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
A picture of a firefighter carrying an elderly woman up some stairs is capturing hearts CNN Thomas Harwell saw an elderly woman struggling to get up and down some stairs so he picked her up, literally. Powered by WPeMatico
Montreal firefighters battle 3-alarm fire at abandoned church Global News Firefighters were called to the blaze on Fullum Street at around 9: 30 p.m. on Saturday. Powered by WPeMatico
Manitoba Liquor and Lotteries joins lawsuit against volunteer firefighters over hotel blaze in The Pas, Man. CBC.ca The mayor of The Pas says he was shocked and dismayed to learn Manitoba Liquor and Lotteries have joined the owner of a local hotel destroyed by arson in … Powered by WPeMatico
Mar. 15, 2019, Goulais, Ont. – Algoma District volunteer fire and rescue teams will be replacing some old equipment soon, thanks to funding received through Jenny’s Heroes Canada Ontario Fire Services Equiment Grants. SooToday reports. | READ MORE (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Powered by WPeMatico