Fire safety plans for Mission buildings, prepared to the BC Fire Code and the City’s Fire Prevention Bylaw, with the plan box and pre-incident information the department requires.
Who needs a fire safety plan in Mission
Mission Fire Rescue Service enforces Section 2.8 of the BC Fire Code through the City of Mission Fire Prevention Bylaw No. 6258-2023. The bylaw requires the fire safety plan in a form, format and diagram template the Fire Chief accepts, submitted for review and kept on the premises where the Chief directs. Every building with a fire alarm system, every assembly, care or detention occupancy, every high building and every sprinklered building needs one.
That covers the retail and older apartment buildings of downtown Mission along First Avenue, the newer townhouse and condo stratas of Cedar Valley, the industrial and retail buildings along the Lougheed Highway corridor and the waterfront, the growing residential areas of Silverdale and Hatzic, and the schools, daycares, care homes and places of worship throughout the city.
How Mission Fire Rescue Service reviews a plan
The department reviews each plan against the Code and the bylaw. Two bylaw requirements are specific to Mission. First, every premises that needs a fire safety plan must have a plan storage box of a type the Fire Chief approves, with its key kept in the department’s lock box, and lock boxes are required wherever a fire alarm system is required. Second, the owner must provide building plans and documentation in a format the Chief accepts so the department can prepare its pre-incident plan, which means the drawings we produce have to serve both purposes.
A complete Mission plan includes the emergency procedures for occupants and supervisory staff, the appointment of the Fire Safety Director and alternates, staff training and drill frequency, site and floor drawings showing exits, the alarm panel and annunciator, sprinkler and standpipe connections, hydrants and shut-offs, the hazards in the building and how they are controlled, and the maintenance schedules for every fire protection system.
The bylaw’s fee schedule lists separate review fees for new plans, amended plans and construction or demolition plans; we confirm the current amounts at submission and include them in your quote. Our construction division at constructionfiresafetyplans.ca prepares construction and demolition fire safety plans in Mission.
The buildings we plan for in Mission
Low-rise retail and older apartment buildings in downtown Mission along First Avenue. Newer townhouse and condo stratas in Cedar Valley. Industrial buildings and retail strips along the Lougheed Highway corridor and the Mission waterfront, where storage and fire department access drive the plan. Residential and small commercial buildings in Hatzic and the planned growth area of Silverdale. Schools, daycares, care homes and places of worship across the city.
Keeping a Mission plan current
Review the plan every year and update it whenever the Fire Safety Director, property manager, monitoring company or building systems change. Run the annual drill, keep the records in the plan box, and follow the plan’s alternative measures whenever a fire protection system is out of service.
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 Mission projects
A few of the Mission buildings we have prepared fire safety plans for, and what made each one different.
- An 11-storey mixed-use tower on 2nd Avenue: high-building equipment, a single-stage alarm and a plan that was accepted twice.
- A 108-unit hillside apartment building on Maple Street: street exits on four levels and a fire alarm panel three floors above the lobby.
- A four-storey hotel on Lougheed Highway: a 1996 building and a 2022 addition sharing one fire alarm panel.
- A ground-floor daycare unit on Lougheed Highway: a tenant plan where every fire system belongs to the landlord.
- A gas station with a home above it on Dewdney Trunk Road: no alarm or sprinklers, and a residential suite over the store.
Frequently asked questions — Mission
Is there a review fee?
Mission 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.
What is the plan storage box requirement?
Mission’s bylaw requires a Fire Chief-approved storage box for the fire safety plan at every premises that needs one, with the key held in the department’s lock box so crews can reach the plan without a building contact. We supply and locate the box as part of the job if you do not have one.
Our building is new and the developer supplied a plan. Is it enough?
Rarely for long. Developer plans are written before anyone moves in, seldom name a real Fire Safety Director, and often were never formally accepted. We check what is on file and update or replace it as needed.
Mission fire safety plan quote: (778) 574-2895. We reply within one business day.
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