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It's summer solstice this Friday at 10:42 p.m. EST and also the official start of summer. It's been quite the spring for wildfires, with some evacuees starting to make their way home while others are still under orders. We'll see what summer brings.
- Laura Aiken, Editor, Fire Fighting in Canada
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Nova Scotia is investing an additional $2.8 million into its Emergency Services Provider Fund this fiscal year, bringing the total to $4 million to better equip first responders across the province. The expanded fund offers increased support for individual organizations and introduces a new regional component.
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A new tool is helping Alberta communities assess and bolster their readiness against future blazes, which forecasts suggest will become more frequent. The “From Risk to Readiness: Enhancing Alberta’s Wildfire Preparedness Through the FireSmart Scorecard” report, released by the Intact Centre on Climate Adaptation at the University of Waterloo in partnership with FireSmart Alberta, introduces the FireSmart Scorecard.
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A First Nation in Manitoba is welcoming residents back, almost three weeks after the community of more than 6,000 people was evacuated due to wildfires.
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Councillors in the Cape Breton Regional Municipality have called for a full review of volunteer and career fire services over concerns about the number of departments and the cost of staffing and equipping them.
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When disaster strikes, lives are often thrown into chaos. Wildfires, floods, and hurricanes don’t just damage homes, they force people to flee, disrupt communities, and leave individuals and families facing an uncertain future. The road to recovery is long, exhausting, and often unclear. No one should have to walk it alone. That’s where Team Rubicon Canada (TR Canada) steps into the arena. A veteran-led disaster response organization, TR Canada brings together military veterans, first responders, and passionate volunteers—Greyshirts—who step in to help communities rebuild when they need it most. TR Canada doesn’t replace emergency responders or firefighters. Instead, the organization ...
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This edition’s cover story looks at training high performance teams through the lens of improving tactical thinking. I had a think about what it means to be tactical, and the more I thought about it, the more I realized this mindset exists in all of the leaders I admire most. Tactical is twofold in its dictionary definition. The term applies to tactics used to accomplish a goal in military action; to maximize the outcome and minimize the risk. This is a very important skill in life-or-death situations, which fire crews also find themselves in. The word also applies to any ...
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When disaster strikes, Canada’s first responders need more than crowded commercial cell networks—they need a dedicated, secure, high-speed network built for public safety. That’s exactly what a Public Safety Broadband Network (PSBN) offers. A PSBN enables real-time, cross-jurisdictional and cross border communication, allowing police, firefighters, and paramedics to share video, floor plans, and critical data securely—something commercial networks simply can’t guarantee during emergencies. Without a PSBN, responders face the same network congestion as the public, putting lives at risk. This communication failure has been highlighted in multiple national reports, including reviews of the Parliament Hill shootings and the Mass Casualty ...
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Bryan Burleigh knew he wanted to be a firefighter as a teenaged boy growing up in the Hart community and recognized it would help his chances of getting hired by B.C.’s Prince George Fire Rescue if he had a trade under his belt.
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The city of Grand Forks in B.C. is likely to appoint an interim fire chief to prepare for Fire Chief Gary Lorenz’s departure, as it was recently announced he has been selected for Fargo’s chief position.
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| FIRE FIGHTING IN CANADA: THE PODCAST |
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Firefighter Anthony De Benedictis details his personal project, Firefighter Rescues Ontario, where he collected information from public sources to analyze rescue trends within the province. He emphasizes the importance of this data for improving training and operations. The conversation highlights the challenges and potential benefits of collecting and utilizing rescue statistics to enhance firefighter preparedness and public safety.
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