July 18, 2017, Kamloops, B.C. – A British Columbia official says getting people to safety as fast-moving wildfires approached was only half the battle – the other half will be returning them home. (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
July 18, 2017, Toronto – Toronto paramedics transported a male in his 60s to hospital in life-threatening condition Monday after a fire broke out on the 11th floor of a residential highrise. CBC News reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
Prince George Citizen Sutherland Road fire exposes unique rural firefighting agreementPrince George CitizenTake the Sutherland Road fire, which has been burning for more than a week north east of the community of Fort Fraser, about 135 kilometres west of Prince George. The nearly 16-square-kilometre fire was first spotted on July 7 by a nearby resident, […]
Balkan Insight Blazes Expose Montenegro’s Firefighting DeficienciesBalkan InsightLocal media reported on Tuesday that the Montenegrin government asked NATO to help by sending two Canadair firefighting planes to combat blazes on the Lustica peninsula and in the Djurasevici area in the south of the country which have forced the … Powered by WPeMatico
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 […]