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A coroner's inquest into the ice-water training deaths of two Ontario firefighters recommends that all such training be put on hold. The jury suggested that all swift-water ice training should stop until a committee of experts establishes standards to minimize risks. Fifteen non-binding recommendations were presented at the inquest on Thursday morning in Toronto.
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Cool, wet weather is helping crews fighting wildfires in British Columbia. Officials say a fire near Lumby, B.C., burned as much as eight hectares of trees and brush, which prompted an evacuation alert in the Regional District of North Okanagan on Tuesday. Overnight rain and snow helped crews control the flames, and the evacuation alert was lifted Wednesday afternoon.
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An Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada audit has found that 53 reserves are without proper fire fighting equipment and training. According to CBC News, the internal audit identified 14 underserviced reserves in Saskatchewan and Manitoba, and 39 limited-service sites in Ontario and British Columbia. The executive director of the Aboriginal Firefighters Association of Canada, Blaine Wiggins, told the CBC he estimates that the number of communities in need is actually much higher.
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A rash of wildfires in mainland Nova Scotia kept firefighters busy over the long weekend. By mid-afternoon Monday, a dozen fires were reported in woodlands around the province.
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Be a better decision maker and incident commander at structure fires!
Structural Fire Fighting: Initial Response Strategy and Tactics, Second Edition provides strategies and tactics for incident commanders arriving at structure fires using the available responding resources. Learn to assess the situation, initiate a command structure and deploy resources until the transfer of command or termination of the incident.
The new fire dynamics content includes the latest research on fire behavior from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and UL research group, with all new photographs and drawings that illustrate these new fire science concepts. Strategies and tactics from national experts are presented and applied to hypothetical structure fire scenarios throughout the book.
Each of the last three chapters include five training scenarios that reflect real incidents that an incident commander could face when responding to a residential or commercial structure fire, or structure fires with special hazards.
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