July 25, 2017, Toronto – One woman has died after a two-alarm fire at a high-rise building in Toronto’s Black Creek neighbourhood early Tuesday morning. Toronto Fire officials say the fire was first detected by a personal support worker who went to the building at around 5 a.m. to check on a client. CP24 reports. […]
July 24, 2017, Kamloops, B.C. – Luck was on the side of firefighters in British Columbia on Sunday as a windstorm failed to stir up the scores ofwildfires that have been threatening communities across the province. The BC Wildfire Service said there was no significant growth of the 156 blazes currently burning. Nineteen new wildfires […]
The Guardian ‘Children are being poisoned’: fury at scandal of toxic firefighting chemicalsThe GuardianThey look odd, out of place as they cross the cattle grid on to Len O’Connell’s farm in the rural suburb in New South Wales’s Hunter region. It’s late autumn, and the staffers and bureaucrats are here for a meeting in a […]
Williams Lake Tribune Yunesit’in First Nation proud of its own firefighting crews – Williams …Williams Lake TribuneChief Russell Myers Ross of Yunesit’in First Nation southwest of Williams Lake said as soon as the Hanceville wildfire erupted he insisted First Nations …and more » Powered by WPeMatico
No police, firefighting training facilitiesThe Barrie ExaminerA new police station and paramedics hub, but no new firefighting training facility or police gun range. That’s what the new Barrie-Simcoe Emergency Services Campus will look like, city council decided Monday, with a $103.3-million price tag. The campus … Powered by WPeMatico
Williams Lake Tribune Yunesti’in First Nation proud of its own firefighting crews – Williams …Williams Lake TribuneChief Russell Myers Ross of Yunest’in First Nation southwest of Williams Lake said as soon as the Hanceville wildfire erupted he insisted First Nations …and more » Powered by WPeMatico
Total Croatia News Croatian Mountain Rescue Service Takes Part in Firefighting EffortsTotal Croatia NewsThe HGSS is an operational force of the civil protection system, and from the first moment, we were at the disposal of the firefighting command. At first, our help was not needed, but when the fires approached a forest on Mosor where […]
Williams Lake Tribune Yunesti’in First Nation proud of its own firefighting crewsWilliams Lake TribuneRight from the onset of the Hanceville wildfire on June 7 Yunesit’in Chief Russell Myers Ross knew his community needed its own First Nations firefighting crews. Myers Ross said he was convinced fire crews from the community, which is located 90 …and more » […]
July 24, 2017, Winnipeg – Around two dozen Winnipeg firefighter paramedics took turns performing CPR on one of their own for nearly an hour after he collapsed at a work barbecue earlier this month. Firefighter paramedic Steve Sawatzky was sitting at a picnic table at the Tinkertown amusement park, surrounded by hundreds of his colleagues, […]
July 24, 2017, Kamloops, B.C. – The federal government is promising more funding to support residents affected by raging wildfires in British Columbia as some of the thousands of people displaced prepare to return home. Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale said the government will supply $600 per household evacuated due to wildfires and $300 for […]