Mar. 6, 2018, Calgary – Calgary’s fire chief doesn’t agree with a move to lower the target for responding to fire calls on the outskirts of the city. City council’s planning and urban development committee voted Monday to recommend a 10-minute response time for future communities on the city’s edges. CBC News reports. | READ […]
March 6, 2018, Halifax – An investigation into a Halifax-area blaze that took the life of an 11-year-old girl, an 18-year-old man and a 58-year-old man suggests it was the result of an electrical fault that started in the basement of a duplex, says the city’s fire chief. Ken Stuebing extended condolences to the family […]
March 5, 2018, London, Ont. – Fire departments on Oneida Nation of the Thames and Chippewas of the Thames First Nations are working to improve their services in a bid to raise the number of volunteers and make their communities safer. CBC News reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
March 6, 2018, Mississauga, Ont. – Kalpana Rajgopalan will be joining Mississauga Fire and Emergency Services as the department’s new assistant chief of professional development and accreditation, effective April 3. Reporting to Fire Chief Tim Beckett, Rajgopalan will be responsible for spearheading changes to the department’s professional development and accreditation section, which includes implementing upcoming […]
Mar. 5, 2018, Mississauga, Ont. – Peel Regional Police and Fire services battled explosions and a massive fire at a construction site near a seniors residence in Mississauga’s Streetsville neighbourhood Friday night. The Toronto Star reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
Mar. 5, 2018, Toronto – A Toronto firefighter was seriously injured after he plunged from the top floor of an abandoned building early Saturday morning while battling a fire. The Toronto Star reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
Mar. 5, 2018, Lower Sackville, N.S. – Two people are dead after an early-morning fire Saturday at a duplex in Lower Sackville, N.S., RCMP say. Police said a man, 58, and an 11-year-old girl died, and that an 18-year-old man was taken to a Halifax hospital with life-threatening injuries. CBC News reports. | READ MORE […]
Mar. 2, 2018, North Sydney, N.S. – One person was found dead inside a burning bungalow-style home in North Sydney Thursday afternoon, according to a Cape Breton Post source. The Cape Breton Post reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
Mar. 2, 2018, Calgary – A fire in a men’s washroom at the University of Calgary’s math science building on Thursday closed the building and sparked an extensive police and fire investigation. Global News reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
March 1, 2018, Toronto – Air Canada says a woman suffered from burns after her cellphone caught fire inside an airplane at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport Thursday morning. The airline said the fire took place as the plane sat at the gate before departing. Air Canada says 266 passengers were on the flight that was […]