Fire safety plans for Langley buildings, prepared for whichever department covers your address: Langley City Fire Rescue Service under the City’s 2026 bylaw, or the Township of Langley Fire Department through its online portal.

Who needs a fire safety plan in Langley

Langley is two municipalities with two fire departments, and the rules differ more than most owners expect. The City of Langley adopted a new Fire Protection and Safety Bylaw, No. 3330, in March 2026, replacing the 2009 bylaw; anything you read that still cites Bylaw 2784 is out of date. The Township of Langley works under Fire Prevention Bylaw No. 6061, adopted in December 2024. Both enforce Section 2.8 of the BC Fire Code: every building with a fire alarm system, every assembly, care or detention occupancy, every high building and every sprinklered building needs a fire safety plan.

That covers the wood-frame condos and townhouse stratas of Willoughby and Willowbrook, the retail centres of Walnut Grove and the Langley Bypass, the apartments and strips of downtown Langley City, the hospital and care facilities of Murrayville, the warehouses of Gloucester Industrial Estates, and the schools, daycares and places of worship across both municipalities.

Langley is two municipalities, Langley City and the Township of Langley, with two fire departments and two quite different formats. We confirm jurisdiction before we start, because a plan built for the wrong one is returned.

City of Langley

Langley City is the compact area around downtown, the Langley Bypass and the Nicomekl. Plans go to the Langley City Fire Rescue Service. Bylaw 3330 requires the owner to prepare the fire safety plan with the Fire Rescue Service and, unusually, a pre-incident plan written to NFPA 1620 alongside it. Plans are submitted to the Fire Chief electronically and reviewed at least every twelve months.

What the City checks

The plan has to be updated whenever the use of the building or the location of dangerous goods changes, and every update needs the Chief’s approval before it is incorporated. Our City plans say this on the title page so that nobody edits the binder on their own. A review fee applies under the City’s fees and charges bylaw, and the Chief may require an approved lock box. Construction fire safety plans in the City are prepared with the department before work starts and updated as the site changes.

Recent projects in the City of Langley

• A daycare unit on Fraser Highway: its alarm panel and shut-offs are in a room the daycare does not control.
• A 26-home townhouse complex on 56 Avenue: it opened in two stages, so the plan was written for half a complex first.

Township of Langley

The Township covers everything outside the City, from Willoughby and Walnut Grove to Murrayville, Aldergrove, Brookswood and Fort Langley. Plans go to the Township of Langley Fire Department, which publishes its own Fire Safety Plan, Construction Fire Safety Plan and Pre-Incident Plan guidelines and an approved icon set, and accepts plans only through its eApply portal.

What the Township checks

The format is precise: a red binder labelled on the front and spine, set heading and text sizes, red tabs, 11 by 17 colour drawings with stairs numbered rather than named by direction, wall-mounted floor plans oriented to the viewer, and a plan box at the annunciator fitted with the specified combination lock. A pre-incident plan goes in with every fire safety plan, and site photographs must be taken after construction is complete.

With the plan, the planner submits the Township’s thirteen-page review checklist, marking every item yes, no or not applicable and giving the page of the plan where it is covered. It asks for evidence that the contacts can respond within a stated time, which is why Township plans print a response time beside the Fire Safety Director and deputy. It also asks for named people for each critical task, muster points, diagrams showing every floor, the nearest hydrants and the service rooms, and extra sections where they apply: high buildings, dangerous goods, indoor and outdoor storage, spill control, storage tanks and hazardous processes such as hot work and dust.

When a plan passes, the Township’s letter states that the submission substantially complies with the BC Fire Code. Construction fire safety plans must be submitted with the building permit application and include a Fire Code exposure report on the protection of adjacent buildings prepared by a registered professional. Our construction division at constructionfiresafetyplans.ca prepares them.

Recent projects in the Township of Langley

• A 1982 distribution warehouse on 198th Street: a halon-protected server room with its own release panel and pull station.
• A 1979 pub and bistro on Glover Road: built on a slope, so every shut-off is one level below the dining room.
• Five two-storey homes over shops on 40th Avenue: four stairwells in a three-storey building, and one alarm for everyone.

The buildings we plan for in Langley

Four- to six-storey wood-frame condos and townhouse stratas in Willoughby and Willowbrook, many of them new enough that the developer’s plan was never properly accepted. Retail centres and apartment stratas in Walnut Grove. Low-rise retail strips and condo apartments around Fraser Highway and 203 Street in Langley City, and the big-box retail and dealerships along the Langley Bypass. Langley Memorial Hospital and the care facilities and low-rise apartments of Murrayville. Warehouses, manufacturing and distribution in Gloucester Industrial Estates. Aldergrove’s town-centre retail and Fort Langley’s heritage village buildings. Schools, daycares and places of worship across both Langleys.

Keeping a Langley plan current

Both bylaws require a review at least every twelve months by a qualified person. Update the plan whenever the Fire Safety Director, property manager, monitoring company, building systems or use change, keep the pre-incident plan in step with it, run the annual drill and keep the records in the plan box. In the City, updates need the Fire Chief’s approval; in the Township, they go back through the portal.

How it works with FireSafetyPlan.com

1. Firm quote in one business day. One upfront price based on building type and size, with any fire department review fee included.
2. 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.
3. Draft in five to seven business days. CAD drawings and the full written plan, sent to you for review before anything is submitted.
4. 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.

Frequently asked questions — Langley

Which Langley fire department do we submit to?

It depends on the address. Langley City is the compact area around downtown, the Bypass and Nicomekl; everything else, from Willoughby and Walnut Grove to Murrayville, Aldergrove and Fort Langley, is the Township. We confirm jurisdiction before we start, because the formats are different and a plan built for the wrong one is returned.

Does the Township really require the red binder and the specific lock?

Yes. The Township’s guidelines specify the binder, tab colours, type sizes, drawing size and orientation, the plan box and the lock model. Our Township plans follow the guideline exactly, which is why they are accepted on the first pass.

Is there a review fee?

Each department 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.

Langley fire safety plan quote: (778) 574-2895. We reply within one business day.

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