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The fire chief in Kingsville, Ont., was charged Saturday with two counts each of sexual assault and sexual exploitation of a minor. Robert Kissner was immediately suspended, with pay, by the municipality. Kissner was released Monday on $15,000 bail and must abide several conditions. The alleged assaults occurred Dec. 6 and Dec. 8.
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Until yesterday, says Fire Chief Tom Cartwright, there had been just four fire fatalities in Port Colborne, Ont., in four decades. On Tuesday, a mother, two children, and a grandmother died in a house fire. There is no word on whether the home had working smoke alarms.
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Ontario Provincial Police say occupants of a home on the Oneida Nation of the Themes in southwestern Ontario are unaccounted for after a fire Wednesday morning.
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It’s time to get your 2017 calendar
Paul Combs – a 19-year veteran firefighter and award-winning illustrator – has created a new wall calendar for 2017!
The new calendar features 12 editorial cartoons selected from Paul’s illustrations published throughout this past year in Fire Engineering magazine, as well as his Fire Engineering blog.
Order a copy today for yourself or for your fire hall! It’s a great gift for your fire service family and friends!
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After years of lobbying by the International Association of Fire Fighters, Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Dwight Ball announced Monday that firefighters who experience any of 11 types of cancers will be presumed to have become ill on the job and will quality for workers compensation. The coverage applies to career and volunteer firefighters but takes effect at different times. The announcement did not include presumptive coverage for work-related mental illnesses such as PTSD.
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The Ontario Office of the Fire Marshal and Emergency Management will review service levels in Sault Ste. Marie, where council has reduced the number of firefighters on truck to three from four and is cutting 20 firefighters through attrition. The firefighters union requested the review, which is to begin in January and will include multiple site visits.
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The City of Peterborough, Ont., has agreed to raise firefighters’ pay 8.3 per cent over four years but some councillors say the $15.8-million cost for fire fighting in 2017 is too high and the province should pitch in.
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