Thank you, Mr. Chairman. First of all, the office of the fire marshal, despite what people think, does not have statutory responsibility to provide fire training to municipalities. However, he does have the statutory responsibility to recommend to the Minister of Safety and Public Services what type of training programs fire fighters need. The responsibility of the actual organizing and funding of fire fighting training is the responsibility of Municipal and Community Affairs. The office of the fire marshal does assist local fire fighters when we do visit our communities for inspections and we are always willing to help as much as possible. But it is a situation where we can only do that when we are in the community, depending on our travel budget, et cetera. The legislative mandate is with MACA and not with the fire marshal.
Mr. Quirke on Bill 1: Appropriation Act, No. 2, 1994-95
In the Legislative Assembly on March 17th, 1994. See this statement in context.
Bill 1: Appropriation Act, No. 2, 1994-95
Item 18: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
March 16th, 1994
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Quirke
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