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Unionized firefighters in the Cape Breton Regional Municipality claim management tactics have undermined morale and jeopardized safety. The Cape Breton Regional Firefighters Association voted 90 per cent in favour of a motion expressing non-confidence in fire services management.
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Ottawa firefighters were dispatched to false alarms an average of 20 times a day between 2015 and 2017, according to data from the City of Ottawa.
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The Tsilhqot'in Nation has signed a first-of-its-kind agreement with the federal and British Columbia governments that recognizes the First Nation as a full partner in wildfire response.
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First responders are often prepared to take care of others, but they also need to be prepared to take care of themselves.
Mental Health Awareness: Self Care for First Responders is a user-friendly handbook on the numerous mental health symptoms that affect those in frontline work. The book is to be referred to at various stages of one’s career and was designed to be thrown in a duty bag.
This handbook provides valuable background information and practical tips for the self-care of frontline workers, including a concise identification and intervention guide. It also contains a checklist for physical and emotional well-being, as well as tips for preventative self-care on topics such as PTSD, chronic stress, and suicide.
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Chief Matthew Pegg says the fire service is grounded in hard work, honour, courage, compassion, service and trust and the fire fighting service is the result of hard work and dedication from the women and men that came before. Pegg shares how someone new to the job could ruin his or her own career before it takes off.
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Chief Tom DeSorcy has spent more than half of his life in the fire service and has had many defining moments throughout his career. DeSorcy takes an opportunity to reflect back on, and look forward to, what has helped him in his career and what is still to come.
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A fire destroyed a commercial chicken barn in Port Coquitlam, B.C., killing roughly 14,000 chicks inside.
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Vancouver Fire and Rescue Services battled a blaze atop a downtown condo tower. Firefighters responded quickly to the fire, which was on the 28th floor of the building.
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A man in his 70s is homeless after a fire extensively damaged his bungalow in Torbay, N.L., on April 11.
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In this episode of Fire Fighting in Canada This Week, a firefighters’ union in Sudbury says it has reached a new deal with the city, a retired London firefighter details harassment allegations, and Fire Fighting in Canada columnist David Moseley details about how firefighters use bulldozers to fight flames.
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