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March 28, 2019 |
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Terry Dixon has been appointed chief of the Thorold Fire Department in Ontario, taking over for interim Chief Vince Giovannini, who filled in after Brian Dickson left the organization late last year. Dixon brings nearly 35 years of experience to the position, split almost evenly as a volunteer and full-time firefighter.
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The 2019 to 2020 Saskatchewan budget contains new, non-refundable tax credits for volunteer firefighters and medical fire responders. Volunteers with at least 200 hours of service in a year will be able to claim a $3,000 tax credit, starting in the 2020 tax year.
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Firefighters should brace for more forest and wildland blazes across Canada in future years – because it will be the new norm as climate change takes hold. Mike Flannigan, a professor of wildland fire at the University of Alberta, spoke with Fire Fighting in Canada about the issue in a podcast that will be launched April 1. Check out some previously recorded episodes here if you missed any!
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This new edition meets all of the NFPA 1001, 2019 JPRs. Hazardous Materials content is enhanced and meets Awareness and Operations of NFPA 1072, 2017 JPRs.
Organized to meet the needs of students and instructors:
• | Chapters 1-15 – Fire Fighter I |
• | Chapters 16-22 – Fire Fighter II |
• | Chapter 23 – Emergency First Aid (FFI JPRs) |
• | Chapters 24-26 – Hazardous Materials Awareness and Operations (FFI JPRs) |
• | Chapter 27 – NIMS-ICS (FF I, FF II, and Hazmat JPRs) |
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Firefighter Tim Llewellyn said in the April issue of Canadian Firefighter that numerous fire department-related articles and speakers have echoed the notion that in order for career and volunteer firefighters to be as proficient as possible in their duties as firefighters, they must participate in some type of regular, realistic training or practice.
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Firefighter Chad Roberts shares tips on the basics of airbags when it comes to extrication in the April issue of Canadian Firefighter.
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Fire crews were called to a high school in Mount Pearl, N.L., on Mar. 25 after an electrical fire prompted the building’s evacuation. A heater in the gym caught fire, causing no serious damage, but prompting a call to the fire department.
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Pickering Fire Services in Ontario says a man has been taken to hospital with serious burns following a massive house fire in Pickering on Mar. 25.
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Swarms of robots could help us perform tasks in the future from search and rescue, firefighting operations to farming, researchers say.
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Mar. 29 to 30, 2019
Location: Deerhurst, Ont.
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Apr. 8 to 13, 2019
Location: Indianapolis, Ind.
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May 3 to 4, 2019
Location: Mississauga, Ont.
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Sept. 5 to 7, 2019
Location: Thunder Bay, Ont.
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