May 15, 2019, Saskatoon – Members of the Saskatoon Fire Department worked for more than two hours to bring grass fires burning near train tracks west of the city under control. The Star Phoenix reports. | READ MORE (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Powered by WPeMatico

May 15, 2019, Welland, Ont. – A fire in a historic, 160-year home in Welland’s downtown core led to more than two dozen firefighters from two cities responding to the call Tuesday and searching for a possible person inside. The St. Catharines Standard reports. | READ MORE (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Powered by WPeMatico

May 15, 2019, Ottawa – A Vanier school was safely evacuated of staff and students as firefighters rushed to scene of a fire that was contained in a ground floor storage room early Tuesday afternoon. The Ottawa Citizen reports. | READ MORE (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Powered by WPeMatico

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 […]