Harrison hopes to use developer money to buy firefighting equipment  Chilliwack Progress The Village of Harrison Hot Springs is hoping it can get the province on board with a new plan to allow municipalities to buy firefighting equipment with money … Powered by WPeMatico

About 100 elite U.S. firefighters help battle Alberta wildfires  CTV News About 100 of the best firefighters in the United States arrived in Edmonton Wednesday morning. Powered by WPeMatico

Israeli Startup Develops Firefighting Drone to Combat Gaza Incendiary Balloons  Algemeiner After more than a year of fires in southern Israel ignited by incendiary balloons launched from the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip, an Israeli startup is offering an … Powered by WPeMatico

Riot Breaks Out At NorCal Prison Firefighting Camp  CBS San Francisco KLAMATH, Del Norte County (AP) — Authorities say three inmates and a staff member have been injured in a riot at a prison firefighting camp in Northern … Powered by WPeMatico

Boot camp aims to bring more women to wildland firefighting  San Francisco Chronicle BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A special boot camp in eastern Oregon aims to bring more women into wildland firefighting careers. Boise State Public Radio reports … Powered by WPeMatico

Japan’s First Firefighting Robots Deployed at Oil Refinery  Firehouse.com JXTG Nippon Oil & Energy Corp.’s “Scrum Force” at a Chiba refinery consists of four robots that can monitor the air, as well as deploy a hose and fire a water … Powered by WPeMatico

Trump Wants Big Cuts to Federal Firefighting Jobs  Patheos The Trump administration “is planning to cut over a thousand jobs — including many wildland firefighting jobs — in what’s thought to be the largest federal jobs … Powered by WPeMatico

Bench to honour Salmon Arm firefighters, firefighting family  Sicamous Eagle Valley News Salmon Arm firefighters in general and one unique firefighter in particular will be honoured with a bench to be placed in Hall No. 3, the city’s downtown fire hall. Powered by WPeMatico

Firefighting continues in Red Deer under smoky skies  Red Deer Advocate Red Deer firefighters responded to at least four outside fires on Thursday as smoke from forest fires burning elsewhere in Alberta saturated the city. Air quality … Powered by WPeMatico

Firefighting help summoned from Ontario  Whitehorse Star Additional firefighting resources will be arriving in Whitehorse Thursday from Ontario to assist with the Bear Creek wildfire outside Haines Junction. By Chuck … Powered by WPeMatico