Safety Tips & Brochures

These fact sheets and brochures provide general information for building safety, personal emergency preparedness and fire and injury prevention. All files are in format.

Safety Codes Act Review

• Glossary for Survey

General

• Information about Safety Codes Act Orders
• Pumpkin Gun Alert (External Link)

Safety Tips brochures

• Private Sewage Treatment Systems 
• Do I need a building permit? 
• Secondary suite standards
• Installing a fireplace
• Finishing your basement
• Carbon monoxide safety 
• Building a wood deck 
• Structures near power lines 
• Private Swimming Pools Hot Tubs and Spas 
• Solid-Fuel-Burning Appliances 
• Clearances from Gas, Propane and Electric Ranges 
• Building a Detached Residential Garage

Around the home

• Carbon Monoxide Alarms
• Natural Gas Safety  
• Electrical Safety
• Home Heating Safety

Emergencies and disasters

• Gas Appliances and Flooding

Outdoor/seasonal

• Barbecue Safety
• Propane Safety
• RV/Camping Propane Safety

For more Safety Tip Sheets visit the Alberta Emergency Management Agency website.