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April 30, 2019 |
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The Winnipeg firefighters’ union said a fire hall that’s been shut down for months is impacting response times. Station 8 in the Munroe West neighbourhood has been closed since January for upgrades.
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Emergency workers urged another 1,500 residents of a flood-ravaged suburb west of Montreal to leave their homes Sunday, one day after floodwaters broke through a natural dike northwest of the city and forced some 5,000 others to flee with only the clothes on their backs.
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Associate editor Jayson Koblun spoke with Shayne Mintz, the Canadian regional director of the NFPA, about several ways the legalization of cannabis in Canada will challenge the fire industry in our latest podcast launching the first week in May. Check out some of the great previously released podcasts in the meantime here.
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Fire Chief Vince MacKenzie says the the first and foremost duty is education of the public in his latest Volunteer Vision column.
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Fire Fighting in Canada, along with Blue Line and Canadian Security magazines partnered to present the first combined Security, Police, Fire Career Expo to help potential security professionals, law enforcement officers and firefighters get their foot in the door.
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Three buildings were destroyed early Saturday in a brush fire in Strathcona County, Alta., just southeast of Edmonton.
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Two early morning house fires left one firefighter injured and four residents displaced in the south-central neighbourhood of Bonnie Doon in Edmonton Saturday.
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A quick response from fire crews may have stopped a fast-moving fire from spreading through a duplex in Mission, B.C. on April 25.
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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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