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Ottawa firefighters came out on top at the regional Firefit competition held in Montreal this weekend, with the Longueuil and Montreal teams taking second and third place.
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A dramatic end to an unusual vehicle theft in Abbotsford, B.C., on Monday was all captured on video. Abbotsford police officers surrounded a Surrey Fire Rescue truck that had been stolen late Monday morning while firefighters were attending a non-emergency call in the Guildford area.
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GM is expanding its efforts to educate public safety, fire and emergency service providers throughout Canada and the United States as electric vehicles (EV) become more prevalent.
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An investigation is underway into the cause of a Wednesday morning fire at a scrapyard in northeast Calgary near YYC Calgary International Airport.
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Firefighter, medic and author Michael Morse bares his soul with first-person accounts from a 25-year career vividly defining the first responder’s vital role as a medical professional.
EMS by Fire: The Making of a Fire Medic puts the reader at the scene “where people desperately wait, frantic, impatient, lonely, dying or dead … the public we serve is not interested in who arrives at their emergency, as long somebody comes, preferably well trained and well equipped.”
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The more time I spent in the fire service, the more often I found officers starting to trust in my abilities and have me take the lead under their direct supervision. As we were pulling up to a fire or a collision scene with certain captains, we would exchange ideas and initial action plans before we would go to work trying to fix someone’s problem. By Jason Clark
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Certainly, recipes sometimes do have errors. I’ve written a cookbook and the process isn’t always so easy. I am far from perfect. But when we have a recipe fail or talk to other people about their recipe failures, it more than often will come down to one, or some of these reasons. By Patrick Mathieu
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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. By Reid Doyle, Dave Robb and Jeff Johnson
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Fire fighting can be a grueling yet rewarding career. Those who are lucky enough to call it their job are passionate about what they do and want to enjoy the stage that follows: retirement. Retirement can mean many different things but common wants include good health, quality of life and longevity. By Sean Kingswell
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| FIRE FIGHTING IN CANADA: THE PODCAST |
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John McKearney, the fire chief in Whistler and president of the Canadian Association of Fire Chiefs, looks back on his time in the fire service, reflecting on the importance of paid-on-call firefighters working alongside careers, moving from the Vancouver department to a resort municipality, changing risks and vulnerabilities in small towns versus big cities, and the need for a national strategy on the interface threat of wildfires and flooding.
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