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All members of the volunteer fire department in Gogama, Ont., have submitted their resignations. Eleven firefighters, including Chief Mike Benson, say they're quitting the first week of December.
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The Yarmouth Firefighters Association in Nova Scotia has burning questions about the future of dispatch services in the region. The association says it wants and needs more information on what the level of dispatch service will be in the future now that the Town of Yarmouth has decided to go ahead with the layoffs of the four dispatchers who provide local service in the tri-counties.
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A Canadian study is calling for the creation of a national firefighter wellness surveillance system to help address cancer rates and other firefighter health risks. Fire Fighting in Canada editor Grant Cameron spoke with several authors of the study, including Len Garis, fire chief for the City of Surrey, B.C. and an adjunct Professor in the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice & Associate to the Centre for Social Research at the University of the Fraser Valley in our latest podcast sponsored by Dräger. Tune in to our previous episodes in the meantime!
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Once you are promoted to the position of company officer, the knowledge and skills required are not automatically granted to you. This Company Officer’s Handbook is based on the author’s own experiences as a new company officer as well as his extensive experience supervising new company officers. The knowledge he has assembled in this book is what he and others needed to transition into being an effective company officer.
This book expands the knowledge base for entry level officers beyond emergency response. It includes leadership, decision making, communications, conflict resolution, personal accountability, critical incident stress debriefing, time management, the responsibility for firefighter safety, as well as incident command, NIMS, fire protection systems, building construction, terrorism, and wildland urban interface firefighting.
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Comox, B.C., Fire Chief Gord Schreiner says in the December issue of Fire Fighting in Canada it is training that makes you a firefighter and that without training, a firefighter is just another civilian dressed up to look like one. This includes physical training, constantly reading fire service publications and constantly taking on new training. He also says that it is important to note that it’s too late to train tomorrow for the incident you are responding to today.
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Hope, B.C., Fire Chief Tom DeSorcy talks about how the firefighter uniform is essential to a department’s well-being. In the December issue of Fire Fighting in Canada magazine, he shares his thoughts on how uniforms, being recognized in the community, responsibility and more make an impact
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Firefighters were called to an apartment building on Fisgard Avenue in Victoria, B.C., for a report of a fire last Thursday afternoon.
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Eganville, Ont., was the scene of two fires last Wednesday, and while damage was extensive, no one was reported injured.
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Montreal’s arson squad is investigating a fire that killed a 66-year-old man in Côte-des-Neiges Sunday morning.
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It’s time to listen in on the latest Fire Fighting in Canada podcast featuring Steve Farina, a captain in the fire suppression division at Coquitlam Fire Rescue. He and editor Grant Cameron discuss the B.C. First Responders Mental Health committee as it takes aim at the issues of mental health in the industry and the committee’s campaign called “Share It. Don’t Wear it.”
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