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Fire Prevention Week is underway! If you have a unique pub ed initiative that's working well and you'd like to share it with your fellow fire departments across Canada, please reach out to me at laiken@annexbusinessmedia.com.
- Laura Aiken, Editor, Fire Fighting in Canada
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On Oct. 7, the Mark Holland, Minister of Health, tabled the National Framework on Cancers Linked to Firefighting in Parliament and announced an investment of $12.29 million to advance firefighter health and safety.
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The Ontario Association of Fire Chiefs (OAFC) are rolling out the Chief Fire Officer Peer Support Program, a mental wellness program specifically designed for chief officers.
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The governments of Canada and Nova Scotia are jointly investing $30 million over five years to support wildfire preparedness and prevention.
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The Canadian Wood Council (CWC) and Woodsure, a division of Axis Insurance Managers Inc., introduced a partnership between their WoodWorks and Woodsure programs.
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Our custom-built Wildland-Urban Interface (WUI) apparatus are designed to combat wildfires and are equipped to navigate rough terrain and provide fire fighting support in areas where traditional fire apparatus have difficulty reaching. Our Range Trucks, MXV Terminator and Wildland units offer a range of customization options, allowing fire departments to configure their WUI rigs to suit their specific needs and operational requirements.
For specification details on any of our trucks call our sales department for pricing information at 800-565-3473.
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Amid the worrying uptake in Canadian fire deaths comes some encouraging news, in the form of research underscoring the outstanding potential of evidence-based smoke alarm outreach to protect life and property, along with promising new tools for communities.
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Published in April 2022 in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, the article entitled “Interventions for Preventing Residential Fires in Vulnerable Neighbourhoods and Indigenous Communities: A Systematic Review of the Evidence” reviewed thousands of studies and research conducted since 1990 on residential fire prevention in order to identify the characteristics of interventions with success in mitigating fire incidents among vulnerable population groups.
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The ever-emerging trend for municipalities across the country is to establish or expand corporate communications, a.k.a. “Corp Com.” For larger municipalities, it may be an entire department led by a director and consisting of several communications staff. For medium and small municipalities, it’s more likely one or two people dedicated to internal and external messaging, social media and other communications tasks.
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The overall purpose of conducting a fire death scene investigation is to find the truth of the matter. The families of all the victims have the right to know exactly what happened. A secondary pupose is to document the investigation for the purpose of presenting it within a courtroom at some future date. Fire, Coroner and Homicide investigators have only one shot at getting the scene right. They must do it correctly the first time, every time!
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Deputy Fire Chief Larry Cocco was named the interim fire chief and general manager of Toronto Fire Services, effective October 4.
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Windsor Fire and Rescue Services have selected Deputy Fire Chief Jamie Waffle as their next fire chief, effective Jan. 1, 2025.
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Fire Chief Ashley Wohlgemuth has retired from the Barriere Volunteer Fire Department in British Columbia after 26 years of service.
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Deputy Chief Craig MacArthur from the Hanover Fire Department in Ontario passed away on September 26 at the age of 58.
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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, Ret. Fire Chief Tom DeSorcy is joined by Steve Fraser, the co-author of the proactive mental health awareness training program for first responders Resilient Minds and a retired captain with Vancouver Fire and Rescue Services. The pair discuss the past, present and future Resilient Minds and outline how firefighters can introduce mental wellness training into their departments.
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