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In a press briefing featuring multiple federal ministers, Jonathan Wilkinson, federal minister of natural resources, said forecasts are showing above-average wildfire activity in September across the country...
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The government of Nova Scotia is investing almost $1.2 million to fund ongoing projects of first responder organizations.
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The governments of Ontario and Canada are jointly investing $64 million over four years to support firefighters combatting wildfires.
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Residents of Jasper, Alta. will be allowed to return to the town on August 16, ending a three-week evacuation.
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Bruno Unplugged is a compilation of the late Chief (Ret.) Alan Brunacini’s wit and wisdom gained through his years as chief of the Phoenix AZ Fire Department. Based on his columns “Rules of Engagement” and “Bruno Unplugged” in Fire Engineering, Bruno’s advice is practiced in firehouses across the country and the world today. Bruno had a unique ability to expose the simplicity in the fire service’s complex issues. He lived as he preached, being nice, being safe, and preventing harm.
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A new study of Canadian coroner data suggests that unsafe homes, lack of working smoke alarms and lack of attention to correcting major housing repairs needed are among the factors in why Indigenous people in Canada die in fires more often than non-Indigenous people. By Len Garis and Mandy Desautels.
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In our continued series on desensitizing firefighters, we arrive at the topic of driving-related issues. Every fire department and every firefighter can relate to this category as they all have responding fire apparatus, and most firefighters are either driving the fire apparatus or are being driven in one. By Mark van der Feyst.
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Yvonne Meulenbroek, wildfire crew leader in Norman Wells, N.W.T., has always been intrigued by fire. As a fire spinner in her circus community, her admiration for playing with fire turned into a career battling it. By Kaitlin Secord.
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Dr. Robert Krause is a battalion chief with the fire department in Toledo, Ohio. His research involved 11,000 data points culled from 149 NIOSH reports and 176 firefighter deaths from the years 1998-2017. From this, he created an algorithm to predict fatality. By Laura Aiken.
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| FIRE FIGHTING IN CANADA: THE PODCAST |
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BC Wildfire Service lead forecaster Matt MacDonald joins Fire Fighting in Canada: The Podcast to talk about fire weather forecasting in British Columbia, how environmental conditions affect wildfire seasons, and analyzing the science behind predicting wildfires and weather.
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September 08, 2024
Location: Canadian Firefighter Memorial, Ottawa, Ont.
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