DJI and LAFD Collaborate to Bring Drones in Firefighting Mainstream- It’s Time DroneLife The world’s leading drone manufacturer, DJI, has partnered with the Los Angeles Fire Department to develop and prove the case for drones in firefighting. Powered by WPeMatico
Firefighting aircraft ‘increasingly ineffective’ amid worsening wildfires Los Angeles Times The state is poised to spend $273 million on new firefighting aircraft, but the tools won’t help fight the most devastating kinds of blazes California has seen of … Powered by WPeMatico
Firefighter finishes half-marathon wearing full firefighting gear and tank ABC News Ryan Robeson, a firefighter in York, Pennsylvania, ran the sixth annual Scranton Half-Marathon in 3.5 hours as his family, friends and community cheered his … Powered by WPeMatico
April 8, 2019, Regina – The Saskatchewan government and the union representing the province’s wildland firefighters are at odds over the province’s plans to use a modified version of the wildland firefighter fitness test, which in its original form was deemed discriminatory. The Star Phoenix reports. | READ MORE (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Powered by […]
April 8, 2019, Brampton, Ont. – No human or animal injuries were reported after a barn caught fire at a horse farm in Brampton late Sunday night. CP24 News reports. | READ MORE (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Powered by WPeMatico
April 8, 2019, St. John’s – A fire at a seniors’ complex in St. John’s forced the building’s residents to be evacuated early Monday morning. When firefighters with St. John’s Regional arrived just after midnight they found smoke and flames in the lobby and one resident told the Telegram that smoke had also filled some […]
April 8, 2019, Lucan, Ont. – The Office of the Ontario Fire Marshal is investigating a fire Sunday that gutted a motorcycle shop in Lucan. The fire that triggered an alarm at Hog Town Cycles at about 6:45 a.m. sent thick black smoke “rolling down” Main Street and drew firefighters from Lucan Biddulph, Granton and […]
April 8, 2019, Winnipeg – Fire tore through two neighbouring homes in the North End Sunday. Firefighters were called to the first fire at a vacant two-storey home in the 500 block of College Avenue around 6 p.m. CBC News reports. | READ MORE (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Powered by WPeMatico
In an era of extreme wildfires, some say firefighting aircraft are ‘increasingly ineffective’ Los Angeles Times The state is poised to spend $273 million on new firefighting aircraft, but the tools won’t help fight the most devastating kinds of blazes California has seen of … Powered by WPeMatico
April 5, 2019, Foxtrap, N.L. – A newly-constructed Habitat for Humanity home in Foxtrap, in Conception Bay South, was ruined by fire, displacing multiple families Thursday night. CBC News reports. | READ MORE (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Powered by WPeMatico