How to request a Fire Safety Commission witness summons — and autofill 004-0420 with my-id.ca
Compel witness attendance at a fire-safety hearing without retyping details
Parties before the Fire Safety Commission who request a witness summons repeat witness identity, party contacts, and tribunal file references on every Summons to a Witness. This guide is an example of storing them once in my-id.ca.
Official form and source
Start from the official source and always use the current version — form numbers and links can change:
- Service page: Fire Safety Commission — appeals and hearing process — tribunalsontario.ca
- Form (Central Forms Repository): Summons to a Witness — 004-0420
What this form is about
Form 004-0420 is the Summons to a Witness used by a party before the Fire Safety Commission to request that a summons be issued — confirm tribunal rules on tribunalsontario.ca.
Before you start: what to gather
- Witness full legal name and service address.
- Requesting party name and contact details.
- Fire Safety Commission file number and hearing date and location.
- Testimony or documents sought — prepare with counsel.
Confirm the current process on ontario.ca.
How my-id.ca makes it faster
- Save it once. Store your witness and party identity details in your my-id.ca profile.
- Keep documents ready. Upload supporting documents to my-id.ca Files so you are not searching at form time.
- Autofill the form. Use the my-id.ca Chrome extension on a web form, or fill a PDF from your saved profile inside my-id.ca.
- Review and submit yourself through the official channel.
Why do it in my-id.ca
Related Ontario forms repeat the same personal details. Captured once in my-id.ca — stored in Canada, with AI on its own servers — every form starts mostly complete.
Frequently asked questions
- Who issues the summons?
- The commission issues the summons after a party requests it — confirm on tribunalsontario.ca.
- How does my-id.ca help?
- It autofills witness and party name and address fields.
- How does form 004-0424 differ?
- Form 004-0424 is the ACRB summons; 004-0420 is for the Fire Safety Commission.
Fill it once. Reuse it everywhere.
Save your information in my-id.ca once, then autofill this form and the next one — web forms with the Chrome extension, PDFs right in the app. Your data is stored in Canada and AI runs on my-id.ca's own servers, never sent to third-party AI providers.