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The 2022 wildfire season is not yet over, but it’s been winding down, according to the B.C. Wildfire Service’s final status update of the year.
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Hundreds of family, friends, and colleagues honoured 134 fallen firefighters for their bravery and sacrifice at a special ceremony just outside Queen’s Park on Sunday.
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The St. Marys Fire Department along with other local fire departments have partnered with the Humane Society of Kitchener Waterloo & Stratford Perth (HSKWSP) to launch an emergency decal to help keep pets safe in the event of a fire or another life-threatening emergency.
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The Kelowna Fire Department will continue to provide dispatch services for three outside governments. The fire department has renewed agreements with the City of Vernon, Regional District of Kootenay Boundary and Okanagan Indian Band to provide those services for the next five years.
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Thermal imaging cameras (TICs) are crucial to ensuring fire crews can navigate thick smoke to find potential victims, locate hot spots, and monitor the direction of the fire. That’s why Teledyne FLIR is on a mission to make high quality TICs standard issue equipment for every member of a fire crew.
Rugged, dependable FLIR TICs give your team a comprehensive view of every scene so they can save lives and protect property, safely.
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In our last issue, we started to look at the basic tenets of a tactic called Vent, Enter, Search (VES). In Part 1 we explored what VES is and how it can be used by the first arriving unit on scene. In Part 2, we are going to look at the tools needed for VES and the steps to performing it. By Mark van der Feyst
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The fire service is constantly in need of highly dedicated, well-trained individuals. We are very fortunate that our beloved service has lots of these types of folks already, however, we can always use more. By Gord Schreiner
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The new HP702 UL913 and HP782 UL913 radios are Class I, II, and III UL913 certified for use in areas where flammable dust and vapors are present, in industrial, energy production, and mining environments.
These radios share all the features of the recent H-Series product line.
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AI-Based Noise Cancellation
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IP68 and MIL-STD 810G Certified
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24+ Hour Battery Life
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Extended Range
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One Line OLED display screen (HP702 UL913)
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2.4" TFT-LCD screen and full keypad (HP782 UL913)
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Kananaskis Emergency Services has collaborated with a fellow Bow Valley firefighter to bring an innovative electric vehicle training program to the Calgary region and beyond.
The program is the first of its kind, combining the most current information available on new model hybrid and electric vehicles (EV), new vehicle technology and safety systems coupled with a one of a kind opportunity to get hands on with an EV. By Gary Robertson
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As first responder families, we are in challenging times and our first responder children are feeling the impact. Grief, stress and anxiety are some of the main emotions I hear from our first responder children and our first responder families right now in my clinical and coaching practice. By Kimberly Williamson
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| FIRE FIGHTING IN CANADA: THE PODCAST |
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Arjuna George, retired fire chief and professional coach, talks to fire chief and host Tom DeSorcy about the importance of succession planning to the fire service, maintaining business continuity, identifying emerging leaders, how succession planning impacts recruitment and retention, defining retirement, empowering people to lead, and the future of the volunteer fire service in Canada.
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Nov. 10-13, 2022
Location: Clearwater Beach, Fla.
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