ELLIOT LAKE, Ont. – The inquiry report into the deadly collapse of a mall in Elliot Lake, Ont., two years ago was released on Wednesday.
Some key recommendations:
– The province should establish minimum standards of maintenance for buildings like the Algo Centre Mall.
– Properly qualified structural engineers should inspect buildings when sold, more frequently if public safety dictates.
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– Make information about building condition easily accessible and understandable to owners, the public and potential buyers.
– Enforcement of standards should be straightforward and make public authorities accountable for their decisions and actions.
– Professional engineers and municipal building officials should be trained and certified, and information about them accessible to owners and the public.
– Increase capacity of search and rescue teams to respond to structural collapses.
– Have one person in charge of an emergency response.
– Improve communications among emergency responders, and between responders and the public, especially victims.
– Improve federal funding of heavy search and rescue teams across Canada.
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