Ontario. Ministry of Correctional Services. Fire Investigation Unit

Identity area

Type of entity

Lower-level Ontario government office (type C)

Authorized form of name

Ontario. Ministry of Correctional Services. Fire Investigation Unit

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Fire Investigation Unit

    Other form(s) of name

      Identifiers for corporate bodies

      Description area

      Dates of existence

      1983-1998

      History

      In 1983 the Fire Investigation Office was established within the Office of the Fire Marshal, and by 1988 it was called Fire Investigation Services. In 1998 the name was changed to Fire Evaluation Unit.

      Places

      Legal status

      Functions, occupations and activities

      The primary responsibility of Fire Investigations Unit was to investigate and evaluate specific fire occurrences within the province of Ontario in order to determine factors that may have contributed to life loss or the severity of the fire. This unit was also responsible for technical assistance on all fires investigated by the OFM and for the development and maintenance of all corporate policies and procedures as well as educational programs related to fire investigations

      Address

      Internal structures/genealogy

      General context

      Relationships area

      Related entity

      Ontario. Ministry of the Solicitor General and Correctional Services (1993-1999)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA82

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Ministry of the Solicitor General and Correctional Services controls Ontario. Ministry of Correctional Services. Fire Investigation Unit

      Dates of relationship

      1993-1998

      Description of relationship

      Related entity

      Ontario. Ministry of the Solicitor General (1972-1993) (1972-1993)

      Identifier of related entity

      AA29

      Category of relationship

      hierarchical

      Type of relationship

      Ontario. Ministry of the Solicitor General (1972-1993) controls Ontario. Ministry of Correctional Services. Fire Investigation Unit

      Dates of relationship

      1983-1993

      Description of relationship

      Access points area

      Subject access points

      Place access points

      Epithet

      Control area

      Authority record identifier

      CA2282

      Institution identifier

      Rules and/or conventions used

      RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)

      Status

      Preliminary

      Level of detail

      Dates of creation, revision and deletion

      2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM

      Language(s)

        Script(s)

          Sources

          Ontario Government Telephone Directories, 1980-2000.

          Maintenance notes

          Archivist(s):
          Solovitch