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Following a carbon monoxide (CO) leak last week that led to an apartment building evacuation, City Council is asking administration if it has power to mandate CO detectors. CTV News reports.
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After years of failed negotiations and jurisdictional squabbling, Victoria, Esquimalt, Saanich and Oak Bay fire departments have agreed to help each other out in the event of a major fire or emergency. The Times Colonist reports.
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COVID-19 might be partly to blame for a spike in cooking fires in Charlottetown over the past month, says a fire inspector with the capital city. Kent Mitchell said over the past 24 days, Charlottetown firefighters have responded to 10 cooking fires. CBC News reports.
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Occupant safety from fire demands compliance with NFPA 101 requirements for egress, fire alarms, sprinklers, lighting, fire and smoke barriers, and special hazard protection. The 2021 edition features updated sprinkler requirements for existing high-rise buildings containing ambulatory health care, business, industrial, or apartment building occupancies.
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Ultra-high strength steel is becoming more prevalent all over new vehicles and we can’t simply turn a blind eye or revert to plan B. While trying many different approaches I found some success, but never consistent enough to truly make a solid conclusion on what worked best. It was until I met up and trained with one of our industry experts, Jason Defosse from Code4 Fire & Rescue, who showed me a tried and proven method for moving, cutting and manipulating these super metals.
By Chad Roberts
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In every residential structure you are going to find entanglement hazards of every type. These include curtains, curtain rods, curtain rod strings, window shades/strings, window blinds/strings, suspended ceilings, electrical wires, television cable, internet wires, HVAC ductwork, dryer vent hose and electrical cords. No matter what kind or type of entanglement hazard it is, it is a hazard and a deadly one at that.
By Mark van der Feyst
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A fire at the Alouette Heights supportive housing site in Maple Ridge, B.C., left Coast Mental Health in need of temporary accommodations for its residents. On Saturday afternoon there was a small contained fired in a tenant’s suite, according to Coast Mental Health spokesperson Susan Hancock. Maple Ridge News reports.
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A fire at a motel just east of Stratford, Ont., has left one person seriously hurt. Fire crews reported that they were responding to the fire just before 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, calling it a “working structure fire” on Forest Road in Perth East. CTV News reports.
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A woman and a teenager are unaccounted for after a house fire in Evansburg, Alta., Tuesday morning. RCMP said an officer saw a multi-family residential duplex on fire shortly after 3 a.m. Global News reports.
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May 14 – 20, 2021
Location: Parksville, B.C.
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