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Canadian firefighters are at a higher risk of cancer and a new study is looking into toxin exposure. AGAT Laboratories is partnering with the Calgary Fire Department to identify the various toxins members contact on the job.
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When Nancy Innes applied to be a firefighter in 1992, she didn’t know she would become a trailblazer for the Surrey Fire Department in British Columbia. Innes, along with Isabel Ruediger (who applied at the same time), would become the first ever female firefighters in the city.
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Wayne Brown is the new regional fire chief in Greenview, Alta. Brown spent the last 35 years with fire services across Alberta, most recently with the Calgary Coordinated Safety Response Team and Internal Safety Response Unit.
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Fort Garry Fire Trucks builds everything from small rescue trucks all the way up to our top-of-the-line Bronto Skylift rescue ladder platform, with an articulating aerial device that can reach hard-to-access spots. In fact, we now offer 130 product lines and over 12,000 options for customers to choose from. Coming in spring 2020 we'll be unveiling our brand new Bronto All-rounder featuring a 92-foot articulating aerial device on a Freightliner chassis. For sales information please contact us at 1-800-565-3473 and don’t forget to catch us at our last conference of the year at the FEMSA/FAMA Annual Fall Conference in Toronto, Ontario from October 9 - 11, hope to see you there!
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Many firefighters are great at obeying orders, but do they truly understand fire behaviour? Ed Brouwer talks about critical thinking on the fire ground.
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Do you find yourself defaulting to the same hose for every fire? Mark van der Feyst discusses the importance of pulling the right hose lines the first time.
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Purpose Filled Leadership, Make A Difference In Your Fire Department, written by Chief Les Karpluk, provides insights into fire service leadership for those aspiring to be leaders or those already in a formal or informal leadership position.
Chief Karpluk is more than passionately curious about leadership and in this book, he provides leadership thoughts that will help prepare future leaders for the realities of leadership.
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Markham, Ont., fire crews doused three vehicle fires, believed to have been intentionally set, on Saturday evening.
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Firefighters spent hours Sunday morning fighting to save a downtown heritage building being converted to a boutique hotel. Fire crews rushed to the scene at about 2:00 a.m. where flames ripped through the roof of the seven-storey building.
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The Saskatoon Fire Department is investigating the cause of an apartment fire that forced a man to jump from a third-floor balcony on Saturday morning.
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Many firefighters volunteer with humanitarian organizations, using their unique skills to help vulnerable people around the world recover from disasters. Hope, B.C., Fire Chief Tom DeSorcy speaks with Sean Freeman, acting deputy chief of prevention and inspection at Strathmore Fire Department in Alberta, who's been deployed several times to help relief teams coordinated by the Canadian Red Cross. Freeman has been called out to five disasters in the Caribbean and around the world. Check it out here!
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October 8 to October 12, 2019
Location: Nashville, Tenn.
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October 13 to October 18, 2019
Location: Phoenix, Ariz.
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October 14 to October 18, 2019
Location: New Orleans, LA.
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