WINNIPEG – Manitoba is spending millions of dollars to upgrade sprinkler systems in Manitoba hospitals and personal care homes after a fatal fire in L’lsle Verte, Quebec.
“After the tragic fire last year, our government took immediate action by appointing the Fire Safety Task Force,” said Labour and Immigration Minister Erna Braun.
32 people were killed in the Quebec care home fire in January, 2014.
The Manitoba report released Tuesday outlined six recommendations that have to be completed by 2025.
They include installing sprinkler systems in new care facilities, installing sprinklers in existing facilities, more training for staff in fire prevention, more fire inspections, increasing public awareness & adding resources to the Office of the Fire Commissioner.
It’ll cost $125 million to complete all the recommendations, but the province has only committed to spending $70 million; there’s no word where the additional $55 million will come from.
“Hospitals and personal care homes should be a safe place for Manitobans,” said Minister Sharon Blady.
On January 23, 2014, a major fire destroyed the Résidence du Havre, a home for the elderly, killing thirty-two residents.
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