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During Tuesday’s city council meeting, Fire Chief Jo Zambito requested local politicians authorize him to enrol the Niagara Falls Fire Department in the Ontario Naloxone Program.
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In Ontario, fire departments from Oakville, Milton, Burlington and Halton Hills are teaming up to offer young women a chance to learn more about firefighting as a career.
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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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Calgary fire, police and EMS graduated their first Camp Courage participants on July 1, after a week-long camp introducing young women to those services. The camp, which was a first for Calgary after two years of planning, was designed to help get more women interested in careers as first responders.
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Acclaimed cartoonist, illustrator and veteran firefighter Paul Combs has returned with a brand new collection of his fire service editorials!
Paul sees and captures moments that help us all take a good look at ourselves and learn from it. He does it as no one else can—with humor, irreverence, respect, insight, compassion, and the skills of an award-winning illustrator.
This beautiful full-colour hardcover edition is now available from Firehall Bookstore.
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At the recent Atlantic Fire Leadership Conference, Dr. Robert Krause shared the findings of his study into 176 LODD firefighter fatalities. The top two reasons, accounting for 75 per cent of the loss of life, were sub-optimal personnel readiness and inadequate preparation for/anticipation of adverse events on the fire ground. His bottom line: “Training is the way out of this.”
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In many districts we find buildings in our first due with basements not fully underground. Not having the basement fully underground allows for builders to install windows for natural light in this space which can interpret to small windows with sill heights inside the basements anywhere from five to six feet and higher. By Nathan Pocock
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Hoarding presents a unique challenge and fire risk in the community. In May 2020, Elaine Birchall, a hoarding behaviour and intervention specialist for over 18 years, spoke to Fire Chief Tom DeSorcy about best practices for how to proceed when encountering a hoarding situation on a call. Birchall covers what defines hoarding and how to recognize it, misconceptions around hoarding and how to approach the people involved in a nonjudgmental and sensitive manner.
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Training officer Ed Brouwer shares his stories that illustrate the three roles of the training officer: instructor, coach and mentor. An instructor is one who teaches something. A coach helps bring greater performance in a specific area. A mentor is a bit different. Mentorship can involve training, but it is more like passing down knowledge of how things are done.
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Oct. 20-23, 2022
Location: Belleville, Ont.
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