Jurisdiction Pack - Yukon

This is the Yukon pack of Part 10: this preface, followed by the Yukon section of every topic page listed in the 00 Jurisdiction Index. The sections are generated from the topic pages, so the pack and the topic pages always say the same thing, and both state the law as researched to 2026-10-23. It is general information, not legal advice: check every requirement against the official consolidation before you rely on it.

Since 2022-07-01 one statute, the Workers’ Safety and Compensation Act, covers both workplace health and safety and compensation in Yukon (Workers’ Safety and Compensation Act [YT], 2021). The former occupational health and safety regulations continue under it as the Workplace Health and Safety Regulations, whose Part 11 is a full firefighting Part, with noise and exposure limits in the separate Workplace Health Regulations (Workplace Health and Safety Regulations [YT], 2022, ss. 11.01-11.26; Workplace Health Regulations [YT], 2026). The Workers’ Safety and Compensation Board enforces both and runs compensation; serious incidents are reported to its 24-hour line, 867-667-5450 or 1-800-661-0443 (Yukon Workers’ Safety and Compensation Board, n.d.-f). The chief or acting chief of every municipal or settlement fire brigade is a local assistant to the fire marshal, who advises the Minister on establishing and equipping fire brigades and co-ordinating their work; councils may pass fire protection bylaws and make service agreements, which are the vehicle for mutual aid (Fire Prevention Act [YT], 2002, ss. 3, 6; Municipal Act [YT], 2002, ss. 230, 265). The territory has no firefighter certification statute; the only binding training standard is Part 11’s (Workplace Health and Safety Regulations [YT], 2022, s. 11.04(1)).

• A firefighting Part that includes volunteers. Part 11 applies to full-time and part-time firefighting, “including volunteer firefighting in municipal service and industrial fire brigades”, but not forest firefighting, and every standard it names means the most current edition unless the Board accepts another similar standard (Workplace Health and Safety Regulations [YT], 2022, ss. 11.02-11.03).
• Training is pegged to NFPA 1001. Firefighters are trained in accordance with NFPA 1001, which NFPA has since folded into NFPA 1010, so the department should get the Board’s written position on which document now satisfies Part 11 (Workplace Health and Safety Regulations [YT], 2022, s. 11.04(1)).
• Written procedures, or a documented training plan, are mandatory. Managing and tracking firefighters at an incident, bloodborne pathogens, incident stress, traffic control at incidents, and emergency and non-emergency driving; plus written procedures for buildings of four storeys or more, over water or underground, hazardous substances, technical rescue and electrical emergencies; and the incident commander provides rest and rehabilitation (Workplace Health and Safety Regulations [YT], 2022, ss. 11.04-11.05).
• Two-in/two-out with a 10-minute clock. SCBA entry is by a team of at least two in effective communication with the outside, a rescue team of at least two assembles outside in full PPE before interior attack or rescue, and the incident commander must immediately withdraw all firefighters if no rescue team is assembled within 10 minutes of initial entry (Workplace Health and Safety Regulations [YT], 2022, ss. 11.16-11.17).
• Equipment rules with set intervals. Positive-pressure SCBA rated at least 30 minutes, at least four SCBA on site and one spare 30-minute cylinder for each, fit tests to NFPA 1981 while wearing firefighting PPE, breathing air to CSA Z180.1-00 tested at least annually, PASS tested at least weekly, a written PPE inspection report to the fire chief every month, and aerial devices inspected, tested and certified every 12 months (Workplace Health and Safety Regulations [YT], 2022, ss. 11.07, 11.09-11.15, 11.23).
• Every firefighter holds first aid certificates. Fire departments need an AED, a Level 2 kit, oxygen therapy equipment, a bag and mask, airways and suction and two sterile burn sheets, and every firefighter must hold standard first aid, CPR and oxygen therapy certificates (Workplace Health and Safety Regulations [YT], 2022, s. 18.12).
• Volunteers are workers. For health and safety a worker includes a volunteer; for compensation, members of a volunteer fire brigade are workers of the Government of Yukon, and the re-employment duty does not apply to them (Workers’ Safety and Compensation Act [YT], 2021, ss. 25, 82(a), 118). How volunteers count toward the 20-worker thresholds is not addressed.
• A limited right to refuse. The right does not apply where “the refusal would directly endanger the health and safety of another person”, or where the conditions are “ordinary conditions in that kind of work”, and in both cases only if “appropriate control measures are in place” (Workers’ Safety and Compensation Act [YT], 2021, s. 47(3)).
• Immediate reports and personal penalties. A serious injury or death, an in-patient hospital admission, a major structural failure or collapse, a major release, or an explosion or fire with potential for serious injury is reported immediately, the scene is held, and the employer investigates and reports in writing (Workers’ Safety and Compensation Act [YT], 2021, ss. 57-58). Since 2026-06-01 administrative penalties start at $2,500 for employers, $750 for supervisors and $250 for workers and double for each aggravating factor, and late notice of an injury is itself penalized (Yukon Workers’ Safety and Compensation Board, 2026).
• A management system at 20 workers and policies for everyone. A health and safety management system with 12 components, reviewed at least every three years, is required at 20 or more workers, with a committee that meets monthly; a representative is required at five to 19; and every employer needs written injury-prevention policy statements and procedures, reviewed at least every three years, and a violence and harassment policy (Workers’ Safety and Compensation Act [YT], 2021, ss. 36-44; Workplace Health and Safety Regulations [YT], 2022, ss. 1.04.01, 19.01-19.05).
• No move-over law and a Yukon apparel standard. The speed, red-light and stop-sign exemptions require a continuously sounding siren, and a fire brigade member may direct traffic where no peace officer is present (Motor Vehicles Act [YT], 2002, ss. 135(2), 136). The high-visibility garment levels are Yukon’s own, not CSA Z96 (Workplace Health and Safety Regulations [YT], 2022, s. 1.48).
• Presumptions. Nineteen cancers are presumed for full-time, part-time and volunteer firefighters, with lung cancer only where the firefighter has not smoked tobacco in the 10 years before diagnosis, and a 12-month filing limit; a cardiac arrest within 24 hours of an emergency response, wildland firefighters included; and PTSD for all workers (Workers’ Safety and Compensation Act [YT], 2021, ss. 94-95). The cancer list and service minimums come from the Board’s page because the regulation was not found (Yukon Workers’ Safety and Compensation Board, n.d.-b).

1. Running an interior attack past 10 minutes without a rescue team. The incident commander must withdraw everyone (Workplace Health and Safety Regulations [YT], 2022, s. 11.17). Fix: a rescue team assembly step and a withdrawal order in the fireground procedure. See J12 Fire Service OHS Rules and Fireground Operations.
2. Treating a volunteer department as outside Part 11. Volunteer firefighting in municipal service is expressly in (Workplace Health and Safety Regulations [YT], 2022, s. 11.02). Fix: apply every Part 11 procedure and test to volunteer halls. See J11 Volunteer Firefighters.
3. Weekly PASS tests and monthly PPE reports not done. Fix: build both into the weekly and monthly inspection calendar (Workplace Health and Safety Regulations [YT], 2022, ss. 11.07, 11.09). See J13 Firefighter PPE and Protective Equipment.
4. Training records tied to a retired NFPA number. Fix: record the Board’s position on NFPA 1010 and keep training plans and records available to the committee and officers (Workplace Health and Safety Regulations [YT], 2022, s. 11.04(1); Workers’ Safety and Compensation Act [YT], 2021, s. 27(2)(b)). See J34 Fire Services Legislation and Firefighter Certification.
5. Firefighters without first aid, CPR and oxygen therapy certificates. Fix: fold all three into recruit and recertification tracking (Workplace Health and Safety Regulations [YT], 2022, s. 18.12). See J24 First Aid.
6. Borrowing roadway assumptions from other jurisdictions. Yukon has no move-over law and does not use CSA Z96 as its legal standard (Workplace Health and Safety Regulations [YT], 2022, s. 1.48). Fix: a traffic control procedure under s. 11.04(2)(d) with Yukon Level 1 garments and blocking that does not rely on drivers moving over. See J31 Roadway Incident Scenes.
7. Not settling who the employer is for territorial fire halls. Volunteer brigade members are Government of Yukon workers for compensation (Workers’ Safety and Compensation Act [YT], 2021, s. 82(a)), and for territorially run community departments the Government of Yukon is understood to be the employer for health and safety as well. Fix: confirm the arrangement with the Board in writing. See J01 OHS Legislation, Regulator and Enforcement.
8. Relying on the refusal limit without controls in place. The limit applies only where appropriate control measures are in place (Workers’ Safety and Compensation Act [YT], 2021, s. 47(3)). Fix: documented procedures, training and controls, and a refusal procedure with its escalation steps. See J07 Right to Refuse and Reprisal Protection.
9. Late injury reports. The employer report is due within three days, and late notice carries an administrative penalty (Workers’ Safety and Compensation Act [YT], 2021, s. 89(1); Yukon Workers’ Safety and Compensation Board, 2026). Fix: name who reports and when. See J08 Incident Reporting and Investigation.
10. A dive team without the commercial diving requirements. There is no public safety diving carve-out (Commercial Diving Regulations [YT], 2026, ss. 2-5, 35). Fix: annual Board medical certificates, the scuba crew minimums and the 40 m limit except to save life. See J29 Occupational Diving.

Each row is a legal obligation, so it belongs in Stage 1; a row for a specialty service applies only where the department provides that service. The topic page gives the detail.

The chapters of this book are written once for every Canadian fire department: where a requirement comes from territorial law, a chapter states it generically and links the topic page that holds each jurisdiction’s version. This pack collects Yukon’s section from every one of those topic pages, so a Yukon department can read its whole legal layer in one place and use the checklist above as the legal overlay for its gap assessment and audit. Adopt nothing from this pack without checking the official text of the statute or regulation and taking the advice of your own counsel.

Each section below is copied from the topic page it names; the topic page also shows every other jurisdiction for comparison.

Law. Workers’ Safety and Compensation Act, S.Y. 2021, c. 11, in force 2022-07-01, Part 3 (workplace health and safety) and Part 4 (compensation) (Workers’ Safety and Compensation Act [YT], 2021); Workplace Health and Safety Regulations, Y.O.I.C. 2006/178, formerly the OHS Regulations, including Part 11 “Firefighting” (Workplace Health and Safety Regulations [YT], 2022). The regulator is the Workers’ Safety and Compensation Board, whose safety officers are appointed under the Act (Workers’ Safety and Compensation Act [YT], 2021, s. 59).

What must be covered.

• Reporting line. The 24-hour serious-incident line, 867-667-5450 or 1-800-661-0443; reports are by telephone and no online serious-incident form was found (Yukon Workers’ Safety and Compensation Board, n.d.-f).
• Posting. Committee members’ and representatives’ names (Workers’ Safety and Compensation Act [YT], 2021, s. 43).
• Administrative penalties. Up to $250,000 plus up to $15,000 a day; notice within one year; reconsideration within 21 days, then appeal within 21 days (ss. 174-177). Base amounts since 2026-06-01 for a first, second and third penalty within three years: employer, owner, prime contractor or supplier $2,500, $5,000, $10,000; supervisor $750, $1,500, $3,000; worker $250, $500, $1,000; each base doubles for each aggravating factor (a high-risk violation, an intentional or reckless contravention, a breach of a stop-use or stop-work order, a serious injury or death) (Yukon Workers’ Safety and Compensation Board, 2026).
• Offences. First offence: up to $500,000 plus up to $50,000 a day; second or later: up to $1,000,000 plus up to $100,000 a day; imprisonment up to two years; creative sentencing; directors and officers liable (Workers’ Safety and Compensation Act [YT], 2021, s. 170). Two-year limitation (s. 171); only the board may prosecute (s. 172).
• Orders and appeals. Officers issue orders including stop-work and stop-use orders; the review and appeal periods for orders were not confirmed in the text read.
• Due diligence. No statutory clause; duties are qualified by “as far as is reasonably practicable”.

Fire-service nuance.

• “Worker” expressly includes a volunteer, and Part 11 applies to volunteer firefighting in municipal service (Workers’ Safety and Compensation Act [YT], 2021, s. 25; Workplace Health and Safety Regulations [YT], 2022, s. 11.02); see J11 Volunteer Firefighters.
• The board’s web page on penalties still shows a $150 worker base and imprisonment of up to 48 months; the Act (two years) and the 2026 policy govern.

Status. Partly verified: the Act was read in the Legislative Counsel consolidation captured 2024-12-25 (later amendments not checked), the regulations in the board’s official rendering, and the board’s pages and Policy 7.9 on 2026-10-23. Order appeal periods.

Law. Workers’ Safety and Compensation Act, Part 3, ss. 25 to 35 (Workers’ Safety and Compensation Act [YT], 2021, ss. 25-35).

What must be covered.

• Employer. Duties “as far as is reasonably practicable” to protect workers, including efforts to check on workers who may not be able to get assistance, and to keep training records (s. 27).
• Supervisor: a separate duty-holder. A supervisor is “a person who has charge of a workplace or authority over a worker” (s. 25), with duties of their own (s. 28). Supervisors must report all serious injuries immediately to an officer (Workplace Health and Safety Regulations [YT], 2022, s. 18.03(3)(c)).
• Worker. Duties of their own, and “worker” includes “a volunteer” (Workers’ Safety and Compensation Act [YT], 2021, ss. 25, 29).
• Others. Self-employed persons (s. 30), prime contractors (s. 31), owners (s. 32), suppliers (s. 33), and directors and officers (s. 34).

Fire-service nuance.

• Part 11 applies to volunteer firefighting in municipal service, so volunteer officers are supervisors with s. 28 duties (Workplace Health and Safety Regulations [YT], 2022, s. 11.02); see J11 Volunteer Firefighters.
• Administrative penalties have a supervisor tier ($750, $1,500, $3,000 base); see J01 OHS Legislation, Regulator and Enforcement.

Status. Partly verified: the duty sections were read in the Legislative Counsel consolidation captured 2024-12-25 (later amendments not checked). The detailed wording of ss. 27 to 34 is summarized from that reading.

Law. Workers’ Safety and Compensation Act, ss. 44 to 46 (Workers’ Safety and Compensation Act [YT], 2021, ss. 44-46); Workplace Health and Safety Regulations, ss. 1.03.01, 1.04.01 and 19.01 (Workplace Health and Safety Regulations [YT], 2022).

What must be covered.

• Every employer. “Written policy statements and procedures for the prevention of injury” at each workplace, implemented and reviewed at least once every three years (Workplace Health and Safety Regulations [YT], 2022, s. 1.04.01); a hazard assessment for each workplace (s. 1.03.01); a written violence and harassment policy (s. 19.01).
• Program threshold. A written health and safety management system where 20 or more workers are regularly employed, or on a board order, developed in consultation with the committee, representative or workers (Workers’ Safety and Compensation Act [YT], 2021, ss. 44(1)-(2), 46).
• Program elements (s. 44(3)). (a) policy; (b) hazard identification and controls; (c) emergency response plan; (d) statement of responsibilities; (e) inspection schedule; (f) procedures for other employers and contractors; (g) worker and supervisor orientation and training; (h) investigation procedures; (i) worker participation; (j) review and revision procedures; (k) records; (l) anything prescribed or ordered.
• Review. When circumstances change and at least every three years (s. 44(4)). Under 20 workers, hazard assessments are done with the workers or the representative (s. 45).

Fire-service nuance.

• “Worker” includes a volunteer (s. 25), but how volunteers count toward “regularly employed” is not defined; see J11 Volunteer Firefighters.
• Part 11 requires written firefighting procedures that sit inside the system; see J06 Written Procedures and Committee Consultation.

Status. Partly verified: the Act was read in the Legislative Counsel consolidation captured 2024-12-25 (later amendments not checked); the regulations in the board’s official rendering on 2026-10-23.

Law. Workplace Health and Safety Regulations, ss. 1.03.01 and 1.04 (Workplace Health and Safety Regulations [YT], 2022); Workers’ Safety and Compensation Act, ss. 44(3)(e) and 45 (Workers’ Safety and Compensation Act [YT], 2021).

What must be covered.

• Hazard assessment, every employer. Conduct hazard assessments for each workplace to identify existing and potential hazards and the extent of the risk of injury, considering previous experience in the workplace and in similar workplaces, the location and circumstances of the work, and the likelihood that each hazard presents a risk (Workplace Health and Safety Regulations [YT], 2022, s. 1.03.01(1)-(2)).
• Who takes part. In consultation with the committee or representative where one is required, or otherwise the workers (s. 1.03.01(3)); under 20 workers, with the workers or the representative (Workers’ Safety and Compensation Act [YT], 2021, s. 45).
• When it is repeated. As often as required to prevent hazards from developing; as soon as practicable after a significant change in location, circumstances, interactions or layout; after an incident or injury involving a hazard already identified; and when the board orders it (Workplace Health and Safety Regulations [YT], 2022, s. 1.03.01(4)).
• Controls. All reasonable precautions: eliminate hazards where possible; control them through engineering and administrative procedures; develop safe work procedures; and provide information, training and PPE where hazards cannot be eliminated or controlled (s. 1.04).
• Inspections. The health and safety management system includes an inspection schedule (Workers’ Safety and Compensation Act [YT], 2021, s. 44(3)(e)); the law read fixes no interval.

Fire-service nuance.

• The repeat triggers suit a fire department well: review the station and training-ground assessments after any injury or near miss involving a known hazard, and after any renovation.
• Firefighters give the fire chief a written PPE inspection report each month under Part 11 (Workplace Health and Safety Regulations [YT], 2022, s. 11.07); see J13 Firefighter PPE and Protective Equipment.

Status. Partly verified: the regulations were read in the board’s official rendering on 2026-10-23; the Act in the consolidation captured 2024-12-25 (later amendments not checked).

Law. Workers’ Safety and Compensation Act, ss. 36 to 43 (Workers’ Safety and Compensation Act [YT], 2021, ss. 36-43); Workers’ Safety and Compensation Board guidance (Yukon Workers’ Safety and Compensation Board, n.d.-d).

What must be covered.

• Threshold. A committee where 20 or more workers are regularly employed, or by board order (ss. 36, 40). A representative at 5 to 19 regularly employed workers, or by board order (s. 39(1)).
• Composition. At least 4 members; at least half worker representatives who exercise no managerial functions, chosen by the workers or their union; a worker co-chair and an employer co-chair who alternate as chair and both take part in all decisions (s. 37(1)-(4)).
• Meetings and minutes. At least once a month during working hours, and urgently when required (s. 37(6)). The committee keeps records of its duties, available on request (s. 38(g)); members’ names are posted (s. 43); no rule requiring minutes to be posted was found.
• Response clock. None found for employers; a prime contractor must respond “within a reasonable time” (s. 31(2)(f)).
• Functions. Receive, consider and make recommendations on concerns and complaints; participate in identifying hazards; advise the employer on measures to protect safety; participate in inspections; participate in investigations of serious incidents and work refusals; keep records; co-operate with officers (s. 38; Yukon Workers’ Safety and Compensation Board, n.d.-d).
• Training and paid time. Orientation within 30 days of selection; co-chairs and representatives trained to perform their duties within 6 months; at least one worker member trained to take part in investigations within 6 months; the employer pays, and the time is paid work time (ss. 41-42).

Fire-service nuance.

• Volunteers. “Worker” includes “a volunteer” (s. 25), so volunteers can be worker representatives; how they count toward “regularly employed” is not defined; see J11 Volunteer Firefighters.
• Write a response deadline into the terms of reference, since the Act sets none for employers.

Status. Partly verified: the Act was read in the Legislative Counsel consolidation captured 2024-12-25 (later amendments not checked), and the board’s committee page on 2026-10-23.

Law. Workplace Health and Safety Regulations, ss. 1.03.01(3), 1.04, 1.04.01, 1.06, 1.06.01 and 11.04 (Workplace Health and Safety Regulations [YT], 2022); Workers’ Safety and Compensation Act, s. 44(2) (Workers’ Safety and Compensation Act [YT], 2021, s. 44(2)).

What must be covered.

• General, every employer. “Written policy statements and procedures for the prevention of injury” at each workplace, implemented and reviewed at least once every three years (Workplace Health and Safety Regulations [YT], 2022, s. 1.04.01); safe work procedures are one of the required controls (s. 1.04(c)). Workers operate equipment and processes only when trained in “the related safe work procedure” (s. 1.06), and all workers are trained in the employer’s prevention policies and procedures (s. 1.06.01(1)(b)).
• Five mandatory fire-service procedures. Written procedures, or a documented training plan, to manage and track firefighters at an incident; manage bloodborne pathogens; manage incident stress; arrange or provide effective traffic control at incidents; and operate firefighting vehicles in emergency and non-emergency travel (s. 11.04(2)).
• Conditional procedures. Written procedures for buildings of four storeys or more; firefighting over water or underground; hazardous substances; high-angle, confined-space, trench, excavation and water rescue; and electrical emergencies (s. 11.04(3)).
• Consultation. Hazard assessments are made in consultation with the committee or representative, or the workers (s. 1.03.01(3)); the health and safety management system is developed in consultation with the committee, representative or workers (Workers’ Safety and Compensation Act [YT], 2021, s. 44(2)).

Fire-service nuance.

• Yukon’s four-storey trigger for the high-rise procedure is lower than British Columbia’s seven storeys.
• Part 11 lets a documented training plan stand in for some written procedures; a written procedure is still the stronger record (interpretation).

Status. Partly verified: the regulations were read in the board’s official rendering on 2026-10-23; the Act in the consolidation captured 2024-12-25 (later amendments not checked).

Law. Workers’ Safety and Compensation Act, ss. 47 to 56 (Workers’ Safety and Compensation Act [YT], 2021, ss. 47-56).

What must be covered.

• The right. A worker may refuse to perform work if they believe on reasonable grounds that it is unsafe (s. 47(1)). Work is unsafe if the work activities or the conditions of the work are likely to endanger the health and safety of the worker or another person (s. 47(2)).
• Steps.
  1. The worker reports the refusal immediately to the employer or supervisor (s. 48(1)).
  2. The employer investigates immediately and either remedies the problem or tells the worker the work is not unsafe or that s. 47(3) applies (s. 48(2)).
  3. If the refusal continues, a second investigation with a trained worker member of the committee, the representative, or a worker the refuser chooses (s. 49).
  4. If it still continues, the employer reports to the board; an officer investigates and gives written reasons, and the right continues until the work is remedied or the officer decides (s. 50).
• Reassignment and pay. Another worker may be assigned only with written disclosure (s. 51). The refusing worker keeps the same pay and may be given temporary alternative work (s. 52).
• Reprisal. Prohibited (s. 53). The worker elects, irrevocably, to use the collective agreement’s dispute process or to complain in writing to the board (s. 54(1)-(2)); a complaint to the board must be made “within 21 days after the date of the alleged reprisal” (s. 54(4)). The board refers it to an arbitrator unless it is late or without merit (s. 55). The employer or union bears the onus once an adverse action follows a protected act (s. 56).

Fire-service nuance.

• The limit, verbatim. The right “does not apply in the following circumstances: (a) the refusal would directly endanger the health and safety of another person and appropriate control measures are in place; (b) the conditions under which the work is to be performed are ordinary conditions in that kind of work and appropriate control measures are in place” (s. 47(3)). There is no firefighter-specific wording; these general limits are what operate for emergency services.
• Controls make the limit work. Each limb applies only where “appropriate control measures are in place”. A department can rely on it only if its procedures, training, rescue team and equipment are in place and documented; where they are missing, the full right applies.
• Volunteers. “Worker” includes a volunteer, so volunteers have the right and the 21-day reprisal route (J11 Volunteer Firefighters).

Status. Verified against the official text on 2026-10-23 (Act as amended to SY 2024, c. 6).

Law. Workers’ Safety and Compensation Act, ss. 57, 58, 88 and 89 (Workers’ Safety and Compensation Act [YT], 2021, ss. 57-58, 88-89); Workplace Health and Safety Regulations, s. 18.03(3)(c) (Workplace Health and Safety Regulations [YT], 2022, s. 18.03(3)(c)).

What must be covered.

• Immediate report. The employer reports the time, date, place and nature of: an incident causing serious injury to, or the death of, a worker; an incident or injury leading to a worker’s admission to hospital as an in-patient; a major structural failure or collapse of a bridge, building, crane, excavation, hoist, mine, temporary construction support system, tower or similar structure; a major release of a hazardous substance; an explosion or fire with the potential to cause serious injury to, or the death of, a worker or other person; and anything a regulation or board order requires (s. 57(1)-(2)). The 24-hour serious incident line is 867-667-5450 or 1-800-661-0443 (Yukon Workers’ Safety and Compensation Board, n.d.-f).
• Scene. No one may disturb or work at the scene, or move equipment or documents, unless the board or police direct otherwise, except to attend to the injured, prevent further harm or protect endangered property (s. 57(3)).
• Investigation. The employer must investigate and write a report, which goes to the committee or representative and to the board on request (s. 58). Supervisors report serious injuries immediately to an officer (Workplace Health and Safety Regulations [YT], 2022, s. 18.03(3)(c)).
• Compensation report. Written notice to the board within three days of learning of any work-related injury or possible injury, with a copy to the worker (s. 89(1)); the worker applies within 12 months (s. 88).

Fire-service nuance.

• At a fire you are fighting. Whether a fire the department is fighting is itself a reportable “fire” under s. 57(1)(e) is untested. Apply the death, in-patient and fire or explosion limbs to the department’s own members, and report a collapse where members are working (interpretation; confirm with the board).
• Volunteers. Volunteers are workers, so these duties apply (J11 Volunteer Firefighters).

Status. Verified against the official text on 2026-10-23 (Act as amended to SY 2024, c. 6; board pages read). The fire-scene reading is interpretation.

Law. Workplace Health and Safety Regulations, ss. 1.06.01, 1.33, 2.09, 11.14 and 18.14 (Workplace Health and Safety Regulations [YT], 2022, ss. 1.06.01, 1.33, 2.09, 11.14, 18.14); Workplace Health Regulations, s. 6(6) (Workplace Health Regulations [YT], 2026, s. 6); Commercial Diving Regulations, s. 5 (Commercial Diving Regulations [YT], 2026, s. 5); Workers’ Safety and Compensation Act, s. 27 (Workers’ Safety and Compensation Act [YT], 2021, s. 27).

What must be covered.

• General duty. No general records duty or default period; retention is item by item.
• Retention periods.
  • First aid records: three years (s. 18.14).
  • Confined space permits: one year (s. 2.09(5)).
  • SCBA and cylinder records: kept as NFPA 1981 requires (s. 11.14(4)).
  • Diver logbooks: two years (Commercial Diving Regulations [YT], 2026, s. 5).
  • Training records (s. 1.06.01(2); Workers’ Safety and Compensation Act [YT], 2021, s. 27(2)(b)) and fit-test records (s. 1.33): no period set.
• Exposure and health records. Audiometric records: for the length of employment (Workplace Health Regulations [YT], 2026, s. 6(6)). No exposure-record rule was found.

Fire-service nuance.

• NFPA editions have moved. The firefighting Part ties SCBA records to NFPA 1981, which NFPA has folded into NFPA 1970; confirm with the board which edition now governs.

Status. Verified against the official text on 2026-10-23 (Regulations Parts 1, 2, 11 and 18 read in the board’s rendering and the Part 11 consolidation to 2022-09-30; Act as amended to SY 2024, c. 6). The diver logbook period comes from the board’s rendering of the diving regulations.

Law. Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act [YT], 2018); Municipal Act, s. 236 (Municipal Act [YT], 2002, s. 236); Health Information Privacy and Management Act, s. 2 (Health Information Privacy and Management Act [YT], 2013, s. 2).

What must be covered.

• Access and privacy. “Public body” under ATIPP means ministerial bodies and prescribed statutory bodies; municipalities are not public bodies. Volunteer fire departments run by a territorial department are covered as part of a ministerial body.
• Municipal records. The Municipal Act gives access to listed municipal records (s. 236); other records may be released by council “subject to due regard for the confidentiality of personal information”.
• Health information. HIPMA custodians are the health department, hospital and health facility operators, health care providers and prescribed persons; “health” means “the physical and mental state of an individual” (s. 2).

Fire-service nuance.

• Municipal departments rely on policy. A municipal fire department has no ATIPP duties; its privacy protection for member and patient information rests on the Municipal Act’s confidentiality wording and its own policy.
• Medical first response. Whether fire-service medical responders are HIPMA custodians is unresolved.

Status. Partly verified on 2026-10-23 (ATIPP read in the 2025-03 capture; Municipal Act to SY 2024, c. 6; HIPMA in the 2024-12 capture). Territorial fire services’ coverage and custodian status are not confirmed.

Law. Workers’ Safety and Compensation Act, ss. 25, 47, 53, 54, 79, 82, 94, 95 and 118 (Workers’ Safety and Compensation Act [YT], 2021, ss. 25, 47, 53-54, 79, 82, 94-95, 118); Workplace Health and Safety Regulations, s. 11.02 (Workplace Health and Safety Regulations [YT], 2022, s. 11.02).

What must be covered.

• OHS status. In Part 3, “worker” includes “a volunteer”, and an employer may employ workers “whether paid or unpaid” (s. 25). The firefighting Part applies to “volunteer firefighting in municipal service” (Workplace Health and Safety Regulations [YT], 2022, s. 11.02). Nothing bars volunteers from serving as worker representatives; how they count toward the “regularly employed” thresholds is not addressed.
• Refusal and reprisal. Volunteers have the s. 47 right, limited by s. 47(3), and the s. 53 protection, with a complaint to the board within 21 days (ss. 47, 53-54). Removal from the roster after a refusal is a reprisal in substance (interpretation; see J07 Right to Refuse and Reprisal Protection).
• Compensation. “Members of a volunteer fire brigade” are designated workers of the Government of Yukon (s. 82(a)), as are persons required by a competent authority to help fight a fire (s. 82(b)); optional coverage is available for other volunteers (s. 79(4)).
• Presumptions. The cancer presumption covers full-time, part-time and volunteer firefighters, and applies to part-time and volunteer firefighters after 2014-03-27; a claim must be filed within 12 months (s. 94(3)-(4)). A cardiac arrest within 24 hours after attendance at an emergency response is presumed for all firefighters, including wildland (s. 94(5)); post-traumatic stress is presumed for all workers (s. 95). The board counts service in other jurisdictions (Yukon Workers’ Safety and Compensation Board, n.d.-b).
• Return to work. The re-employment duty excludes s. 82 designees such as volunteer brigade members (s. 118).

Fire-service nuance.

• Territorial brigades. Volunteer brigades in unincorporated communities are run by the territorial government, which is also their compensation employer.
• Cancer list. The 19 cancers and minimum years come from the board’s page; the regulation itself was not read.

Status. Verified against the official text on 2026-10-23 (Act as amended to SY 2024, c. 6; Part 11 to 2022-09-30; board page read). Threshold counting and the cancer regulation are not confirmed.

Law. Workers’ Safety and Compensation Act, s. 27 employer duties (Workers’ Safety and Compensation Act [YT], 2021, s. 27); Workplace Health and Safety Regulations, Part 11 “Firefighting”, ss. 11.01 to 11.26 (Workplace Health and Safety Regulations [YT], 2022, ss. 11.01-11.26).

What must be covered.

• Scope. Part 11 applies to employers and workers employed in firefighting full time or part time, “including volunteer firefighting in municipal service and industrial fire brigades”, but not forest firefighting (s. 11.02). Standards named in Part 11 mean the most current edition, unless another similar standard is acceptable to the board (s. 11.03).
• Training in the safe performance of duties in accordance with NFPA 1001 (s. 11.04(1)).
• Written procedures or a documented training plan to: (a) manage and track firefighters at an incident; (b) manage exposure to bloodborne pathogens; (c) manage incident stress; (d) arrange or provide traffic control at incidents; (e) operate firefighting vehicles in emergency and non-emergency travel (s. 11.04(2)). Written procedures for fires in buildings of four storeys or more, firefighting over water or underground, hazardous substances, rescue from high angles, confined spaces, trenches, excavations and water, and electrical emergencies (s. 11.04(3)).
• Rest and rehabilitation. The incident commander ensures rest and rehabilitation, which may include food, drinks and a suitable thermal environment (s. 11.05).
• SCBA. Worn whenever there is a respiratory hazard and removed only when the fire ground safety officer or incident commander says so (s. 11.06); positive pressure, rated for at least 30 minutes, with training (s. 11.10); at least four SCBA at the site and one spare 30-minute cylinder for each (s. 11.13).
• PASS to NFPA 1982, used with any SCBA duty and tested at least weekly (s. 11.09).
• Entry team. When SCBA is used to enter a building or similar enclosed location, entry is by a team of at least two, with effective communication between inside and outside (s. 11.16).
• Rescue team (s. 11.17). Before entering to perform a rescue or interior firefighting, a rescue team of at least two must assemble outside in full protective equipment, ready to enter, and must not take on work that limits a prompt rescue. Where an immediate rescue or interior attack is needed, the incident commander must first assess the situation, may authorize entry if safe, must give first priority to assembling the rescue team as firefighters arrive, and “shall immediately withdraw all firefighters where a rescue team is not assembled within ten minutes of initial entry and not permit further entry until a rescue team is assembled”.
• Command roles. The regulation defines the incident commander and the fire ground safety officer (s. 11.01).

Fire-service nuance.

• Volunteers are covered expressly, in Part 11 and in the Act’s definition of worker; see J11 Volunteer Firefighters.
• The 10-minute rule here runs from initial entry and ends in withdrawal; British Columbia’s runs from the initial attack and ends the attack. Write the local version into the SOP.
• The right to refuse excludes dangers that are “ordinary conditions in that kind of work” where control measures are in place (Workers’ Safety and Compensation Act [YT], 2021, s. 47(3)); see J07 Right to Refuse and Reprisal Protection.
• Part 11 cites “current edition” NFPA standards that NFPA has since consolidated (NFPA 1001 into NFPA 1010, NFPA 1971, 1981 and 1982 into NFPA 1970, NFPA 1901 into NFPA 1900); confirm with the board which documents now satisfy Part 11.
• No guidance series comparable to Ontario’s was found.

Status. Verified against the official text on 2026-10-23 (Part 11 consolidation current to 2022-09-30; Act as captured December 2024). Later amendments to the Act were not checked.

Law. Workers’ Safety and Compensation Act, ss. 27 and 29 (Workers’ Safety and Compensation Act [YT], 2021); Workplace Health and Safety Regulations, Part 1 (ss. 1.08 to 1.23) and Part 11 (ss. 11.06 to 11.10) (Workplace Health and Safety Regulations [YT], 2022).

What must be covered.

• General duty. The employer ensures PPE is used and the worker uses it and reports defects (Workers’ Safety and Compensation Act [YT], 2021, ss. 27(1)(g), 29(c), (e)(ii)); the worker supplies weather clothing, gloves and safety footwear and the employer supplies other PPE free (Workplace Health and Safety Regulations [YT], 2022, ss. 1.08-1.09); PPE is inspected and maintained, checked before each use, and not used if it malfunctions (ss. 1.10-1.11).
• General standards. Headwear to CSA Z94.1-05 or ANSI Z89.1-2003 (s. 1.18); eye protection to CSA Z94.3-02 or ANSI Z87.1-2003 (s. 1.23); footwear to CSA Z195-02 or ANSI Z41 (s. 1.13), each allowing “similar acceptable” standards.
• Firefighter PPE. Firefighters engaged in firefighting, or exposed to its hazards other than forest firefighting, wear full protective equipment (helmet, coat, pants, hood, gloves, boots) to NFPA 1971 (current edition), CGSB 155.1-2001 or another standard acceptable to the board (s. 11.06(1)); CSA Z94.1 headwear for cause determination and, at the incident commander’s discretion, at vegetation fires (s. 11.06(3)); eye and hearing protection where needed (s. 11.06(4)-(5)).
• Care. Written procedures for regular and periodic inspection; cleaning and drying to the manufacturer’s instructions; defective items repaired or replaced immediately; and each firefighter keeps their PPE in good condition and submits “a written inspection report to the Fire Chief each month” (s. 11.07).
• SCBA and PASS. SCBA worn wherever there is a respiratory hazard until the safety officer or incident commander says otherwise (s. 11.06(2)); PASS with any SCBA duty, to NFPA 1982 (s. 11.09); positive-pressure SCBA rated for 30 minutes (s. 11.10).

Fire-service nuance.

• No other jurisdiction was found to require a monthly written PPE inspection report; a short monthly checklist signed by each member meets it.
• NFPA 1971 and 1982 are now in NFPA 1970 (2025); confirm with the board that NFPA 1970 equipment satisfies the “current edition” references (NFPA 1970, 2025).
• Chainsaw leg protection is not required at a structural fire (s. 1.16).

Status. Verified against the official text on 2026-10-24 (regulations Parts 1 and 11 in the board’s rendering, consolidation current to 2022-09-30; Act ss. 27 and 29 in the consolidation current to 2024-12-25).

Law. Workplace Health and Safety Regulations, Part 1 (ss. 1.26 to 1.33) and Part 11 (ss. 11.10 to 11.15) (Workplace Health and Safety Regulations [YT], 2022, ss. 1.26-1.33, 11.10-11.15).

What must be covered.

• CSA Z94.4 edition. Respirators are selected in accordance with CSA Z94.4-02 or a similar acceptable standard (s. 1.27(b)); this is a dated edition outside the “current edition” rule in Part 11.
• Fit test. “Fit tests and fit checks shall be carried out on workers as required”, with records kept (s. 1.33); no interval or method is stated. Firefighters are fit tested to NFPA 1981 (current edition) while wearing the protective equipment normally worn with SCBA (s. 11.12(3)-(4)).
• Facial hair and eyewear. Clean shaven (ss. 1.32, 11.12); only SCBA-compatible corrective eyewear (ss. 1.31, 11.12).
• Breathing air. CSA Z180.1-00, tested at least annually (ss. 1.30, 11.15).
• Medical. A physician’s certificate of fitness to use SCBA only after breathing difficulty, or with heart disease, impaired pulmonary function or another limiting condition (s. 11.11).
• SCBA servicing. By qualified persons; cylinder inspection to NFPA 1981; hydrostatic testing to CSA B339-02; maintenance and repair records kept to NFPA 1981 (s. 11.14); at least four SCBA on site and a spare 30-minute cylinder for each (s. 11.13).

Fire-service nuance.

• NFPA 1981 has been consolidated into NFPA 1970 (2025), and SCBA care now sits in NFPA 1850; confirm with the board which documents satisfy the “current edition” references (NFPA 1970, 2025; NFPA 1850, 2026).
• With no fixed interval, the department should set one; annual is the NFPA norm for SCBA users.

Status. Verified against the official text on 2026-10-23 (Part 1 and Part 11 renderings read; Part 11 consolidation current to 2022-09-30).

Law. Workplace Health and Safety Regulations, ss. 1.07, 4.02, 4.03, 6.02, 6.04, 6.06, 9.06, 10.25 to 10.32 and 11.23 to 11.25 (Workplace Health and Safety Regulations [YT], 2022).

What must be covered.

• General inspection. Safeguards checked before operation (s. 1.07); tools inspected before use, with defective tools reported and not used (ss. 4.02-4.03); mobile equipment maintained to the manufacturer’s instructions, unsafe units identified and records kept, with the operator’s pre-start inspection logged (ss. 6.02, 6.04).
• Fire aerial devices. Built to NFPA 1901, and “inspected, tested and certified every 12 months” by a professional engineer or the manufacturer to NFPA 1914 (s. 11.23); a turntable lock and a qualified operator at the lower controls (s. 11.24). Non-fire aerial devices follow CAN/CSA-C225-00, and firefighting units NFPA 1901, current edition (s. 6.06(g)-(h)); insulated aerial devices are dielectric-tested every 12 months (s. 9.06(1)).
• Fire ground ladders. NFPA 1931 and NFPA 1932 (s. 11.25).
• General ladders and platforms. Portable ladders to CSA Z11-M81 or ANSI A14.1 or A14.2, with maximum lengths (single 9 m; two-section extension 15 m; more sections 20 m), secured above 3 m, 1 m above the landing and not from the top three rungs (ss. 10.25-10.29); elevating work platforms to the CSA B354 parts (s. 10.32).
• Records. No default retention period.

Fire-service nuance.

• Part 11 standards mean the current edition unless the board accepts another (s. 11.03); NFPA 1914 and 1901 are now in NFPA 1910 and NFPA 1900 (2024) (NFPA 1910, 2024).
• The aerial ladder belt and platform harness rules are in s. 11.08; see J16 Fall Protection and Rope Access.

Status. Verified against the official text on 2026-10-23 (regulation renderings read; Part 11 consolidation current to 2022-09-30).

Law. Workplace Health and Safety Regulations, Part 1 (ss. 1.37 to 1.43 and 1.60) and Part 11 (s. 11.08) (Workplace Health and Safety Regulations [YT], 2022, ss. 1.37-1.43, 1.60, 11.04, 11.08).

What must be covered.

• Trigger. Fall arrest where guards or guardrails are not practical and a worker may fall 3 m (10 ft) or more, or less where there is an unusual risk; also at pits, machinery, water, utility poles and towers, swing stages and elevating platforms, and on roofs with a slope of 2 vertical in 3 horizontal or more or that are slippery (s. 1.37).
• Written plan. Where a fall of 7.5 m (25 ft) or more may occur and there are no permanent guardrails, covering the hazards, the system, its use and the rescue of a fallen or suspended worker (s. 1.38).
• Equipment. Harnesses to CSA Z259.10-M90, energy absorbers and lanyards to Z259.11-05, belts for restraint to Z259.1-95, vertical lifelines to Z259.2.1-98 (ss. 1.39-1.40); free fall under 1.2 m (s. 1.43); guardrails above 2.4 m (s. 1.60).
• Training. No specific interval; general training records apply.
• Aerial devices. “A firefighter working on an aerial ladder shall wear a safety belt and lanyard that limits a fall to not more than 0.3 m (12 in.)” to CSA Z259.1-05; on an aerial platform, a full body harness and lanyard under Part 1 (s. 11.08(1)-(2)).
• Rescue rope. Rescue ropes, rappelling lines, belts, harnesses, rope grabs, lowering devices and related equipment meet NFPA 1983, current edition (s. 11.08(3)); written procedures for high-angle rescue where the department may do it (s. 11.04(3)).

Fire-service nuance.

• No emergency-services relief in Part 1. The only firefighter exemption found in Part 1 is chainsaw leg protection at structural fires (s. 1.16).
• Part 11 applies to volunteer firefighting in municipal service and to industrial brigades, but not to forest firefighting (s. 11.02).
• Part 11 cites “current edition” NFPA standards that NFPA has since consolidated (NFPA 1983 into NFPA 2500); confirm with the board which documents now satisfy s. 11.08.

Status. Verified against the official text on 2026-10-23 (Part 1 rendering and Part 11 consolidation current to 2022-09-30). Amendments after the captured texts were not checked.

Law. Workplace Health and Safety Regulations, Part 2 (confined spaces) and s. 11.04(3) (written rescue procedures) (Workplace Health and Safety Regulations [YT], 2022, ss. 2.04-2.32, 11.04).

What must be covered.

• Program and assessment. A written entry program (s. 2.04) and a hazard assessment by a qualified person (s. 2.08).
• Atmosphere. “Clean respirable air” means about 20.9 percent oxygen, no measurable flammable gas and contaminants no more than 10 percent of the exposure limit; oxygen deficiency is below 19.5 percent and enrichment above 23.5 percent (s. 2.08(2)(b)); flammables below 20 percent of the LEL where clean air cannot be assured (s. 2.22(b)), with continuous monitoring where more than 20 percent could develop (s. 2.20(3)); hydrogen sulphide and carbon monoxide from the Workplace Health Regulations limits.
• Permit. Required for high-hazard atmospheres, lockout or isolation, or engulfment or entrapment hazards; re-signed at crew or shift changes and kept one year (s. 2.09).
• Testing. Within 20 minutes before entry, recorded (s. 2.18).
• Ventilation. Continuous, except for inerted spaces, controlled low-hazard spaces, or “an emergency rescue, where ventilation is not practicable” (s. 2.24(c)).
• Standby. Checks at least every 20 minutes for low or moderate hazards; continuous attendance by a person equipped to rescue for high hazards (ss. 2.28-2.29).
• Rescue. Rescue personnel available with written procedures; trained, with “a practice drill at least annually” and records; SCBA or supplied air with an escape bottle in unknown or IDLH atmospheres (ss. 2.30-2.32).

Fire-service nuance.

• No firefighter exemption; emergency rescue is excepted only from continuous ventilation where it is not practicable (s. 2.24(c)).
• Part 11 requires written procedures for confined space rescue where the department may do it (s. 11.04(3)).

Status. Verified against the official text on 2026-10-23 (WSCB rendering of Part 2 read). Amendments after the rendering and the Workplace Health Regulations limits were not checked.

Law. Workplace Health and Safety Regulations, Part 10 (construction, ss. 10.62 to 10.72) and s. 11.04(3) (Workplace Health and Safety Regulations [YT], 2022, ss. 10.62-10.72, 11.04).

What must be covered.

• Trigger. Before a worker enters a trench deeper than 1.2 m, the walls are sloped, benched, shored to Table 10-9 (up to 6 m) or protected by trench boxes (s. 10.65); the minimum slope in hard soil is 3 horizontal to 4 vertical.
• Engineer. Required where the excavation is deeper than 6 m, uses support structures, is next to structures, is subject to hydraulic pressure or vibration, has ground sloping steeper than 3 horizontal to 1 vertical, has extraordinary conditions, or is in permafrost (s. 10.62).
• Notice. The board is notified before work deeper than 6 m or in permafrost (s. 10.63).
• Utilities. Located, with hand digging within 0.6 m (s. 10.64).
• Spoil. At least 0.6 m from a trench edge and 1.2 m from other excavations (s. 10.70(1)).
• Access. In trenches deeper than 1.2 m, entry and exit within 8 m of workers; ladders extend 1 m above the top (s. 10.69).

Fire-service nuance.

• No firefighter exemption. Part 11 requires written procedures for trench and excavation rescue where the department may do it (s. 11.04(3)).
• Permafrost changes how trench walls behave when they thaw; an engineer’s input is required in law for planned work and is prudent for rescue planning.

Status. Verified against the official text on 2026-10-23 (WSCB rendering of Part 10 read). Amendments after the rendering were not checked.

Law. Workplace Health and Safety Regulations, Part 3 (lockout), Part 7 (machinery and machinery guarding, s. 7.02) and Part 9 (electrical safety, ss. 9.18 to 9.22) (Workplace Health and Safety Regulations [YT], 2022, ss. 3.01-3.10, 7.02, 9.18-9.22).

What must be covered.

• Lockout. Part 3, with a group lockout procedure when 3 or more workers or more than 4 isolating devices are involved.

• Guarding. Safeguards to CSA Z432-04 (s. 7.02).

• Limits of approach. The voltage is determined accurately and these distances kept by workers and equipment (s. 9.18(1), Table 9-1):

  Voltage (phase to phase)	Limit of approach
  Up to 750 V	1.0 m (3 ft)
  750 V to 40 kV	3.0 m (10 ft)
  69 kV, 72 kV	3.5 m (12 ft)
  138 kV, 144 kV	4.0 m (13 ft)
  230 kV, 260 kV	5.0 m (16 ft)
  500 kV	7.0 m (23 ft)

• Unknown voltage. “Where the voltage of any energized equipment or conductor cannot or has not been determined, the limit of approach of 7.0 m (23 ft.) shall be maintained” (s. 9.18(2)).

• Closer work. Written assurance from the public utility where the distance cannot be kept (s. 9.19).

Fire-service nuance.

• No exemption, only precautions. “During emergency actions all reasonable precautions shall be taken to control the hazards”, including restricting entry, a safety watcher, no one touching moving equipment, and the operator on the machine or a bonded mat (s. 9.22(1)). Only journeyperson electrical workers and those under their direct supervision may work within the distances, with the owner’s authorization (s. 9.22(2)).
• The 7 m unknown-voltage rule is a sound default for any downed-wire procedure.

Status. Verified against the board’s official rendering of the regulations: Parts 3, 7 and 9 read on 2026-10-24. Code adoption was not checked.

Law. Workplace Health and Safety Regulations, Part 1 (ss. 1.50 to 1.71) and Part 11 (ss. 11.15 and 11.22) (Workplace Health and Safety Regulations [YT], 2022); Workplace Health Regulations, ss. 2, 7 and 8 (Workplace Health Regulations [YT], 2026); Fire Prevention Act, ss. 1 and 3.01 (Fire Prevention Act [YT], 2002).

What must be covered.

• Access and floors. Access, egress and emergency escape (s. 1.50) and their maintenance (s. 1.51); slips and trips (s. 1.55); walkways (s. 1.58).
• Guardrails and stairs. Guardrails at 0.91 to 1.07 m built for 900 N (ss. 1.60-1.63); toeboards (s. 1.64); handrails at 0.8 to 0.9 m where there are more than four risers (s. 1.65); openings covered or guarded (ss. 1.66-1.67).
• Lighting and air. Emergency lighting of at least 10.8 lux at exits, inspected yearly (s. 1.57); illumination levels and ventilation to the ACGIH ventilation manual (Workplace Health Regulations [YT], 2026, ss. 2, 7-8).
• Emergencies. Exits unlocked and marked and an emergency plan (Workplace Health and Safety Regulations [YT], 2022, s. 1.69); fire equipment to NFPA standards (s. 1.70).
• Sanitation. Toilets, water, a separate eating area, showers and changing facilities (s. 1.71).
• Apparatus bays. Local venting of vehicle exhaust in fire hall vehicle areas unless monitoring shows levels below the limits (s. 11.22); breathing air to CSA Z180.1-00, tested yearly (s. 11.15).
• Pressure equipment. The territorial boiler and pressure vessels statute applies, administered by the building safety branch.
• Codes. The fire code is established under the fire statute (Fire Prevention Act [YT], 2002, ss. 1, 3.01); the codes board lists the 2020 national codes with variations in force from 2023-04-01 (CBHCC, n.d.). A move to the 2025 national building code from 2027-06-22 was reported.

Fire-service nuance.

• Yukon and British Columbia are the only jurisdictions found with an exhaust rule written for fire halls.

Status. Partly verified: regulations read on 2026-10-23 (board renderings, Part 11 current to 2022-09-30); pressure statute and building code instrument not read.

Law. Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System Regulation (2015); Workplace Health Regulations, asbestos control (ss. 33-41); Workplace Health and Safety Regulations, Part 11 (firefighting) (Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System Regulation [YT], 2026, s. 5(4); Workplace Health Regulations [YT], 2026, ss. 33-41; Workplace Health and Safety Regulations [YT], 2022, s. 11.04(3)). Release reporting legislation was not read for this page.

What must be covered.

• WHMIS training. Education and training reviewed at least annually with the committee or health and safety representative (s. 5(4)).
• Release reporting. Report to the territorial line, 867-667-7244 (Environment and Climate Change Canada, 2023).
• Asbestos control projects. A pre-project meeting between the contractor, the on-site supervisor and an officer before work starts (s. 34(1)); a worker certified in asbestos control procedures on site throughout (s. 34(3)); enclosure, air locks and negative pressure by an asbestos control contractor (s. 34(4)); clearance sampling below 0.2 fibres per cubic centimetre, confirmed by an officer before the area returns to use (s. 34(6)-(9)); restricted area rules (ss. 35-36).
• Inventory. No duty to inventory asbestos in existing buildings was found.

Fire-service nuance.

• Part 11 requires written procedures for hazardous substances incidents (s. 11.04(3)), and covers volunteer firefighters in municipal service.
• The asbestos rules are written for abatement projects; for an acquired structure, arrange a survey by policy and an asbestos control contractor for removal.

Status. Partly verified: the Workplace Health Regulations and the WHMIS Regulation read on 2026-10-23 from the Workers’ Safety and Compensation Board renderings. The spill legislation was not read.

Law. Workplace Health Regulations (effective 1986), ss. 9 (thermal environment), 12 (heat stress) and 27 (air contaminants); Workplace Health and Safety Regulations, Part 11 (Workplace Health Regulations [YT], 2026, ss. 9, 12, 27; Workplace Health and Safety Regulations [YT], 2022, ss. 11.05, 11.22).

What must be covered.

• Basis of limits. Exposure to airborne contaminants is limited to the permissible concentrations in the regulation’s own air contaminant tables (s. 27(1)); mixtures are treated as additive (s. 27(2)); where exposure exceeds the permissible concentration, immediate steps to reduce it (s. 27(5)), with personal protective equipment only as a temporary measure (s. 27(6)).
• Long shifts. Exposure to listed substances for more than eight hours in 24 is limited to a modified permissible concentration (s. 27(4)).
• Heat. Where hot conditions may cause heat disorders, the employer determines and records a thermal index by WBGT or wet globe temperature (s. 12(1)); continuous work is not permitted above set limits, for example a WBGT of 30 °C for light, 28 °C for moderate and 26 °C for heavy work at low air velocity (s. 12(2)); above them, engineering controls, work-rest regimes, protective clothing or a combination (s. 12(3)); and wherever work is hot, instruction in the symptoms of heat disorders and an adequate supply of drinking water (s. 12(4)).
• Cold and general thermal conditions. Indoor thermal conditions appropriate to the work, and outdoors or where uncontrollable, measures such as monitoring, shelters, heating or cooling equipment, clothing, drinks and acclimatization (s. 9).
• Firefighting. The incident commander provides rest and rehabilitation, including food, drinks and a suitable thermal environment (s. 11.05); vehicle areas in fire halls are vented unless monitoring shows levels below the limits (s. 11.22).

Fire-service nuance.

• The 1986 tables are older than current ACGIH values for many substances; set monitor alarms to the lower of the two by policy.
• Part 11 applies to volunteer firefighters in municipal service.

Status. Partly verified: the Workers’ Safety and Compensation Board renderings read on 2026-10-23; the contaminant tables were not read.

Law. Workplace Health Regulations, ss. 4-6 (noise control); Workplace Health and Safety Regulations, s. 11.06 (Workplace Health Regulations [YT], 2026, ss. 4-6; Workplace Health and Safety Regulations [YT], 2022, s. 11.06(5)).

What must be covered.

• Limits and exchange rate. 85 dBA for eight hours on a 3 dB exchange rate: 88 dBA for 4 hours, 91 for 2, 94 for 1, 97 for half an hour, 100 for a quarter hour, and nothing over 103 dBA; impact noise from 118 dB peak for 14,400 impacts down to 140 dB for 90 (s. 4).
• Controls. Engineering controls first, then hearing protection and signs.
• Audiometric tests. For workers routinely exposed above 80 dBA over eight hours: a test within six months of hire, annual tests after, follow-up after unusual exposure, by a physician, audiologist or certified technician, with results to the Board; records kept for the length of employment; referral within 30 days when a threshold shift is found.
• Firefighters. Hearing protection is part of the Part 11 protective equipment (s. 11.06(5)).

Fire-service nuance.

• The 80 dBA audiometry trigger is lower than most jurisdictions; most structural firefighters will meet it.

Status. Partly verified: read through the research from the Workers’ Safety and Compensation Board rendering; the section numbers for testing within ss. 4-6 are not confirmed.

Law. Workplace Health and Safety Regulations, Part 18 (minimum first aid requirements, effective 2012-06-30) (Workplace Health and Safety Regulations [YT], 2022, ss. 18.02-18.14, Sch. 1-2).

What must be covered.

• Assessment and minimums. A risk assessment, plus supplies and attendants to the Schedule 2 minimums (s. 18.02), which vary with workers per shift and travel time: close (up to 20 minutes), distant (more than 20) and isolated (more than 40 minutes or no all-weather road).
• Hazard class. Schedule 1 classes A, B and C; “wildland fire operations” are class A; structural fire departments are not listed, so the class B default or an officer’s determination applies.
• Fire departments (s. 18.12). An automated external defibrillator, a Level 2 kit, oxygen therapy equipment, a bag and mask, airways and suction, and two sterile burn sheets; every firefighter holds standard first aid, CPR and oxygen therapy certificates, and AED training if the Board requires it.
• Vehicles. Vehicles that transport workers carry a Level 1 kit (s. 18.09).
• Records. Kept at least three years (s. 18.14).
• Standards. The Board recognizes CSA Z1210-17 certificates and accepts CSA Z1220-17 kits, mapping Type 2 basic to Level 1 and Type 3 intermediate (medium or large) to Levels 2 and 3 (Yukon Workers’ Safety and Compensation Board, n.d.-c).

Fire-service nuance.

• Yukon is the only jurisdiction with a first aid rule written for fire departments: every firefighter, volunteers included, needs standard first aid, CPR and oxygen therapy.

Status. Partly verified: Part 18 read through the research from the Board’s rendering; the Board’s CSA mapping is an administrative position.

Law. Workplace Health and Safety Regulations, Part 11, s. 11.04(2)(b) (Workplace Health and Safety Regulations [YT], 2022, s. 11.04(2)(b)).

What must be covered.

• Fire procedure. Written procedures or a documented training plan to manage blood-borne pathogens (s. 11.04(2)(b)).
• First aid capability. Fire departments must hold oxygen therapy and other equipment, and every firefighter holds standard first aid, CPR and oxygen therapy certificates (s. 18.12) (see J24 First Aid).
• Source testing. No statute found.
• Medical first response. Not researched.

Fire-service nuance.

• The Part 11 procedure applies to volunteer firefighters in municipal service.

Status. Partly verified: Part 11 read through the research (consolidated to 2022-09-30). Other items not researched.

Law. Workplace Health and Safety Regulations, Part 19, ss. 19.01 to 19.05, in force 2021-09-04 (Workplace Health and Safety Regulations [YT], 2022, ss. 19.01-19.05); definitions in s. 1.02; firefighting procedures in s. 11.04.

What must be covered.

• Policy statement and procedures on violence and harassment, developed with the committee, the representative or the workers, plus training and supervision (s. 19.01).
• Policy contents (s. 19.02): violence and harassment are prohibited; the entitlement to a workplace free of them; the employer’s commitment to eliminate or control the risk; complaint routes, including one for complaints against the employer; confidentiality and minimum disclosure; and preservation of other legal rights.
• Procedures (s. 19.03): control measures; how to report; an alternative route where the employer is the respondent; how incidents are documented, investigated and controlled; how results are communicated; and assistance, including post-incident treatment or counselling.
• Investigation of every incident and complaint; an officer may order an impartial investigator (s. 19.04).
• Domestic violence (s. 19.05).

Fire-service nuance.

• Applies to every employer, fire departments included. “Worker” includes a volunteer (Workers’ Safety and Compensation Act [YT], 2021), so volunteer members are covered (J11 Volunteer Firefighters).
• Part 11 requires procedures to manage stress arising from incidents (s. 11.04(2)(c)); connect them to the post-incident assistance in s. 19.03 (J28 Psychological Health and Safety).
• Part 19 sets no review cycle. The general rule that prevention policy statements and procedures are reviewed at least every three years (s. 1.04.01(2)) is the safest reading for the Part 19 policy (interpretation); review it at least every three years.

Status. Verified against the board’s official rendering of Parts 1 and 19 on 2026-10-24.

Law. Workplace Health and Safety Regulations, Part 19, ss. 19.01 to 19.05, and the definitions in s. 1.02, in force 2021-09-04 (Workplace Health and Safety Regulations [YT], 2022).

What must be covered.

• One violence and harassment policy statement and procedures, developed with the committee, the representative or the workers, with training and supervision (s. 19.01).
• Policy statements (s. 19.02): violence and harassment are prohibited; the entitlement to a workplace free of them; the employer’s commitment to eliminate or control the risk; complaint routes, including one for complaints against the employer; confidentiality and minimum disclosure; and preservation of other legal rights.
• Procedures (s. 19.03): controls; reporting; an alternative route where the employer is the respondent; documenting, investigating and controlling; communicating results; and assistance, including post-incident treatment or counselling.
• Investigation of every complaint; an officer may order an impartial investigator (s. 19.04).
• Definition. Harassment covers conduct that “adversely affects the worker’s physical or psychological well-being” and excludes reasonable management action (s. 1.02).

Fire-service nuance.

• “Worker” includes a volunteer (Workers’ Safety and Compensation Act [YT], 2021), so the policy and training reach volunteer brigade members.
• How a psychological injury caused by harassment is compensated is set out in J32 Workers' Compensation and Firefighter Presumptions.
• No review cycle is set in Part 19. The general rule that prevention policy statements and procedures are reviewed at least every three years (s. 1.04.01(2)) is the safest reading for the Part 19 policy (interpretation); review it at least every three years.

Status. Verified against the board’s official rendering of Parts 1 and 19 on 2026-10-24.

Law. Workers’ Safety and Compensation Act, s. 25 (Workers’ Safety and Compensation Act [YT], 2021, s. 25); Workplace Health and Safety Regulations, s. 11.04 (Workplace Health and Safety Regulations [YT], 2022, s. 11.04) and Part 19 (Workplace Health and Safety Regulations [YT], 2022, Part 19).

What must be covered.

• In the statute. In part. For the occupational health and safety Part of the Act, “injury” means “an illness, disease, disablement or physical or psychological injury” (WSCA s. 25).
• Psychosocial duty for fire departments. The firefighting Part requires procedures to manage stress arising from incidents (Workplace Health and Safety Regulations [YT], 2022, s. 11.04(2)(c)). Part 19 requires post-incident treatment or counselling in the violence and harassment procedures (J26 Workplace Violence).
• Crisis resources. Mental Wellness and Substance Use Services, 867-456-3838 or 1-866-456-3838 (Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.); 9-8-8 for after hours (Public Health Agency of Canada, 2026).

Fire-service nuance.

• Part 11 lets a department meet the stress requirement with written procedures or a documented training plan (s. 11.04(2)); a written procedure is easier to audit and to teach.
• PTSD is presumed for all workers, volunteer brigade members included (J32 Workers' Compensation and Firefighter Presumptions).
• CSA Z1003-13 is voluntary here.

Status. Partly verified: the Act (2024 capture) and Regulations (board rendering read 2026-10-23) were read; the territorial line’s hours come from the federal listing.

Law. Commercial Diving Regulations, made under the occupational health and safety legislation and administered by the Workers’ Safety and Compensation Board (Commercial Diving Regulations [YT], 2026, ss. 2-5, 35).

What must be covered.

• Scope. “Commercial diving” means “any diving activity involving a worker and employer” (s. 2), so a fire department dive team is covered.
• Medical. An annual certificate of physical fitness on the board’s form (s. 3).
• Training. CPR, survival first aid and the treatment of drowning for divers, tenders and supervisors (s. 4).
• Records. Logbooks kept 2 years (s. 5).
• Scuba. A lifeline or voice communication, or the buddy system; at least 2 divers and a tender for dives of 18.3 m or less within no-decompression limits and with no entrapment hazard; otherwise 2 operational divers, a dressed standby diver and a tender (s. 35).

Fire-service nuance.

• The relief. Scuba is limited to 40 m except “for the purpose of saving life” (s. 35). No other relief.
• The regulations date from 1986 and name no competency standard; adopt CSA Z275.4 by policy.

Status. Verified against the official text on 2026-10-23 (the board’s rendering of the regulations read). The regulation’s citation details and later amendments were not confirmed.

Law. Motor Vehicles Act, ss. 14, 131, 135, 136, 170, 197, 210.1; Workplace Health and Safety Regulations, Part 11 (Motor Vehicles Act [YT], 2002, ss. 14, 131, 135-136, 170, 197, 210.1; Workplace Health and Safety Regulations [YT], 2022, ss. 11.04(2)(e), 11.18-11.21). No replacement statute found.

What must be covered.

• Sirens. Allowed on vehicles carrying fire brigade members or equipment (s. 131).
• Exemptions. With the siren continuously sounded: any reasonable speed, and proceeding past red lights and stop signs (s. 136(1)). A firefighter may drive and park contrary to the rules “if it is necessary and in the circumstances safe to do so” (s. 136(3)).
• Traffic powers. A fire brigade member may direct traffic at a fire or emergency when no peace officer is present (s. 135(2)).
• Other drivers. Pull to the right and stop for a siren (s. 170). No move-over rule was found.
• Seat belts and riding. Secured seats with belts at least 0.41 m wide, headrests on new vehicles, no riding except in seats (Workplace Health and Safety Regulations [YT], 2022, s. 11.18); crew-cab communication and enclosed cabs (s. 11.19); a signaller when the driver’s view is obscured (s. 11.20); boarding only at a full stop (s. 11.21). Emergency vehicles are exempt from the child-restraint rules (MVA s. 197).
• Driving procedure. Written procedures or a documented training plan for operating firefighting vehicles in emergency and non-emergency travel (s. 11.04(2)(e)).
• Licence. The class for apparatus is set in operator licence regulations that were not read; an air brake endorsement exists (s. 14).

Fire-service nuance.

• Fire department members are “permitted users” of electronic devices in the course of duties (s. 210.1(4)).
• No courtesy light provision was found in the Act; the equipment regulations were not read.

Status. Partly verified: the Act read through the research from an archived official copy (consolidated to SY 2024, c. 10); regulations not read.

Law. Workplace Health and Safety Regulations, ss. 1.46-1.48 and 11.04(2)(d); Motor Vehicles Act, s. 135(2) (Workplace Health and Safety Regulations [YT], 2022, ss. 1.46-1.48, 11.04(2)(d); Motor Vehicles Act [YT], 2002, s. 135(2)).

What must be covered.

• Fire procedure. Written procedures or a documented training plan to arrange or provide effective traffic control at incidents (s. 11.04(2)(d)).
• Public way. Protection of workers on a public way at construction projects (ss. 1.46-1.47).
• High visibility. Yukon-specific Level 1, 2 and 3 garments; Level 1 for anyone “directing traffic on a public way” or “endangered by vehicular traffic” (s. 1.48). CSA Z96 is not referenced.
• Traffic powers. A fire brigade member may direct traffic at a fire or emergency when no peace officer is present (MVA s. 135(2)).
• Move-over. None found in the Act.

Fire-service nuance.

• Without a move-over law, scene protection depends entirely on blocking and advance warning.

Status. Partly verified: ss. 1.46 to 1.48 and 11.04(2)(d) read in the Board’s rendering of the regulations and s. 135(2) in the consolidation of the Act on 2026-10-24.

Law. Workers’ Safety and Compensation Act, ss. 79(4), 82, 94 and 95 (Workers’ Safety and Compensation Act [YT], 2021); board pages on the cancer presumption and psychological injuries (Yukon Workers’ Safety and Compensation Board, n.d.-b, n.d.-e). Board: Yukon Workers’ Safety and Compensation Board.

What must be covered.

• Board administration. Check contractors’ standing before work and payment.
• Cancers. The presumption (s. 94) covers full-time, part-time and volunteer firefighters; the fire marshal and deputies count as full-time; wildland forest firefighters are excluded. The board lists 19 cancers with minimum cumulative service (Yukon Workers’ Safety and Compensation Board, n.d.-b):

• Conditions. Lung cancer requires that the firefighter has not smoked a tobacco product in the 10 years immediately before diagnosis (s. 94(3)(a)(ii)); the claim must be filed within 12 months (s. 94(3)(b)); the presumption is effective for full-time firefighters after 2011-06-30 and for part-time and volunteer firefighters after 2014-03-27 (s. 94(4)). The board counts service in other jurisdictions.
• Heart. A cardiac arrest “within 24 hours after their attendance at an emergency response” is presumed work-related, for every type of firefighter, wildland included (s. 94(5)).
• PTSD. Presumed for all workers with a traumatic event and a diagnosis by a psychologist or psychiatrist, for injuries on or after 2022-07-01, excluding the employer’s employment decisions (s. 95).
• Other mental stress. Board policy covers traumatic events where employment is a significant cause, with repeated demeaning comments and harassment among the examples; management decisions and ordinary conflict are excluded (Yukon Workers’ Safety and Compensation Board, n.d.-e).
• Volunteers. Members of a volunteer fire brigade are designated workers of the Government of Yukon (s. 82(a)), as are people required by a competent authority to help fight a fire (s. 82(b)); optional coverage is available for other volunteers (s. 79(4)).

Fire-service nuance.

• The 12-month filing limit on cancer claims is unusual. Section 94(3)(b) counts it from the date the cancer is included as a listed disease, while the board’s page counts it from diagnosis; tell members at diagnosis.
• Wildland firefighters have the cardiac presumption but not the cancer presumption. The board says the territorial government has committed to amendments to add them; nothing had been enacted by 2026-10-23 (Yukon Workers’ Safety and Compensation Board, n.d.-b).

Status. Partly verified: the Act was read in a 2024 capture of the official consolidation; the cancer list and minimums come from the board’s page because the prescribing regulation was not found.

Law. Workers’ Safety and Compensation Act, ss. 82, 117 and 118 (Workers’ Safety and Compensation Act [YT], 2021); Human Rights Act (Human Rights Act [YT], 2002); Employment Standards Act (Employment Standards Act [YT], 2002).

What must be covered.

• Duty to co-operate. The employer must co-operate in the early and safe return to work of a worker injured while working for it, and the worker must co-operate too (s. 117).
• Re-employment. An employer that regularly employs 20 or more workers must offer to re-employ a worker with at least one year’s continuous employment (s. 118). Where the employer fails, the board may make payments to the worker for up to a year (s. 118(13)).
• Accommodation. The Human Rights Act governs; its sections were not read on the research date. The three-step test governs any job standard (British Columbia (Public Service Employee Relations Commission) v. BCGSEU, 1999).
• Hours of work. The Employment Standards Act was not read.

Fire-service nuance.

• Volunteer fire brigade members are designated workers of the Government of Yukon (s. 82(a)) and are excluded from the re-employment duty (s. 118).

Status. Partly verified: the Workers’ Safety and Compensation Act was read in a 2024 capture; the Human Rights Act and Employment Standards Act were not reachable on the research date.

Law. Fire Prevention Act, ss. 2, 3, 3.01, 6, 7, 12 and 13 (Fire Prevention Act [YT], 2002); Municipal Act, ss. 230, 265, 358 and 359 (Municipal Act [YT], 2002).

What must be covered.

• Establishing a department. Councils may pass bylaws on “fire protection … ambulance services, emergency services” (Municipal Act [YT], 2002, s. 265(a)) and make service agreements with other municipalities, rural government structures, Yukon First Nations, the territorial government or Canada (s. 230), the vehicle for mutual and automatic aid.
• Liability. A municipality is not liable for protective fire services unless grossly negligent (s. 358); members, employees and volunteers are protected from personal liability (s. 359).
• Fire marshal. Appointed with deputies and inspectors (Fire Prevention Act [YT], 2002, s. 2); keeps fire records, reviews plans, reports annually and advises the Minister on “the establishment of fire brigades and the necessary organization and equipment of those brigades”, water supply, municipal bylaws and “the co-ordination of the work of fire brigades” (s. 3); a fire code is established under s. 3.01.
• Chief. The chief or acting chief of every municipal or settlement fire brigade is ex officio a local assistant to the fire marshal (s. 6) and investigates fires, starting within 72 hours, and may bar entry until the investigation is complete (s. 7).
• Certification. No certification statute or regulation. The only binding training standard is the OHS firefighting Part: firefighters “shall be trained in the safe performance of their duties in accordance with NFPA 1001” (Workplace Health and Safety Regulations [YT], 2022, s. 11.04(1)).

Fire-service nuance.

• NFPA 1001 is now part of NFPA 1010 (2024); confirm with the board which document satisfies s. 11.04(1) (NFPA 1010, 2024).
• No general statutory incident-command power was found; command roles are defined only in the OHS firefighting Part; see J12 Fire Service OHS Rules and Fireground Operations.
• Yukon government web pages could not be reached at the research date, so territorial training programs were not checked.

Status. Verified against the official text on 2026-10-23 (statutes read from archived copies of the official consolidations, Fire Prevention Act to SY 2013, c. 3; Municipal Act to SY 2024, c. 6). Later amendments not checked.

Law. Open burning is controlled by Yukon Wildland Fire Management (Government of Yukon, n.d.); Workplace Health and Safety Regulations, s. 11.02 and Part 18 (Workplace Health and Safety Regulations [YT], 2022, s. 11.02); Workers’ Safety and Compensation Act, s. 94(5) (Workers’ Safety and Compensation Act [YT], 2021, s. 94).

What must be covered.

• Permission to burn. “You are legally required to get permission to light an open fire between April 1 and September 30”, including burn barrels and burning on public and private land but not campfires; since 2024 permission comes from the local wildland fire management office by phone, only in periods of low fire danger, rather than as a paper permit (Government of Yukon, n.d.).
• Municipal rules. Residents inside the limits of the larger municipalities follow their municipality’s burning rules instead (Government of Yukon, n.d.).

Fire-service nuance.

• Part 11 of the OHS regulations applies to volunteer and career firefighting in municipal service but “does not apply to forest firefighting” (s. 11.02); “wildland fire operations” are a Class A hazard for first aid purposes (Part 18).
• Wildland forest firefighters are covered by the cardiac presumption but not the cancer presumption; the government has said it will amend this (not enacted as of 2026-10-23) (s. 94(5)).
• The territorial wildland agency’s qualification standards were not verified.

Status. Partly verified: the territory’s burn permission page read on 2026-10-23; regulation and Act sections read by the research pass. The governing statute was not read.

Law. No statute requires external verification. COR and CHOICES are compensation board programs (Yukon Workers’ Safety and Compensation Board, n.d.-a).

What must be covered.

• COR. COR, and SECOR for employers with fewer than 10 employees, are administered by Northern Safety Network Yukon; no municipal certifying partner was found.
• Incentive. The CHOICES rebate pays 4 to 10 per cent of the annual assessment, up to $25,000 a year, for third-party health and safety and return-to-work training; COR- and SECOR-certified employers receive 10 per cent automatically (Yukon Workers’ Safety and Compensation Board, n.d.-a).
• Grants. No territorial grant program for fire departments was found. The territory’s fire marshal’s office runs the volunteer fire departments in communities without a municipal government, so their equipment comes from the territorial budget.

Fire-service nuance.

• COR earns money here. Because certification earns an automatic 10 per cent CHOICES rebate, COR or SECOR has a direct financial return for a municipal department that pays assessments.

Status. Partly verified on 2026-10-23 (board COR and CHOICES pages read). The absence of a fire grant program and the funding of territorial brigades are not confirmed.

Canadian Board for Harmonized Construction Codes [CBHCC]. (n.d.). Provincial and territorial adoption. https://cbhcc-cchcc.ca/en/provincial-territorial-adoption/

Government of Yukon. (n.d.). Apply for a burn permit. https://yukon.ca/en/apply-burn-permit

Yukon Workers’ Safety and Compensation Board. (n.d.-a). Certificate of Recognition and CHOICES. https://www.wcb.yk.ca/web-0044/resources/web-0047

Yukon Workers’ Safety and Compensation Board. (n.d.-b). Firefighter cancer presumption. https://www.wcb.yk.ca/web-0005/web-0010/firefighter-cancer-presumption

Yukon Workers’ Safety and Compensation Board. (n.d.-c). First aid resources. https://www.wcb.yk.ca/web-0044/resources/web-0049

Yukon Workers’ Safety and Compensation Board. (n.d.-d). Health and safety committees. https://www.wcb.yk.ca/web-0044/health-and-safety-committees

Yukon Workers’ Safety and Compensation Board. (n.d.-e). Psychological injuries. https://www.wcb.yk.ca/web-0005/web-0007/psychological-injuries

Yukon Workers’ Safety and Compensation Board. (n.d.-f). Report a serious incident or injury. https://www.wcb.yk.ca/web-0044/web-0060