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Two Black Montreal firefighters say they've faced years of racist abuse from their colleagues, and they now believe it will take outside action to change the culture of the city's fire department.
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Saskatchewan is increasing the number of cancers that will trigger automatic workers' compensation benefits for firefighters.
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In a solemn and private ceremony, the City of Markham added two new names to the Markham Firefighter Memorial, honouring the memories of Platoon Chief Ken Robertson and Firefighter First Class Xavier Bracken, who both tragically passed away due to injuries incurred while on duty.
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After the clock struck midnight Friday, acting captain Matt Mountain and a dozen other members of Ottawa Fire Services sprang into action for a unique life-saving operation.
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This text provides fire and emergency service personnel, and civilians with the basic information necessary to meet the job performance requirements of NFPA 1030. This manual focuses on life safety educators assigned to the implementation, management, and administration of fire and life safety programs, as well as the life safety educator’s role as an integral part of a department’s or organization’s community risk reduction program.
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After years of success in the Greater Toronto Area, the Security · Police · Fire Career Expo made its first foray out of Ontario. Though it was a cold, snowy day, on Tuesday, Oct. 24, industry experts from emergency services, in partnership with aviation professionals, arrived at The Best Western Premier Calgary Plaza Hotel and Conference Centre in Alberta bright and early to discover prospective talent for recruitment at the inaugural Career Expo West. By Brittani Schroeder.
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If you’ve ever held a leadership role in the fire service, you’ll know that quite often you’ll find yourself working with a wide variety of people and stakeholders. We have our agency partners, citizens and team members all making up various the groups that may work together very well to achieve a common goal or mission objective. By Jason Clark.
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Sometimes, the definition of resiliency is misaligned by assuming it means we should be impenetrable. Instead, I like to see mental resilience as being able to withstand trauma. In large part that has to do with bouncing back from traumatic experiences as well. It’s a process derived from techniques we can use to prepare for our interactions with hard calls. By Bill Dungey.
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Getting strong and getting muscular are two very different things when it comes to training. It is important for athletes (yes firefighters, that’s you) to know what their goals are before setting out on a new training regime. It isn’t wrong to want to improve your physique when you are putting in hard work, but if your aim is to improve your strength for job performance you will want to know the difference. By Sherry Dean.
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| FIRE FIGHTING IN CANADA: THE PODCAST |
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Argentinian air tractor pilot and volunteer firefighter Diego Perez talks with host and retired Fire Chief Tom DeSorcy about aerial wildfire fighting in the Maritimes, how ground and air crews can train to work safely together, changes to structural fire fighting, aircraft apparatus, and the adrenaline rush that comes right before a drop.
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