The Register-Guard Firefighting money burns up as fast as Western forestsThe Register-GuardOne measure of the frenzy: The U.S. Forest Service has a budget this year of $1.89 billion for firefighting, said Jennifer Jones, spokeswoman at the Boise-based National Interagency Fire Center. So far it has spent about $1.75 billion, leaving just …Agencies’ Firefighting Money Burning […]
MorinvilleNews.com Firefighters learn leadership from expertsMorinvilleNews.comMorinville and area firefighters were joined over the weekend by firefighters as far away as Lloydminster for two sessions of education. The event started Friday evening at the Morinville Community Cultural Centre with an entertaining and engaging … Powered by WPeMatico
Herald-Mail Media Sept. 11 quilt on display at Hagerstown firefighting museumHerald-Mail MediaVirginia Nolte of Waynesboro, Pa., is shown with a quilt she hand-stitched with all the names of those killed in the 9/11 attacks on the United States. The quilt is on display at The First Hagerstown Hose Company Museum of Firefighting History at 31 […]
OregonLive.com Agencies’ firefighting money is burning up as fast as the West’s forestsThe Register-GuardOne measure of the frenzy: The U.S. Forest Service has a budget this year of $1.89 billion for firefighting, said Jennifer Jones, spokeswoman at the Boise-based National Interagency Fire Center. So far it has spent about $1.75 billion, leaving just …Wind, steep […]
Firefighting with friendsThe HinduHow many times are we going to see films that portray those living in the slums as anti-social elements walking around with sharp knives and machetes intimidating people and the police? These narratives keep getting recycled despite nuanced portrayals … Powered by WPeMatico
MontanaSports Carroll College’s Layne Ryerson traded in firefighting clothes for …MontanaSportsHELENA – Layne Ryerson wasted little time getting his cross country season off to a good start. The Carroll College runner won the Early Bird Open on Friday …and more » Powered by WPeMatico
Sept. 8, 2017, Cranbrook, B.C. – The BC Wildfire Service says the unprecedented, aggressive behaviour of three blazes in southeastern British Columbia has forced firefighting crews to withdraw from the area. Fire information officer Karlie Shaughnessy says a grouping of three smaller fires in the Flathead area east of Cranbrook is not threatening any homes […]
Sept. 8, 2017, Waterloo, Ont. – Once again, a new contract between the City of Waterloo and its firefighters has come down to arbitration. The contract, which covers the years 2015 through 2017, was finalized Thursday. CTV News reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
Sept. 8, 2017, Toronto – Officials say that a fire overnight Thursday at the Scarlett Woods Golf Course is being investigated as possible arson. CP24 News reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
MontanaSports Carroll College’s Layne Ryerson traded in firefighting clothes for cross country seasonMontanaSportsThe former Helena High star runner and tennis player has become one of the veterans on the firefighting crews, giving him more responsibility at blazes across the state. “I spent a lot of the early summer in eastern Montana out at the July […]