TheChronicleHerald.ca Nova Scotia’s firefighting elite off to BCTheChronicleHerald.caHALIFAX — A group of elite Nova Scotia firefighters will join the front lines battling wildfires burning across British Columbia. Twenty highly-trained firefighters and a manager will board a chartered plane in Halifax that is transporting …SA firefighting experts heading to Canada9news.com.auEntire city and area of Williams Lake […]
July 17, 2017, Owen Sound, Ont. – The City of Owen Sound has hired a new deputy fire chief, after the position sat empty for more than seven months. Michael Clark, who was previously the fire chief in Brampton, is to begin his new role with the city on July 24, according to a news […]
July 17, 2017, Brampton, Ont. – The Office of the Ontario Fire Marshal is investigating a “suspicious” fire at a church in Brampton on Sunday. CP24 reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
July 17, 2017, Lake Country, B.C. – Officials say eight homes and one outbuilding were destroyed in a rapidly burning fire that broke out in Lake Country Saturday afternoon. Global News reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
July 17, 2017, Kamloops, B.C. – Fast-moving wildfires in British Columbia are posing serious challenges for crews fighting to keep the flames from more than a dozen communities, officials said Sunday. (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
Vancouver Sun Daily Poll: Could partisan politics hamper BC firefighting efforts?Vancouver SunA fire burns in Lake Country, B.C., in this July 16, 2017 Twitter handout photo. HO / THE CANADIAN PRESS. Share Adjust Comment Print. NDP Leader John Horgan is expected to be sworn as B.C.’s 36th premier on Tuesday. Postmedia columnist Rob Shaw … Powered […]
Vernon Morning Star MP applauds firefighting effortsVernon Morning StarThe street was covered in fire retardant from the firefighting aerial attack Saturday night. People had to leave so quickly, there was no time to prepare. Door were left behind unlocked. Garage doors were left open. Early Sunday afternoon, many of the …Fire 80% containedPentiction Western News8 […]
Vernon Morning Star MP applaud firefighting effortsVernon Morning StarThe street was covered in fire retardant from the firefighting aerial attack Saturday night. People had to leave so quickly, there was no time to prepare. Door were left behind unlocked. Garage doors were left open. Early Sunday afternoon, many of the …Fire 80% containedPentiction Western News8 […]
CBS News Giant firefighting airtanker grounded by red tapeCBS NewsJuly 17, 2017, 8:20 AM | More than 50 large wildfires are scorching land this morning across the western U.S. But a new firefighting tool – a converted Boeing 747-400 jet, nicknamed the SuperTanker, which can drop up to 19,000 gallons of water or fire … Powered […]
CBS News World’s largest firefighting aircraft grounded by US gov’tCBS NewsMore than 50 large wildfires are scorching land this morning across the western U.S. But a new firefighting tool is sitting idle in an airport hangar in California because the U.S. Forest Service refuses to let it fly. The converted Boeing 747 jet …Debate over […]