Red Deer Emergency Services (RDES) in Alberta is now the only department in the world with four accreditations in fire and medical services. The department was recognized for receiving the Emergency Fire Dispatch Accredited Centre of Excellence accreditation at a ceremony in Washington, D.C. on April 24. The accreditation was awarded in February and acknowledges […]
May 1, 2019, Constance Bay, Ont. – A volunteer firefighter’s own flooded Constance Bay-area home was struck by an early morning fire Wednesday but the department says that crews were quickly able to get it under the control and he and his wife and child are safe. The Ottawa Citizen reports. | READ MORE (Feed […]
May 1, 2019, Wellesley, Ont. – A barn fire in Wellesley township on Monday night has caused $650,000 in damage, according to estimates from Waterloo Regional Police. Global News reports. | READ MORE (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Powered by WPeMatico
May 1, 2019, Corner Brook, N.L. – While most residents woke up to snow in Corner Brook on Wednesday morning, more than 100 woke up to a fire. CBC News reports. | READ MORE (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Powered by WPeMatico
May 1, 2019, Ottawa – The Ottawa Fire Service is investigating a blaze at a row home that happened just after 4 p.m. on Tuesday in the city’s east end. The Ottawa Citizen reports. | READ MORE (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Powered by WPeMatico
Apr. 30, 2019, – Kamloops, B.C. – A British Columbia man has been ordered to pay half a million dollars to cover the costs of fighting a 2012 forest fire which cost nearly twice that amount to extinguish. CBC News Reports. | READ MORE (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Powered by WPeMatico
Bills would curb, document use of contaminated firefighting foam The Detroit News State lawmakers are working to curb and document the use of contaminated firefighting foam with a trio of bills discussed in committee Tuesday. Powered by WPeMatico
Hobbyist Drones Have Hampered Aerial Firefighting Rotor & Wing International Drones have been a problem for aerial firefighting efforts in the United States, interfering in ongoing operations 26 times in the past year alone. Powered by WPeMatico
Inmate who escaped firefighting camp in Angeles Forest caught in East Hollywood, officials say Los Angeles Times A 31-year-old inmate who escaped from a firefighting camp in Angeles National Forest while serving a sentence for domestic violence was caught by authorities … Powered by WPeMatico
BC Increases Firefighting Budget by 58% Rossland Telegraph The B.C. government has released its updated action plan in response to the government-commissioned, independent Abbott/Chapman report on the … Powered by WPeMatico