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Kootenay Boundary Regional Fire Rescue celebrates first-ever female captain

B.C.’s newest fire captain, Carlene Pires, is proud of her paid-on-call job as well as the determination and accomplishments that have engineered her rise to the top.


Stats Canada releases report outlining fire-related homicides

Statistics Canada released a report based off of Canadian police service findings surrounding arson and fire-related homicides.


Report outlines toxic workplace for Cape Breton firefighters

In Nova Scotia, the union representing Cape Breton career firefighters is calling on the municipality to acknowledge and act on a 2018 report that it says identified the wide rift between rank-and-file members and department management.


Penticton councillor wants to hire firefighters sooner than planned

At the end of Tuesday’s council meeting, councillor Campbell Watt gave his colleagues on B.C., a “heads up” that he does not want to wait until budget deliberations to start the process of hiring more firefighters.
 
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Current Issue 
 
C1

Front Seat: moving up the ranks

Making the transition from firefighter to a captain role does take some pre-planning and when you reach the red helmet, your training for the job has really only just begun. By Jason Clark. » Read more
 
F2

From Hire to Retire: A coach approach for firefighters

Coaching is a big part of developing our firefighters. We coach them from day one on our culture, our norms, and our operations. Coaching is a skill not all have, thus creating a coaching culture within the fire department may help reshape the development and culture for the better. By Arjuna George. » Read more
 
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Three elements of building elite skills

Opportunities for professional and personal development exists in each and every fire service. There is always a need for apparatus and equipment acquisitions, opportunities for improving strategies, or chances to bring forth innovative ideas. By James Rychard. » Read more

Recipe Rescue: Building a better soup

When you think about it, soup is a true wonder of chemistry. Together, water, onions and time can turn water into broth, bland into savory and thin into thick. But it is a slippery slope and the process is critical to achieving great results. By Patrick Mathieu. » Read more
 
FIRE FIGHTING IN CANADA: THE PODCAST 
 

B.C.’s Playbook and the evolution of training standards

In the latest edition of Fire Fighting in Canada: The Podcast, Fire Chief Tom DeSorcy sat down with Craig Richardson, a training specialist and fire services advisor with the Office of the Fire Commissioner in B.C., to talk about training standards. The two discussed the 2014 training Playbook and how it helped to revolutionize training standards in B.C. Tune in to hear where training is headed now with the OFC’s training standard, what’s changing and how departments are reacting. » Listen now
 
Events 
 

Canadian BCP and Emergency Management 2023

Jan. 24-25, 2023
Location: Ottawa, Ont.
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Lambton College Fire Trade Show

Jan. 28, 2023
Location: Sarnia, Ont.
For more information, reach out to:
» warwickfire@warwicktownship.ca

FFIC Virtual Summit

Feb. 23, 2023
Location: Virtual
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