Access to Information Orders
Decision Information
The City of Toronto (the City) received a request under the
Municipal Freedom of Information Act (the Act) for access to "the Fire Department Report and the notes of the officers and crew members" of a Fire Department vehicle in relation to an accident in which the requester was involved.
The City located a report entitled "Emergency Incident Report A" (the Fire Department Report) and granted partial access to it, applying the mandatory exemption in section 14(1) of the
Act (invasion of privacy) to deny access the name and telephone number of a witness.
The requester (now the appellant) appealed the City’s decision.
Decision Content
BACKGROUND:
The City of Toronto (the City) received a request under the Municipal Freedom of Information Act (the Act) for access to “the Fire Department Report and the notes of the officers and crew members” of a Fire Department vehicle in relation to an accident in which the requester was involved.