Nov. 22, 2018, Gogama, Ont. – All members of the volunteer fire department in Gogama have submitted their resignations. Eleven firefighters, including chief Mike Benson, say they’re quitting effective Dec. 1. CBC News reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
Monthly Archives: November 2018
Nov. 22, 2018, Markham, Ont. – Police are investigating after a 71-year-old woman died in a house fire in Markham on Tuesday. CityNews reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
Nov. 21, 2018, Chilliwack, B.C. – Faulty electrical wiring is being blamed for a fire that destroyed a barn in Chilliwack on Sunday morning. The Chilliwack Progress reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
Nov. 21, 2018, Montreal – Montreal police are investigating several fires that broke out in the dead of the night Tuesday in Verdun. CTV News reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
Nov. 21, 2018, Ottawa – The Royal Canadian Mounted Police national headquarters in the Rideau Glen-area was safely evacuated Tuesday morning after a propane tank on the roof caught on fire. The Ottawa Citizen reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
Nov. 21, 2018, London, Ont. – Fire crews rushed to the the former McCormick’s factory in the city’s east end Tuesday afternoon to fight a fire that broke out on the roof of the structure. The London Free Press reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
Nov. 20, 2018, Yarmouth, N.S. – The Yarmouth Firefighters Association has burning questions about the future of dispatch services in this region. The association says it wants and needs more information on what the level of dispatch service will be in the future now that the Town of Yarmouth has decided to go ahead with […]
Nov. 20, 2018, Cobble Hill, B.C. – No people were harmed but three boats and two 1970s vintage cars were destroyed in Cobble Hill on Monday when a garage burned up. Capt. Chris McInerney of the Mill Bay Fire Department said the alarm came in just after 5 a.m. The Times Colonist reports. | READ […]
Nov. 20, 2018, Mississauga, Ont. – Peel Regional Police and Mississauga firefighters are investigating a suspicious fire Monday that destroyed part of a new Mississauga playground. The Toronto Star reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
The concept of regionalization in the fire service has been around for a number of years now, but recent factors have accelerated the concept further. (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico