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The Columbia Shuswap Regional District Board voted unanimously to establish the region’s fourteenth fire department at the Kicking Horse Mountain Resort, they said in a press release.
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Manitoba fire departments are receiving a joint investment of $38.4 million over four years from the federal and provincial governments. Each government contributed 50 per cent of the funds, which will be used to purchase and upgrade firefighting and training equipment, increasing preparedness of wildland firefighters and facilitating resource sharing across Canada.
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Doug Wegren, former Assistant Chief for the Saskatoon Fire Department, has assumed the role of Fire Chief for SFD following the retirement of Morgan Hackl.
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Bright red hoses thicker than a thigh snake along the highways near Fort McMurray, studded with cannons that can blast enough water into fire-threatened ditches to fill an Olympic-sized swimming pool every 90 minutes. The soakers help protect buildings, homes and vital routes into and out of the Alberta city against wildfire flames that have forced the evacuation of four neighbourhoods.
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Building on the success of last year's events in Toronto and Calgary, the Security • Police • Fire Career Expo expanded to three locations in 2024, with its latest installment held in Vancouver. On Thursday, May 16, industry professionals in public safety gathered at Simon Fraser University’s Harbour Centre Concourse & Segal Centre to scout for promising new recruits. By Brittani Schroeder.
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You are the first responder at the scene of a serious vehicle crash and you suspect one of the damaged vehicles is a hybrid or full electric vehicle. There may be people still inside and bystanders milling about. What is the first thing you do? Answer. Chock the wheels. Unlike internal combustion engines, there are few signs that an electric vehicle is still “running.” If the battery pack is still energized and the ignition system is still on, one touch of an accelerator pedal may cause it to move without warning. By Dave Brown.
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Courage under fire leadership is having the guts to do the right thing. Fire service veteran and instructor Steve Prziborowski’s new book offers a comprehensive guide to fire service leadership lessons applicable to the firehouse, the emergency scene, and day-to-day operations of a fire department. This book will explore how you provide the best possible service to those we are fortunate to lead, serve, and work for, as well as those we work alongside.
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This has been the topic of many lectures I’ve delivered, and the focus of this topic is to explore the different contributing factors and the common items that a firefighter becomes numb or desensitized to over the course of their career. By Mark van der Feyst.
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In our continuing series of desensitizing firefighters, we are going to focus on the topic of personal protective equipment (PPE). Although this may seem like a very basic area to look at, it is actually the opposite. By By Mark van der Feyst.
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| FIRE FIGHTING IN CANADA: THE PODCAST |
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On the latest edition of Fire Fighting in Canada: The Podcast, Jason Brolund, fire chief for West Kelowna Fire Rescue, which provides services for the city of West Kelowna and Westbank First Nations, shares his experience leading the fight against 2023’s McDougall Creek wildfire, a fire chief’s “nightmare scenario.” The McDougall Creek fire was the largest wildfire in the history of West Kelowna and forced the evacuation of over 10,000 residents.
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June 05 - 09, 2024
Location: Hilton Baltimore, Baltimore, MD
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