May 2, 2018, Toronto – Firefighters battled a three-alarm blaze at an auto body shop in Etobicoke Tuesday evening, Toronto Fire says. Emergency crews were called to a garage just before 6 p.m. on Tuesday for reports of heavy smoke. CBC News reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
A New Democrat MPP is to hold a news conference on May 1, 2018 to discuss her private member’s bill designed to help firefighters and firefighter trainees. Jennifer French’s bill would implement key recommendations from a coroner’s inquest jury following the deaths of Adam Brunt and Gary Kendall during unregulated private training procedures. Brunt died […]
Emergency Preparedness Week (EP) takes place every year during the first full week of May and is geared towards helping Canadians prepare for just what it sounds like—an emergency. This national event is co-ordinated by Public Safety Canada, in close collaboration with the provinces and territories and various partners. EP Week focuses on emergency strategies […]
May 1, 2018, Windsor, Ont. – Windsor firefighters don’t know enough about how to rescue a person with autism, but that’s about to change with a new round of training. To mark the end of National Autism Awareness Month, Windsor Fire and Rescue Services is ensuring firefighters will be getting specialized training to deal with […]
May 1, 2018, Strathroy, Ont. – A Strathroy man faces drug charges after firefighters uncovered a suspected marijuana growing operation in a home. The London Free Press reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
May. 1, 2018, Ottawa – A highrise apartment building under construction in Ottawa’s Little Italy neighbourhood caught fire Monday. CBC News reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
Apr. 30, 2018, Winnipeg – A roaring grass fire that closed a section of the Trans-Canada Highway in east Winnipeg spread to a business that specializes in portable trailers. The Winnipeg Free Press reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
Apr. 30, 2018, Edmonton – Nine people are displaced after their southeast Edmonton home was heavily damaged in a fire Sunday. CTV News reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
April 30, 2018, Oromocto, N.B. – Members of the Oromocto Fire Department had to wade through waist-deep flood waters as they battled a blaze Sunday morning. CTV News reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
April 30, 2018, Saskatoon – A grass fire ignited during a military training exercise south of Saskatoon at the Canadian Forces Detachment (CFD) Dundurn in the late afternoon Saturday. Global News reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico