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Calgary’s fire chief says it’s time to vaccinate firefighters, as staffing shortages due to COVID-19 stretch the department to its limits. Fire Chief Steve Dongworth told city council on Monday morning that seven firefighters were currently home with active cases of COVID-19, and a total of 56 were isolating. CBC News reports.
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Edmonton’s fire chief is asking the province to allow firefighters to access the COVID-19 vaccine as a growing number of them contract COVID-19 and overtime costs soar to $1 million. CTV News reports.
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Several local fire services in Northern Ontario are receiving $71,400 from the Ontario government for training and safety inspection programs. The North Bay Nugget reports.
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This manual is for emergency responders who encounter fast-moving fires that are commonly referred to as ground cover fires or brush fires, as opposed to forest or wildland fires.
This book combines information from three trusted sources, the U.S. Forest Service (USFA), the National Wildfire Coordinating Group (NWCG), and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). The information in this manual presents organized, safe, and effective responses to ground cover fires.
The standards referenced in the book are NFPA 1977, Standard on Protective Clothing and Equipment for Wildland Fire Fighting (2016), NFPA 1051, Standard for Wildland Firefighting Professional Qualifications and NFPA 1906, Standard for Wildland Fire Apparatus. The book includes key terms and a glossary.
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Emergency response agencies continue to provide important services in virtually every community in this country. This is a good thing, but our response capabilities should not distract us from improving in our delivery of proactive public safety. To view our services holistically, and conduct ourselves accordingly, will be providing measurable benefit for everyone in our communities.
By Ryan Youngson.
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Part 1 of this article ran in the January edition of Canadian Firefighter magazine and gave insight into why we need to apply specific flow rates, and how it is beneficial to our operations, our safety and ultimately our customers. Going beyond the why and into the how, this article provides some ideas for tactics that are already being commonly used to obtain a water supply in areas without pressurized municipal hydrant systems.
By Joey Cherpin.
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A massive fire that caused the collapse of a 31-suite apartment building in northwest Edmonton caused $6 million in damages, investigators say. The damages stemming from the April 8 blaze consist of $4.3 million in damage to the structure and $1.7 million in damage to the contents inside of it. CTV News reports.
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One person was found dead and seven were taken to hospital after a five-alarm fire swept through a low-income seniors housing complex in Montreal Sunday morning.
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A fire at a municipal dump next to the northern Quebec Cree community of Waswanipi had the potential to cause a serious emergency yesterday after it spread to a nearby forest. CBC News reports.
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Sept. 14 - 18, 2021
Location: Columbus, Ohio
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