June 19, 2017, Toronto – Toronto firefighters say four people were injured when a fire broke out on the seventh floor of an apartment building in Scarborough on Sunday evening. CP24 reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
June 19, 2017, Vancouver – An overnight fire Sunday that damaged the hall of St. Augustine’s Church in Marpole is most likely arson, according to Vancouver police. CBC News reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
Standard Freeholder Wordwise: The pomp and circumstances of firefightingStandard FreeholderIn Montréal as of 1829 and in Toronto as of 1874, firefighting developed from bucket brigades of volunteers-at-large to trained groups of designated volunteers to be called, respectively, “pompiers” and firefighters. Later, places for storage of … Powered by WPeMatico
Times Colonist Langford’s ambassador to the world retiring after 40 years in …Times ColonistAfter 40 years in firefighting, Langford Fire Chief Bob Beckett has seen the aftermath of some of the world’s biggest disasters. He helped Los Angeles firefighters …and more » Powered by WPeMatico
SFGate Man takes shower on the road to remote firefighting campsSFGateWhen the wildland firefighting season starts, Martin leaves his roofing job and picks up one of his mobile shower trailers outside his Badger Road-area home. He spends his summers driving the trailers to remote firefighting camps. He sets up awnings …and more » Powered by WPeMatico
June 16, 2017, Toronto – Canadian building standards should theoretically prevent the sort of blaze that engulfed a London apartment tower earlier this week, but at least one expert says flouting those regulations can put people in serious danger. Exterior panelling known as cladding that was recently installed on the 24-storey Grenfell Tower is increasingly […]
June 16, 2017, Vancouver – Crews were called to a bridge high above the Capilano River Thursday evening to conduct a dramatic rescue effort. Assistant Chief Brian Hutchinson with the District of North Vancouver Fire Rescue Services said crews were called to the scene just after 8:30 p.m. Global News reports. | READ MORE (RSS […]
June 16, 2017, Kamloops, B.C. – Fire investigators are at the scene of a fire that destroyed a processing plant of one of the B.C. Interior’s main producers of milk. The blaze in a building on the Blackwell Dairy farm in Barnhartvale began just before midnight on Wednesday, destroying the company’s main production facility. Kamloops […]
June 15, 2017, Brampton, Ont. – Five firefighters who have been found guilty by their union of “double-hatting,” or moonlighting at their local fire halls, say they will appeal the conviction and persist in the practice, the latest escalation of a conflict that has pitted organized labour against small towns across Ontario in recent years. […]
Langford’s ambassador to the world retiring after 40 years in firefightingTimes ColonistAfter 40 years in firefighting, Langford Fire Chief Bob Beckett has seen the aftermath of some of the world’s biggest disasters. He helped Los Angeles firefighters put out fires during the Rodney King riots. He saw children targeted by snipers during … Powered by […]