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In Windsor, Ont., last weekend, the Cam-Am Police Fire Games took place, with one of its landmark events happening on Saturday morning. The FireFit Championship competition is based on fire fighting tasks commonly performed in emergency situations, including stair climb, hose hoist, forcible entry and victim rescue simulations.
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Jennifer Baltzer, an associate professor of biology at Wilfrid Laurier University and Canada Research Chair in forests and global change, has been studying the effects of the 2014 wildfires on the environment. She is leading a team of researchers who are collecting the first field data on zombie fires.
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In Ontario, the communities closest to Nicholas Cheeseman have come together to help support his family following a motorcycle crash that took the life of the 34-year-old St. Thomas firefighter this week.
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In B.C., the Kelowna Professional Firefighters Association (KPFA), says they’re forced to fight fires with unsafe staffing levels as per the National Fire Protection Association standards.
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Many chemical substances have necessary and beneficial uses but present considerable risks to the public and to the environment if they are uncontrolled or uncontained.
Hazardous Materials for First Responders, 6th Edition, will prepare first responders to take appropriate initial actions at hazardous materials spills or releases and weapons of mass destruction incidents. This edition provides fire and emergency services personnel with the information necessary to meet the job performance requirements (JPRs) of NFPA 470, Hazardous Materials/Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) Standard for Responders, 2022 Edition.
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I know we’ve all heard it before — work smarter not harder — and it seems like it can be applied to almost any task or discipline in our industry. And while it may seem simple, we still find ourselves taking the hard road. By Chad Roberts
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Bryan Edge is the chief training officer with Six Nations Fire and Emergency Services in Ontario. Read the interview below for a conversation on virtual classrooms, live fire training and staying motivated. By Laura Aiken
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When we look at overall health and more specifically holistic wellness, there is a myriad of factors or modalities that need to come together for optimal success. The benefits of exercise are well documented with adherence and compliance being a significant variable across society and the fire fighting industry. An equally important element is mental health, which has gained significant momentum in the modern fire fighting world. By Sean Kingswell
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When you think of the branches within fire departments, you usually think of your suppression division, public education and inspections, training division and, if the organization is large enough to support one, apparatus maintenance. You don’t often find a beach rescue division within the fire service, but for several weekends this summer, I found myself working alongside the men and women of our beach rescue team who fall within our fire service organizational structure. By Jason Clark
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| FIRE FIGHTING IN CANADA: THE PODCAST |
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In this episode of Fire Fighting in Canada: The Podcast, Steven Craft, principal at CMH Fire Consultants, joins host Fire Chief Tom DeSorcy to discuss the series of five separate fire research burns on a full-scale mass timber structure in Ottawa. Craft touches on the importance of these research burns, how the tests are being conducted and what they mean for the fire service.
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Oct. 20-23, 2022
Location: Belleville, Ont.
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