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Fire Safety Inspections of Licensed Community Care Faciliites in British Columbia

Dec 16, 2011

There are several regulations that govern care facilities operating from traditional single family dwellings in British Columbia. The Child Care Licensing Regulation and the Residential Care Licensing Regulation are both administered by the Community Care Licensing Branch of the British Columbia government.  Facilities that provide residential care to three or more persons (e.g. group homes, long term care homes, residential treatment facilities) must have a valid community care facility license, whether they receive funding from a public agency or the client pays for the care directly. In order to meet the licensing requirements the facility must pass a fire safety inspection.

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Counterfeit Smoke Alarms in Atlanta

Jun 1, 2011

This weekend firefighters in Atlanta, Georgia went door-to-door in some of the city’s low-income neighborhoods to replace free fire alarms that may be counterfeit.  The fire department unwittingly distributed 18,500 bogus photoelectric smoke alarms from 2006 through this month as part of the Atlanta Smoke Alarm Program.

 Fire Chief Kelvin Cochran announced the recall of smoke alarms after his department received information from Underwriters Laboratories (UL) that the photoelectric smoke alarms they distributed bore counterfeit UL labels and were not compliant with UL’s safety requirements for smoke alarms.

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