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A Saskatchewan man and his son are hopping on their snowmobiles and making the rounds to different fire departments around the province to share their family’s struggle with post-traumatic stress disorder. Erik Foster, a volunteer firefighter specially trained in vehicle extrications, used to respond to nearly every call that went out to the firehall in his community of Colonsay, a town just outside of Saskatoon.
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A British Columbia regional district is warning residents of the Shuswap communities of Scotch Creek and Lee Creek that their fire department is short on firefighters and that could mean rising costs for residents.
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Tom Salisbury didn’t think much of his chest cold when he got it in January 2014. He didn’t know it then, but the cold was the first symptom of a rare disease that could have killed him. The 54-year-old Hamilton man spent decades fighting fires — but he was having trouble knocking down this cold.
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One of the most challenging and complex technical rescue disciplines, trench rescue requires specialized knowledge, skills and abilities to operate safely and efficiently in and around collapsed trenches and excavations.
This manual helps to prepare today’s fire and rescue service to perform well-organized and systematic emergency trench and excavation rescues. Included are OSHA regulations, soil basics, trench configurations and collapse patterns, trench hazards, on-scene considerations, operational safety, protective systems using timber and mechanical shoring, victim considerations and incident termination.
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Hoarding disorder was added to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th Edition (DSM-5), in May 2013. If sufficient functional impairment exists, it can be considered a disability with the right to “reasonable accommodation” under Human Rights legislation.
By Elaine Birchall and Suzanne Cronkwright
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The self-contained breathing apparatus is undoubtedly the most important advancement in firefighting technology. Being able to breathe is essential to allow for aggressive interior fire fighting but, because SCBAs can also wear you down physically, it is important to prepare physically.
By Sean Kingswell
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The parents of seven children who died in a Halifax house fire a year ago are offering thanks to the public for the love and support they’ve received since the tragedy.
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A fire on the 1300 block of Rae Street in Regina, Sask., led to a firefighter falling through a floor.
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Hamilton Fire says a number of vehicles sustained “significant damage” after a “well-involved fire” at a metal hanger at the Stoney Creek Airport on Friday afternoon.
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