Feb. 21, 2019, Vancouver – Investigators are working to find what caused a fire that dealt serious damage to an industrial unit and sent a North Vancouver firefighter to hospital Wednesday. North Shore News reports. | READ MORE (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Powered by WPeMatico
Feb. 21, 2019, Vernon, B.C. – Vernon’s former fire chief has filed a lawsuit against the City alleging it terminated him without cause or notice and didn’t offer to accommodate his disability. Global News reports. | READ MORE (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Powered by WPeMatico
Red Deer firefighter is recovering, thanks community for support Red Deer Advocate Firefighters who help together, stick together. Red Deer firefighter medic Ben Barthel who is better known as Big Ben or Big Benny is recovering after he was … Powered by WPeMatico
Firefighters lined up to Climb the Wall Coast Reporter On Sunday, Feb. 24, a team of firefighters from the Sunshine Coast will be participating for the 12th year running in the BC Lung Association’s 18th annual Climb … Powered by WPeMatico
Wakefield School kids get a chance to thank their firefighting heroes The Nelson Mail The students of Wakefield School were excited to thank their “local heroes”, the firefighters who have been working to stop the wildfire that has spread across the … Powered by WPeMatico
Jon Pegg is the new fire marshal for the Province of Ontario. He started the job Feb. 20 and replaces Ross Nichols. Pegg has been chief of emergency management for the Province of Ontario for the past eight months. He has a long history in the fire service and started as a firefighter with the […]
On Feb. 18, his final day as Fire Marshal of Ontario, Ross Nichols thanked first responders for making Ontario a safer place to live. He posted a public letter and statement on Twitter to the women and men on the front line, thanking them for their service. “On this, my final day as Fire Marshal […]
Feb. 20, 2019, Saanich, B.C. – Fire Chief Dan Wood of the Saanich Fire Department on Vancouver Island reports that some residents had a more eventful Family Day than they might have anticipated when some of his firefighters were called to deal with a bear cub up a tree. Surrey Now-Leader reports. | READ MORE […]
Feb. 20, 2019, Sooke, B.C. – Fire investigators are trying to determine the cause of a blaze that tore through a Sooke concrete plant late Sunday afternoon. The South Island Concrete facility on Sooke Road, near Edward Milne Community School, was engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived, Sooke Fire Chief Kenn Mount told CHEK News. […]
Feb. 20, 2019, Timiskaming First Nation, Que. – The Timiskaming First Nation near Notre-Dame-Du-Nord, Quebec, has lost its new ice rink. On Monday, police and fire crews arrived to find the new First Nation community centre’s roof had collapsed and then caught on fire. Bay Today reports. | READ MORE (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Powered […]