Canadian Association of Fire Chiefs (CAFC) / Association canadiennes des chefs de pompiers (ACCP)
Registration:
6
of
10
(2010-01-02
to
2011-03-31)
Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit, Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution
- CBRNE (Chemical, Biological, Radiation, Nuclear, Explosives) Equipment and Training - the federal government, in conjunction with the provincial/territorial governments, allocate funding for chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear equipment and training.
Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution, Policies or Program
- Canadian Fire Advisor - the Government of Canada should be committed to establishing the Office of the Canadian Fire Advisor.
- Joint Emergency Preparedness Program - Increase the funding available to fire departments through JEPP in the amount of $20 million over the next four years and ensure that 50 per cent of that total is set aside to be used exclusively by volunteer fire departments for the purposes of training and equipment acquisition.
- Tax Incentives for Volunteer Fire Services - Volunteer firefighting personnel who have performed at least 200 hours of service in a taxation year, and have a letter from their Department attesting to that fact, should be allowed to deduct $3,000.00 from their taxable income from any source.
The 200 hours of annual service should include time spent in carrying out related duties and in achieving and maintaining a level of training to recognized standards.
Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution, Regulation
- Residential Automatic Sprinkler Systems - Finance Canada should amend the federal tax regime to encourage owners of existing non-residental buildings and existing high-rise residential buildings to install automatic sprinkler systems.
Regulation:
The National Research Council should amend the National Building Code to require that all new and existing low-rise residential structures be equipped with automatic sprinkler systems.
Legislative Proposal, Bill or Resolution:
Finance Canada should amend the Income Tax Act to permit the owners of low-rise residential structures to partially deduct from their payable taxes the cost of equipping their residences with required automatic sprinkler systems.