Mass. assisted living commission lacks input from fire officials despite safety focus post

With just weeks until its final report and recommendations are due to Gov. Maura Healey , the state’s commission on assisted living has yet to hear from any fire officials — even though one of its charges is to improve fire safety in the industry.

During the Wednesday meeting of the state’s Assisted Living Residences Commission , Sen. Mark Montigny, D-Second Bristol and Plymouth, said he may not be comfortable ultimately voting on the final recommendations if they don’t get a presentation from State Fire Marshal John Davine or other fire safety experts.

Montigny raised concerns that a panel convened in September for commission members on “life safety and emergency preparedness” didn’t include any fire officials and was instead “heavy” on representation from the assisted living indust