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Fire Chief Craig Martin stepped down Monday after half his crew in Didsbury, Alta., quit in protest over what they're calling "safety concerns." During the past few months, 15 of the 31 volunteer firefighters from the department have resigned from their on-call positions.
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Vancouver firefighters say they’re short-staffed when compared with “industry best practices” and need another 21 firefighters per shift or 84 altogether. Vancouver Firefighters Union spokesperson Lee Lax says there were 200 more fires last year over 2016 and they responded to 6,200 overdoses.
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The Vancouver Fire Department says $81 and penalty points are not enough to fine drivers for motoring over their hoses. Vancouver’s fire chief wants to see the province increase fines because it puts their members’ safety at risk.
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The 4th Edition of this bestselling book by noted wildland firefighting author, Bill Teie, is updated to address the most current NFPA and National Wildfire Coordinating Group (NWCG) standards and qualifications for wildland firefighting.
This book is written for the fire personnel who need a basic understanding of wildland firefighting. Firefighters and fire officers who have primary wildland responsibilities and who may be called into a wildland fire situation as a mutual aid response, will all find this handbook valuable.
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Gord Ditchburn, president of the B.C. Professional Fire Fighters Association, writes in the October issue of Canadian Firefighter about an awareness campaign aimed at first responders in British Columbia called “Share it. Don’t wear it.” The committee behind the campaign selected particular images and words to represent the mental health challenges firefighters face in their day-to-day work.
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Fire Chief and lead instructor at Trident Fire Training & Consultancy Inc. Lance Bushie delves into the interactions of steam and how it interacts with fire extinguishment and can cause burns to a firefighter in the latest issue of Canadian Firefighter.
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A fire which engulfed a shed in Behchoko, N.W.T. early Saturday morning has killed a woman, RCMP say. Police were called to help the local fire department at about 1:20 a.m., and officers arrived to see the shed in flames.
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A funeral home in Happy Valley-Goose Bay, N.L. sustained heavy smoke and water damage from fire on Saturday night, in the town's third commercial fire in a little over a week.
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No injuries were reported following a fire at a highrise apartment building in East York Tuesday morning. The two-alarm blaze broke out at around 5:20 a.m. in a ninth-floor garbage room.
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October 27-November 2, 2018
Location: Nashville, Tenn.
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