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April 16, 2019 |
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The mayor of Timmins, Ont., says the city's new fire chief is bringing three things to the job: leadership, leadership, leadership. Council appointed Tom Laughren as the new Timmins Fire Department chief. He has also been appointed as the Community Emergency Management Co-ordinator for the City of Timmins.
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The Oakville Fire Department Auto Extrication team has been selected by the Transportation Emergency Rescue Committee to represent Canada and the U.S. at the World Rescue Organization Challenge in La Rochelle, France this September.
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From April 8-12, 2019, Fire Fighting in Canada published specialized wildfire content to address innovative suppression strategies, training, and more. Take a look at the landing page and Facebook page to catch up on some of the posts you may have missed throughout the week.
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Is compartment space at a premium on your apparatus? Make the most of your square footage with a QUIC-INDEX™ Multiple Bracket Holder from Zico. This “Lazy Susan” style rotating platform secures up to four complete air packs or spare cylinders in a compact area, and automatically stops and locks into place after each 90-degree rotation for safe and convenient retrieval.
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Last month we looked at the factor of not inspecting our PPE and its consequences. This absence leads into the complacency that prevails in the fire station and on the fire ground. In the March issue of Fire Fighting in Canada, firefighter Mark van der Feyst continues to look at PPE and complacency in having our PPE being readied to go, or, in other words, combat ready.
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Chief instructor and deputy chief training officer Ed Brouwer has written the Trainer’s Corner Column for Fire Fighting in Canada since 2001 and has covered a wide variety of training topics. In our March issue, Brouwer writes about secondary trauma and how the symptoms are similar to those of PTSD.
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The NEW FLIR K1 is a rugged, compact thermal camera that serves as an extra set of eyes on the fire scene, allowing commanders, officers, and inspectors to quickly complete a thorough 360° assessment in total darkness and through smoke. With a bright, integrated flashlight, the FLIR K1 illuminates the scene to help the user steer and manage the crew more effectively. It also displays 160 × 120 pixel thermal images that help users gain additional situation awareness that is not possible with the naked eye.
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The Guelph Fire Department in Ontario continues to investigate the cause of a fire at Guelph's Wet-Dry facility on April 13. Fire crews arrived at the scene at around 2:43 p.m. and found smoke coming from the transfers station at the recycling facility.
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Twenty-three people had to leave their apartment suites after a small fire broke out in Calgary on April 13.
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One man is in hospital with life threatening injuries after a suspicious fire destroyed a pub and liquor store on April 11 in Surrey, B.C.
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Firefighters should brace for more forest and wildland blazes across Canada in future years – because it will be the new norm as climate change takes hold. Mike Flannigan, a professor of wildland fire at the University of Alberta, spoke with Fire Fighting in Canada editor Grant Cameron about the issue in our latest podcast!
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