Monthly Archives: August 2018

Firefighters raise concerns about new dispatch policy

Aug. 31, 2018, Vancouver – A new 911 policy designed to improve ambulance response times also has firefighters feeling sidelined during lower-risk medical calls when they could be helping out. B.C. Emergency Health Services changed its dispatch system back in June in an effort to get paramedics out to critical situations faster, and the agency […]

Fire marshal’s office investigating industrial explosion

Aug. 31, 2018, Brantford, Ont. – An industrial explosion in Brantford Thursday evening is being investigation by the Ontario Fire Marshal. Fire officials say one person was taken to hospital with unknown injuries and all other employees were accounted for after their primary search. CTV News reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered […]