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The union representing Toronto’s firefighters says it’s seen a 13.4 per cent increase in fire calls since this time last year, something it says is a result of more people staying home during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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The Cariboo Regional District (CRD) in British Columbia has doubled down on its decision to cease funding for independent fire departments. At their July 10 board meeting, the CRD stuck with their decision that was made the prior month to deny current funding requests from five independent volunteer fire departments in the region. They also established a board policy against grants for assistance to all independent fire departments within the district.
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Partnering with Global Medic, Oshawa, Ont., firefighters dropped of food boxes to 100 families in need. Tiffany Wallace, a dispatcher with Oshawa Fire Services who helped organize the project, said the food came from Toronto through a partnership with GlobalMedic and Hand Up Toronto.
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This year’s FPW campaign, “Serve Up Fire Safety in the Kitchen!™” works to educate everyone about the simple but important actions they can take to keep themselves, and those around them, safe in the kitchen. Cooking is the #1 cause of home fires and home fire injuries. Unattended cooking is the leading cause of fires in the kitchen.
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The fire service is a creature of habit, forged by deep history, and is known to resist change at all cost. Now, we are witnessing an evolution of the service, as it is forced to evolve at unprecedented speeds right around the world. As the fire service navigates through the COVID-19 pandemic, we find ourselves operating in unchartered dynamic environments and what many are now calling the “new norm”.
By Arjuna George.
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Few first responders would dispute the importance of interagency training. Agencies are incapable of working in silos. Even a routine structure fire requires the support of police, emergency medical services and utility companies, just to name a few resources. Despite the need for interagency cooperation, preparing for it is easier said than done. It can be challenging to find time and money to train our own staff, without the additional resources required to coordinate with community partners, especially when its benefits may not be realized until some point in the distant future. Still, departments rightly persevere to train together.
By Reid Doyle, Dave Robb and Jeff Johnston.
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Fire departments from all over Vancouver Island will be taking part in a service for former Sproat Lake volunteer firefighter Lt. Ron Suits.
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A 12-year-old girl has died after a fire inside a home in LaSalle, Que., on Tuesday morning.
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On Monday morning Hamilton, Ont., resident Linton Thomas woke up to his wife shouting a single word — “fire!”. She’d been awakened by something that at first sounded like thunder and raindrops, but when she looked outside all she could see was red flames consuming their neighbour’s home and fence.
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