March 7, 2016 – Nozzle maker Task Force Tips, Inc., (TFT) has acquired AMKUS Rescue Systems, both companies announced on their websites last week. Indiana-based TFT manufactures nozzles, monitors, valves and foam systems. Headquartered in Illinois, AMKUS’s line of rescue products includes cutters, spreaders, push-pull rams, power units, auxiliary pumps and rope-rescue systems. AMKUS, according […]
March 3, 2016 – In 1991, Kip Cosgrove moved to Canada to fill a market niche: to provide a national insurance option for firefighters. Cosgrove brought the United States-based insurance company VFIS north of the border and at the 1991 International Association of Fire Chiefs conference held in Toronto, VFIS of Canada was launched. “Because […]
March 3, 2016 – The Alberta government is spending $650,000 to support fire and emergency-preparedness training for first responders in 50 municipalities and four First Nations. The funding is part of a Fire Services Emergency Preparedness Program aimed at volunteer and mutual-aid fire departments. The program will provide $500,000 for fire training and $150,000 for […]
May 29, 2017, Cache Creek, B.C. – RCMP officials have confirmed that Cache Creek, B.C., fire chief Clayton Cassidy was found dead Saturday night. (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
May 29, 2017, Toronto – A massive six-alarm that erupted in a recycling facility in the Port Lands early Thursday morning has been put out, Toronto Fire Services said Sunday. The Toronto Star reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
May 29, 2017, Milton, Ont. – A 23-year-old woman who was out for a hike with friends in an Ontario park died Sunday night after falling from a cliff in the area. Halton regional police, who are investigating, said the incident took place at Rattlesnake Point in Milton, Ont., west of Toronto. One of the […]
May 29, 2017, New Waterford, N.S. – The volunteer fire department in New Waterford battled a blaze at a former area school on Sunday. The Chronicle Herald reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
May 29, 2017, Ottawa – A fire investigator is on the scene after a raging fire broke out overnight Sunday at a pair of townhouse blocks that are still under construction. The Ottawa Citizen reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
NBC Southern California Mandeville Fire: Firefighting Operations Will Continue OvernightNBC Southern CaliforniaFirefighting operations will continue overnight and into Tuesday at this stubborn brush fire in Mandeville Canyon that has charred about 55 acres. The flames were 95 percent contained by a line of cleared vegetation this morning and new crews of …Firefighters expect full containment […]
Black Hills Pioneer Trainees learn basic wildland firefighting skillsBlack Hills PioneerNEMO — New personnel were introduced to the world of firefighting at the Box Elder Work Center this past week as the Forest Service conducted firefighter training to create its new force of Type II certified firefighting teams. A total of 34 personnel … Powered […]