The Union of British Columbia Municipalities is helping communities across the province prepare for emergencies. The organization has served and represented the interests of local governments in B.C. since 1905 and has recently earmarked $ 33.5 million dollars for emergency preparedness funding to be handed out in five funding initiatives. Cash for the first three […]
May 7, 2018, Edmonton – Five firefighters were taken to the hospital as precaution after four separate fires in Edmonton over the weekend. CTV News reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
May 7, 2018, Winnipeg – Two men are dead after being severely burned in an unusual brush fire behind a busy shopping area in Transcona Friday night. CBC News reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
May 7, 2018, Gatineau, Que. – A major apartment fire in Gatineau early Monday morning has caused a roof collapse and three buildings to be evacuated. CBC News reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
May 7, 2018, Winnipeg – Streets have reopened after brush fires along a rail line near Winnipeg’s Charleswood and Tuxedo neighbourhoods were put out Sunday evening. CBC News reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
May 4, 2018, Winnipeg – A Winnipeg firefighter feared for his life when he and a colleague got stuck in the middle of a grass fire Wednesday, his union leader says. CBC News reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
May 4, 2018, Edmonton – Two Edmonton homes were heavily damaged by fire Thursday evening just after 9 p.m. The fire in one of the two-storey homes was described as a “raging inferno” when firefighters first arrived on scene at 9:06 p.m., said William Chabaniuk, acting district fire chief. CBC News reports. | READ MORE […]
May 3, 2018, Témiscouata-sur-le-Lac, Que. – People in the town of Témiscouata-sur-le-Lac, just east of Rivière-du-Loup, are in shock following the death of a volunteer firefighter. Carmel Moreault, 54, was injured in a fire at the Norampac cardboard-box plant on Tuesday evening when a ventilation shaft filled with water fell on him. CBC News reports. […]
May 3, 2018, Saskatoon – Six people, including five Saskatoon police officers, were taken to hospital after a Wednesday morning house fire. Global News reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
May 2, 2018, Victoria Beach, Man. – Firefighters from the Rural Municipality of Victoria Beach will not be walking off the job, the department told council on Tuesday. Global News reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico