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It's an edition of tributes as we capture some of the career highlights of Toronto's retiring Fire Chief Matthew Pegg and also honour a special friend of the Canadian Fallen Firefighters Foundation, captain Doug Greek.
- Laura Aiken, Editor, Fire Fighting in Canada
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Toronto Fire Chief Matthew Pegg announced his retirement today and will officially hang up his helmet on Oct. 4.
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The start to wildfire season has been far less dramatic than it was last year but the risk of hot, dry weather and severe fires remains high, officials warned Thursday.
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Retired Lunenburg and District fire captain Douglas Aubrey Greek passed away on May 2 at the age of 88.
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In partnership with the province of Nova Scotia, the Halifax Regional Fire & Emergency launched a pilot program using artificial intelligence software to detect wildfires in three areas across the municipality.
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Here is a round-up of the latest fire chief promotions, appointments, retirements, and last alarms across Canada.
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Editor’s Note: When David Moseley, a longtime wildland firefighter contributor to Fire Fighting in Canada, learned that his stepson and his girlfriend were headed off to do contract wildfire fighting for the first time, he was compelled to sit down and share some of the valuable lessons he learned over his many decades on the frontlines. He then shared his letter with Fire Fighting in Canada, and we like nothing more than sharing experience amongst the fire service!
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Shelley Langille writes: The benefits of reflection are well documented. In “Beyond Training: New Firefighters and Critical Reflection,” published in Disaster Prevention and Management: An International Journal, associate professor Merilyn Childs stated: “Future firefighters will need to be adaptive, reflective and accountable; able to demonstrate discursive and inquisitive capabilities; and engage in reflected actions both on and off the incident ground.”
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Kirk Hughes writes: Don’t bother Googling it, Climatistry (a mixture of the word climate and chemistry) isn’t a real word, but there is no word to describe the interesting time the fire service is quickly transitioning into, so I’ve given it this invented moniker.
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This book will empower you with the skills to: Improve communications, risk assessment, and accountability with less radio traffic, develop an aggressive team to save more civilian lives while keeping firefighters from unnecessary risk, bridge the tactical gap between the incident commander and crews working at the front, apply military models of decentralization and empowerment to outpace the incident, regardless of type.
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| FIRE FIGHTING IN CANADA: THE PODCAST |
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On the latest edition of Fire Fighting in Canada: The Podcast, Jason Brolund, fire chief for West Kelowna Fire Rescue, which provides services for the city of West Kelowna and Westbank First Nations, shares his experience leading the fight against 2023’s McDougall Creek wildfire, a fire chief’s “nightmare scenario.” The McDougall Creek fire was the largest wildfire in the history of West Kelowna and forced the evacuation of over 10,000 residents.
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Date: May 16, 2024
Location: Simon Fraser University - Vancouver Campus
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Date: May 30 - June 01, 2024
Location: North Battleford, Sask.
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