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Canadian Firefighter has brought back Training Week for the third year! I am excited to share the hot topics, tips, and tactics to complement and inspire your training regime. Do you have something you think we should add? Reach out to me to chat.
- Brittani Schroeder, Editor
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Tumbleweed Spirits Distillery has partnered with the Canadian Fallen Firefighters Foundation (CFFF) to raise money for the families of fallen firefighters. The distillery has released a limited-edition whisky called Unforgettable and will donate $20 from every purchase to the foundation.
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The Beaver Lake fire station in Greater Sudbury has been consolidated into the Whitefish station. The change in reporting location for firefighters, which came into effect on July 4, stems from one of nine resolutions related to the fire service passed by the Greater Sudbury city council on June 27 and July 11, 2023.
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Oakville Fire department in Ontario has hired Jeremy Inglis as their deputy fire chief of training and support services. Inglis has 16 years of experience in the fire service, most recently acting as deputy fire chief with Central York Fire Services.
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The first Ontario safety symposium was designed to give frontline first responders and investigators a comprehensive overview of lithium-ion battery technology, which is becoming increasingly common in various devices and applications.
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The Hanover Fire Department has received a $12,000 grant from Farm Credit Canada (FCC) through their 2023 AgriSpirit Fund.
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When a volunteer fire department does not have the capability to provide higher-level technical protection, they rely on municipal fire departments whose operating budgets are larger than theirs to do so. This is what both mutual and automatic aid provides: it delivers a level of redundancy of protection for communities. The Embro Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department did exactly that; they reached out to the LFD and their technical rescue team to help with a situation they faced at the Federal White Cement Company on Aug. 28, 2004. By James Rychard and Ken Gaskin.
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Recently, Canadian Firefighter sat down with Gunter Kramer, assistant chief of professional development and training at the District of North Vancouver Fire and Rescue Services (DNVFRS), to discuss technical rescue training. By Brittani Schroeder.
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This book will empower you with the skills to: Improve communications, risk assessment, and accountability with less radio traffic, develop an aggressive team to save more civilian lives while keeping firefighters from unnecessary risk, bridge the tactical gap between the incident commander and crews working at the front, apply military models of decentralization and empowerment to outpace the incident, regardless of type.
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Years ago, I transferred the information regarding communications and alarms found in the “Canadian Firefighter’s Handbook” and the “IFSTA Essentials of Firefighting Manual”, to PowerPoint. During our first presentation, I noticed the firefighters’ interest peaked when I showed the last few slides. At first, I thought it was because the end was near. But no, it was the few lines about arrival reports that hooked the attention of the rookies and our veterans (we trained together). By Ed Brouwer.
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Continuing our study into the different hose packs that we have available to us, this month we are looking at the New York load. As the name denotes, this load was developed by the Fire Department of New York (FDNY) and has been in service for many years as a staple in the FDNY’s tactical arsenal for hose deployment. By Mark van der Feyst.
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| FIRE FIGHTING IN CANADA: THE PODCAST |
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Ret. Fire Chief Tom DeSorcy sits down with returning guest Jennifer Grigg, whose 30-year career with the fire service has included time spent as a volunteer firefighter, instructor, and coach. The pair discuss the importance of personal reflection, examine how family fits into the lives of firefighters both in and out of the station, and review the state of change currently impacting volunteer fire services.
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September 08, 2024
Location: Canadian Firefighter Memorial, Ottawa, Ont.
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