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December 3, 2019 |
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A professor at Texas A&M University designed a new tool that helps detect power line problems. This same tool may help prevent wildfires.
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The City of Sarnia and the Sarnia Professional Firefighters Association (SPFFA)’s three-year contract dispute ended with an interest arbitration award.
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A rash of suspicious fires in Cap-Pelé, N.B., has the small seaside community on edge. The latest target was the Bel Air takeout restaurant, which was destroyed by an early morning fire last Wednesday.
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Starfield LION has a legacy and ongoing history of introducing new products and services which are always designed to ensure the health, safety and performance of the first responders who serve our communities and our country. Starfield LION’s game-changing PPE innovations are designed to best prepare firefighters, EMS teams and law enforcement officers for the dangers and hazards they face each day. For decades, Starfield LION has been the industry leader in the fight against firefighter stress by incorporating innovative design features and materials to deliver the most natural, least restrictive movement possible.
From bunker gear, to helmets and gloves, Starfield LION offers a full line of PPE solutions to fit your department’s needs. As we continue to develop new and enhance existing PPE products and services, our primary goal remains the same: To keep you safe and always....
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Cancer is a terrifying prospect beyond its lethality — its unpredictable path and penchant for wreaking havoc on our cells quietly before it spreads itself at an often too late to abate rate, make it a particularly frightening diagnosis. Cancer is so six degrees of separation that we can all tell a story of someone whose cancer was given a great prognosis and they died. We can also all tell a story of someone whose cancer outlook was given the direst of straits and they lived. Some of you are cancer survivors. Cancer is a high-profile disease inflicting and killing firefighters at a higher rate than the general public.
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Wearing a uniform, a fire department t-shirt or driving a marked fire vehicle can sometimes make you feel like a target. Rest assured you’re being watched and you’re getting noticed. In a small town, you don’t even have to be in uniform because everyone knows who you are and what you do. Do you feel the pressure yet? Fire Chief Tom DeSorcy shares why it’s so important to present a positive outlook in your life.
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The manual will assist management and safety professionals in commercial and industrial occupancies with compliance to applicable laws and regulations regarding training and management of fire brigades. The manual is the perfect foundation for any fire brigade training program in any facility. Trainees and instructors will find benefit in using the 144 skill sheets to meet the JPR’s specified by the standard.
NFPA 1081, Standard for Facility Fire Brigade Member Professional Qualifications, contains numerous JPR’s where training requirements introduced at one level (Incipient) is repeated at other levels (Advanced Exterior and/or Interior Structural). To address this without repeating large volumes of material, Review Sections have been used in some chapters. The information in these Review Sections cover the essential information from the previous chapters but in a condensed format.
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A fire that started on Sunday evening completely destroyed a slaughterhouse in Ponoka. Officials say the fire started at around 8:55 p.m. at the Family Meats Ltd. on 49 Street in the central Alberta town.
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Investigators say one person is in custody after an overnight fire ripped through an abandoned building in east Hamilton on Monday.
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A Vancouver firefighter was sent to a hospital, after he was poked by a needle as he fought a fire, likely caused by squatters, late Saturday night.
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Many in the fire service will remember a time when it didn’t feel right to openly discuss a call you were struggling with. Today, organic conversations around how firefighters feel are starting to flow. Toronto’s Fire Chief Matthew Pegg discusses the fading stigma of mental illness with host Tom DeSorcy, the fire chief in Hope, B.C. Pegg and DeSorcy discuss the impact of media coverage in the aftermath of tragedy and the growth in open conversation around occupational injury and stress. What’s the next step for the fire service and mental health? Keep the topic top of mind. Listen now to keep the conversation going.
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