The Office of the Fire Marshal is responsible for delivering several programs relating to fire and life safety as identified in the Fire Prevention Act. Duties include:

• Fire investigations and fire loss reporting;
• Fire and life safety inspections/enforcement;
• Fire service training;
• Public safety and risk management education and prevention programming;
• Reviewing building plans to ensure compliance with adopted codes and standards; and
• Enforcement of the Fire Prevention Act.

Contact Us

To ensure a timely response to any inquiries, please ensure it has been directed to the appropriate location and individual as outlined below:

For interpretation and clarification of construction codes and standards, matters concerning plan review of construction projects, building change of use, please contact:

OFM Plan Review at: plan_review@gov.nt.ca (867) 767-9161 ext. 21028

For matters concerning Community Fire Protection and Prevention Planning, Fire Safety Inspection and Fire Investigations, please contact the Regional Assistant Fire Marshal in your region as follows:

North Slave Regional Assistant Fire Marshal – Shane_Seaman@gov.nt.ca / (867) 695-7230

South Slave Regional Assistant Fire Marshal – Mathieu_Doucet@gov.nt.ca (867) 872-8280

Sahtu Regional Assistant Fire Marshal – Timothy_Tomczynski@gov.nt.ca (867) 587-7115

Beaufort Delta Regional Assistant Fire Marshal – Colin_Allen@gov.nt.ca / 867-678-8045, Ext. 21654 

Dehcho Regional Assistant Fire Marshal – Shane_Seaman@gov.nt.ca / (867) 695-7230

Media inquiries can be directed to:

MACA Communications – MACA_Info@gov.nt.ca / (867) 446-2499

For all other inquiries, please contact:

Territorial Fire Marshal – (867) 767-9161 ext. 21030