Recently, fires in Ontario farm buildings have become an increasing concern resulting in losses of more than $30 million per year.

Additional losses to the farm operation include equipment, livestock lost in the blaze, loss of production and extreme stress on the farm family. Although there are fire risks to the home, this document provided by the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs focuses on farm buildings. With larger-scale farming operations increasing, there is a need to address this problem because of the financial cost to replace these operations.