Deadline: 20-Mar-23
The Ministry of Solicitor General has launched the Fire Protection Services Reimbursement: Unincorporated Ontario program.
This program is designed to provide municipalities with reimbursement opportunities related to the provision of emergency services in unincorporated areas of Ontario that occurred between April 1st, 2022 – March 13th, 2023. Reimbursement rates will be based on service rates utilized by the Ministry of Transportation for fire departments responses on provincial highways.
Eligibility Criteria
The following call types may be eligible for payment:
- motor vehicle collisions occurring on roads that are not considered provincial highways by Ministry of Transportation
- carbon monoxide
- hazmat calls occurring on roads that are not considered provincial highways by Ministry of Transportation
- structure fires
- vehicle fires occurring on roads that are not considered provincial highways by the Ministry of Transportation
- false alarms
- rescue (defined as an emergency incident primarily involving activities directed at locating and rescuing endangered persons and removing those persons to a safe location. This could also include but is not limited to the provisions of emergency medical care)
- provision of any emergency services listed above, within a provincial park in Unincorporated Ontario
For more information, visit Ministry of Solicitor General.