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Sprinkler issue to be decided after FMO report

Jan 21, 2009
The Canadian Press

TORONTO ? The province won't decide whether to install sprinklers in existing nursing homes until it gets the results from the Ontario fire marshal's latest investigation.

Premier Dalton McGuinty says he will wait for the advice from a review into a fire this week that killed two people in Orillia.

Community Safety Minister Rick Bartolucci says that while sprinklers are already required in new buildings, retrofitting old homes is complicated and expensive.

He wants to wait for the fire marshal to look at possible regulatory amendments and bring the province some options.

Ontario's fire marshal has assigned 10 people to investigate the cause of the fire, and has repeatedly said sprinklers are needed in all nursing homes.

A coroner's inquest into a 1995 fire in a Mississauga retirement home also recommended making sprinklers mandatory in private and government-run facilities.

Progressive Conservative critic Peter Shurman says the province should stop dithering and put existing recommendations in place.

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