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The Ontario government's new $30 million dollar Fire Protection Grant is a significant measure of support for fire departments. Great to see during challenging economic times. Let's hope we see more announcements like this across the country.
- Laura Aiken, Editor, Fire Fighting in Canada
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Two volunteer firefighters who died trying to rescue two people trapped by floodwaters northeast of Quebec City last May lacked proper training and equipment, Quebec’s workplace safety board has found.
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Nova Scotians who want to help during natural disasters will be able to sign up for a new volunteer corps called the Nova Scotia Guard.
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A tent fire has claimed the lives of two people in New Brunswick. The Saint John Police Force says in a news release that emergency crews responded to a fire on Paradise Row on Monday afternoon, and that two people were found dead after it was put out.
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The Ontario government has created a Fire Protection Grant, amounting to $30 million, to be disbursed over the next three years.
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The Water Hauler is a 765 litre (200 us gallons) aluminum tank with a pump platform and accessory rails mounted to a 4 wheel walking beam steel carriage. It can be hooked up to any ATV/UTV and can go places other equipment cannot go. It can support fire fighting activities by delivering water to front line workers, suppressing grass fires, wetting property, out buildings, and houses, and patrolling residential, commercial, and industrial areas for spot fires.
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Noteworthy reads on need to know topics!
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In most volunteer/paid-on-call departments, rookie training is well underway. By now you have likely completed communications and alarms. Pretty boring stuff, especially when that new recruit is itching to get to the fire behaviour portion. Years ago, I transferred the information regarding communications and alarms found in the “Canadian Firefighter’s Handbook” and the “IFSTA Essentials of Firefighting Manual”, to PowerPoint. During our first presentation, I noticed the firefighters’ interest peaked when I showed the last few slides. At first, I thought it was because the end was near. But no, it was the few lines about arrival reports that hooked ...
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Someone recently asked me what I thought the most important part of my job was. I had a few answers: Making good decisions; training our firefighters; firefighter safety. Then they asked me to zero in on one choice...
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Rarely is the full scope of a technology’s impact recognized at its unfurling — only its potential and the business case drives the sale to society. We wouldn’t have technological progress without an element of wilful blindness...
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The CMC Rope Rescue Manual has become the standard reference for many departments and rope rescue training programs. The manual reflects what has been learned through many years of responding to rescues and teaching thousands of students. Now in its sixth edition, the manual has been updated. The extensive use of illustrations and step-by-step procedures help the reader to develop or expand rope rescue knowledge and skills.
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| FIRE FIGHTING IN CANADA: THE PODCAST |
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Ret. Fire Chief Arjuna George has stayed connected to the fire service as a columnist (From Hire to Retire, Canadian Firefighter), podcast host (Beneath the Helmet), and author (Burnt Around the Edges, with more books to come). Arjuna shares how burnout pushed him into early retirement, why he wrote a book on it, and how a “world café” can contribute to better mental health.
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