Province increases firefighting budget — to $101 million from $64 million Kamloops This Week The past two years have marked two of the worst wildfire seasons on record, with more than 2.5-million hectares of the province scorched by wildfire in 2017 and … Powered by WPeMatico
B.C. government spending more on prescribed burns, firefighters to combat wildfire season Global News The B.C. government is increasing funding for prescribed burns, adding more crews and enhancing aerial capacity in an attempt to keep wildfires under control … Powered by WPeMatico
Detroit firefighters’ lawsuit: Someone else clean up the damn blood Detroit Metro Times A new written policy ordering firefighters and medics to clean up blood at crime and accident scenes is the subject of a new lawsuit that… Powered by WPeMatico
Texas petrochemical fire spreads to more storage tanks after firefighting snag CNBC A raging fire at a petrochemical storage terminal near Houston spread to two more massive tanks after firefighting water pumps stopped working for six hours, … Powered by WPeMatico
The 2019 application period for MSA’s annual Globe Gear Giveaway is now open. Thirteen fire departments will each receive four sets of new state-of-the-art turnout gear, for a total of 52 sets. A department from Canada has won gear almost every year since the program’s inception in 2012. The New Victoria Fire Department in Nova […]
Mar. 18, 2019, Thunder Bay, Ont. – An executive with the Ontario Professional Firefighters Association has blasted the City of Thunder Bay for its strategic planning process, which he called flawed, biased and rushed. Tbnewswatch reports. | READ MORE (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Powered by WPeMatico
Mar. 18, 2019, Montreal – A three-alarm fire gutted the interior of a historic church in Montreal’s Ville-Marie borough Saturday night. CTV News reports. | READ MORE (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Powered by WPeMatico
Mar. 18, 2019, Kenora, Ont. – Kenora OPP says one man was found dead in a fire in downtown Kenora shortly before noon on Sunday. Police, Kenora Fire and Ambulance crews were on scene Sunday. OPP say no one else was injured in the blaze. CTV News reports. | READ MORE (Feed generated with FetchRSS) […]
Mar. 18, 2019, West Pubnico, N.S. – With large chunks of burning nacelle components and melting fibreglass blades falling from 80 metres above, there wasn’t much the West Pubnico Fire Department could do when a wind turbine fire was reported the afternoon of March 15. The Chronicle Herald reports. | READ MORE (Feed generated with […]
Kentucky legislature sends PFAS firefighting foam restriction to governor Chemical Watch Kentucky’s legislature has passed a bill to restrict the use of firefighting foams containing intentionally added per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). Powered by WPeMatico