Oct. 25, 2017, New Westminster, B.C. – An overnight transformer fire underneath the Queensborough Bridge in New Westminster has forced the full closure of the bridge to all traffic in both directions. CBC News reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
Oct. 24, 2017, Grand Falls-Windsor, N.L. – A training centre for firefighters in central Newfoundland was hit by a blaze Monday that the fire chief believes was “deliberately set.” CBC News reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
Oct. 24, 2017, Gagetown, N.B. – Unexploded ammunition is hampering efforts to extinguish three fires burning at Canada’s second-largest military base. (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
Parrot develops drones for firefighting and farmingNeowinThe purpose behind this drone is to assist professionals in locating sources of heat, such as for firefighters during a blaze or perhaps given off by someone’s body that is trapped under some rubble after an earthquake. The thermal imaging can also …and more » Powered by WPeMatico
Central York firefighters first in Canada to get life-saving camerasyorkregion.comThis is a close-up of the Integrated Thermal Imaging Camera, in a simulated fire at the Central York Fire Services training centre Monday. CYFS is one of the first fire departments in Canada to use this device, which immediately pinpoints heat sources … Powered by WPeMatico
Oct. 23, 2017, Bridgewater, N.S. – Fire crews are still on the scene of a devastating fire in downtown Bridgewater, N.S. A row of businesses in the town went up in flames late Sunday night. Dozens of firefighters from multiple departments were brought in to battle the blaze. CBC News reports. | READ MORE (RSS […]
Oct. 23, 2017, Vancouver – A vacant heritage mansion in Vancouver’s Shaughnessy neighbourhood was destroyed by a fire that took more than 50 firefighters to extinguish early Sunday morning. The Vancouver Sun reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
Oct. 23, 2017, Halifax – A small brush fire broke out on Citadel Hill Saturday night after a charity fundraiser’s fireworks display went awry. No one was injured and Halifax firefighters put the fire out. CBC News reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
Sonoma Index-Tribune California wildfire: Death toll rises to 42, dozens still missing as firefighting efforts continueFirstpostThe wildfires ignited on 8 October and as many as 11,000 firefighters — some from as far away as Australia — were involved at one point in battling move than two dozen large blazes. The California Department of Forestry and […]
Virginian-Pilot Firefighting foam contaminated water near Fentress field, so the Navy is researching an alternativeVirginian-PilotThe Navy is researching new types of firefighting foam free of contaminants that were found in well water near a landing field used by fighter jets and in water systems near several other military installations around the country, according to a […]