The gap
The U.S. national fire-data effort is backed by a federal agency and a funded research institute; Canada's equivalent is coordinated by a volunteer-led association without a dedicated technical team. That governance asymmetry is the opportunity this vision is positioned to address — an advocacy non-profit working with government bodies and fire chiefs.
Franklin authored a twelve-chapter whitepaper, 'Toward a National Fire Safety Information System for Canada,' spanning incident management, vulnerable occupancies, inspections, prevention, code currency, training and cross-provincial interoperability.
The blueprint
The technology side of the vision: real-time fire-incident data collection, mapping, investigations support and API connectivity between today's siloed provincial systems — designed from real system documentation and regulatory requirements, with a structured backlog of open technical questions keeping the architecture rigorous rather than assumed.
The organization leads; the product follows. The advocacy body builds the relationships and credibility; the platform delivers the capability. Both are in gestation — their names will be public when the work is ready to carry them.