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Welcome to Fire Fighting in Canada: Your Weekly Bulletin. Still your e-news delivered on Tuesdays, still delivering great content. Look for now weekly updates on chief promotions and retirements and a more extensive events calendar. Enjoy!
- Laura Aiken, Editor, Fire Fighting in Canada
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Canadian federal, provincial and territorial forest ministers have signed on to a national strategy that they say aims to raise awareness of wildfire risks across the country.
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The Government of Alberta is providing a $200,000 grant to the Alberta Fire Chiefs Association (AFCA) to research and develop recommendations for how to strengthen provincial fire data reporting.
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Representatives from the Ontario Association of Fire Chiefs (OAFC) met with Members of Provincial Parliament on May 29 for the annual Fire and Life Safety Advocacy Day.
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In an industry as physically and emotionally taxing as the fire service, Ted Leck, volunteer chaplain for Toronto Fire Services, Huntsville/Lake of Bays Fire Department, and the Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport Fire Department, said he saw not enough emphasis on spiritual wellness coupled with instances of difficulty in navigating the support system.
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Footwear should provide optimum agility, fit, and comfort in addition to protection from fireground hazards. Do you know how to choose the right firefighting boot? Click here to download the guide.
Globe boots are tough and dependable, just like the firefighters who wear them. Made with lighter, stronger-than-steel materials, flexible athletic footwear construction, and super-gripping treads, they help keep you fighting at peak levels.
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Whether it’s a car in a creek, a person overboard, or a person in a pool, these are calls of extreme urgency. Six minutes underwater and brain death occurs. It’s a high-risk but low-frequency situation. And it will hit your area again this year. Article by Dave Gillespie, a 29-year firefighter, swiftwater and ice rescue instructor, and chief training officer for Peterborough, Ont.
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Encampments, drug use and rising mental health issues are changing the job for firefighters across the country. Many Canadian fire service members face increasing threats and acts of violence when attending calls, which has led some departments to implement the use of body armour vests to protect their staff.
Fire Fighting in Canada contributor Julie Fitz-Gerald talked to two departments about why they made the decision.
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I challenge you to peruse, for any amount of time at all, the shelves of your local bookstore or library in the “management and leadership” section without finding numerous authors who caution leaders about the perils of venturing into “the weeds”. Article by Toronto Fire Chief Matthew Pegg
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Doug Wegren, former assistant chief for the Saskatoon Fire Department, has assumed the role of fire chief for SFD following the retirement of Morgan Hackl.
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Thunder Bay Fire Rescue in Ontario has removed the interim tag from their new fire chief David Paxton, who had been filling the role since February.
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In Ontario, the town of East Gwillimbury has welcomed Cory Mainprize as their new fire chief. He stepped into the role on June 3.
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All firefighters, whether volunteer, combination, or career, need in-depth, realistic training. This book replaces the trial-and-error and “school of hard knocks” approach for training officers, deploying the authors’ many decades of combined experience to fill the gaps between instructor credentialing and managing a training system. Includes Real-world drills, props, and instructional development tools.
» Order your copy today!
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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: Aug. 14-16, 2024
Location: Kay Bailey Hutchinson Convention Center, Dallas, Texas
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