May 4, 2018, Winnipeg – A Winnipeg firefighter feared for his life when he and a colleague got stuck in the middle of a grass fire Wednesday, his union leader says. CBC News reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
Monthly Archives: May 2018
May 4, 2018, Edmonton – Two Edmonton homes were heavily damaged by fire Thursday evening just after 9 p.m. The fire in one of the two-storey homes was described as a “raging inferno” when firefighters first arrived on scene at 9:06 p.m., said William Chabaniuk, acting district fire chief. CBC News reports. | READ MORE […]
May 3, 2018, Témiscouata-sur-le-Lac, Que. – People in the town of Témiscouata-sur-le-Lac, just east of Rivière-du-Loup, are in shock following the death of a volunteer firefighter. Carmel Moreault, 54, was injured in a fire at the Norampac cardboard-box plant on Tuesday evening when a ventilation shaft filled with water fell on him. CBC News reports. […]
May 3, 2018, Saskatoon – Six people, including five Saskatoon police officers, were taken to hospital after a Wednesday morning house fire. Global News reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
May 2, 2018, Victoria Beach, Man. – Firefighters from the Rural Municipality of Victoria Beach will not be walking off the job, the department told council on Tuesday. Global News reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
May 2, 2018, Toronto – Firefighters battled a three-alarm blaze at an auto body shop in Etobicoke Tuesday evening, Toronto Fire says. Emergency crews were called to a garage just before 6 p.m. on Tuesday for reports of heavy smoke. CBC News reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
May 2, 2018, Cambridge, Ont. – Firefighters from five stations responded to a townhouse fire in the south end of Cambridge Tuesday afternoon that damaged three units but left no one injured. The Kitchener-Waterloo Record reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
A New Democrat MPP is to hold a news conference on May 1, 2018 to discuss her private member’s bill designed to help firefighters and firefighter trainees. Jennifer French’s bill would implement key recommendations from a coroner’s inquest jury following the deaths of Adam Brunt and Gary Kendall during unregulated private training procedures. Brunt died […]
Emergency Preparedness Week (EP) takes place every year during the first full week of May and is geared towards helping Canadians prepare for just what it sounds like—an emergency. This national event is co-ordinated by Public Safety Canada, in close collaboration with the provinces and territories and various partners. EP Week focuses on emergency strategies […]
May 1, 2018, Windsor, Ont. – Windsor firefighters don’t know enough about how to rescue a person with autism, but that’s about to change with a new round of training. To mark the end of National Autism Awareness Month, Windsor Fire and Rescue Services is ensuring firefighters will be getting specialized training to deal with […]