions they ask for, and deliver the accepted plan in print and PDF, with wall plaques and a plan box if you need them.
Approval is guaranteed. If the fire department sends back a plan we prepared, we revise it at no charge until it is accepted.
Recent Delta projects
A few of the Delta buildings we have prepared fire safety plans for, and what made each one different.
- A new residential building on 51st Street: plan registered the month it opened, with a rooftop deck and dry sprinklers on the balconies.
- An elementary school on 53rd Street: no sprinklers, so the plan leans on detection, four stairs and drills.
- A truck yard and repair shop on Fraser View Place: one alarm for two buildings, plus underground fuel tanks and an oil shop.
- An industrial bakery on Derwent Way: three kinds of sprinkler protection, and the main valves are in the neighbour’s space.
- An assembly plant on Honeyman Street: a spray booth and drying oven inside the plant, and an annunciator on the outside wall.
Frequently asked questions — Delta
Is there a review fee?
Delta charges a fee to review a fire safety plan, set in the municipal fee bylaw and changed from time to time. We confirm the current amount at submission and include it in your quote so there are no surprises.
Is my building in the pre-plan program?
The program applies to occupancy classes the Fire Chief specifies. We confirm with Delta Fire & Emergency Services when we quote, and if your building is included we prepare the pre-plan drawings in the department’s portrait format at the same time as the fire safety plan.
We received an inspection notice. How quickly can you help?
Call us with the notice in hand. We prioritize buildings under a compliance deadline and can usually have a draft to you within the week.
Delta fire safety plan quote: (778) 574-2895. We reply within one business day.
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Firm quote within one business day. Approval guaranteed.