Monthly Archives: May 2019

Results from the first Canadian FireFit event of 2019 have been announced. The event was held May 11 and 12 in Courtenay, B.C. Click here to view the results. Ten competitions are scheduled throughout the summer across Canada, culminating with the World FireFit and Canadian National Championships in Oshawa, Ont., from Sept. 11 to 15. […]

May 14, 2019, Ottawa – A man in his 50s is in serious but stable condition after suffering smoke inhalation and burns in a house fire in the Overbrook neighbourhood Sunday night. CBC News reports. | READ MORE (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Powered by WPeMatico

May 14, 2019, Woolwich Township, Ont. – No one was injured and nearly 200 cows were saved from a barn fire in Woolwich Township early Saturday morning. About 50 firefighters from five township stations responded to the blaze at a farm on Wittick Road, northeast of Elmira, around 4:30 a.m. and found a workshop fully […]

May 14, 2019, Osoyoos, B.C. – The Richter Creek wildfire has exploded into an aggressive surface wildfire and is estimated to be about 80 hectares and growing, according to the B.C. Wildfire Service. The suspected human-caused blaze is burning beside Highway 3, west of Osoyoos, and has climbed to the top of nearby slopes. Global […]

May 13, 2019, B.C. – As the B.C. wildfire season approaches, a former first responder says more needs to be done to help firefighters deal with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. CBC News reports | READ MORE. (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Powered by WPeMatico

May 13, 2019, Toronto – The Progressive Conservative MPP for the Kenora, Ont., area says the province will continue to free up the necessary money to fight wildfires as the Ford government has come under fire from some federal Liberals over the emergency forest firefighting budget. CBC News reports | READ MORE. (Feed generated with […]

May 13, 2019, Merritt, B.C. – More than 200 young men and women are learning what it takes to join the B.C. Wildfire Service. Potential recruits will test their physical stamina and mental endurance during an eight-day course this spring with the hopes of joining the ranks of the B.C. Wildfire Service. CBC News reports […]

May 13, 2019, Oshawa, Ont. – An elderly woman is dead following a suspicious fire at an Oshawa apartment building Sunday evening, police say. CBC News reports. | READ MORE (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Powered by WPeMatico

May 13, 2019, Brandon, Man. – A teenager has been charged in connection with four separate fires that damaged three homes in Brandon, Man., early Friday. CBC News reports. | READ MORE (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Powered by WPeMatico