Feb. 12, 2018 – On July 5, 2010 a wood pellet silo in Norway exploded when firefighters released inert carbon dioxide into the headspace to lower the oxygen content and suppress a smouldering fire. The lesson from this incident is that the use of carbon dioxide to suppress silo fires is unsafe. Smoldering fires produce […]
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Feb. 12, 2018, Grande Prairie, Alta. – Calorado Hudkins didn’t drink coffee until he started working night shifts as a firefighter with the County of Grande Prairie five years ago. Now he sells hundreds of bags from his home in Grande Prairie to help raise money for first responders struggling with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). […]
Feb. 12, 2018, Brockville, Ont. – The fire department in Elizabethtown-Kitley wants to opt out of carrying naloxone kits in its fire trucks. In a report to council set to be discussed on Monday, the township’s fire department says it unanimously decided it does not want to participate in the Ontario Naloxone Program at this […]
Feb. 12, 2018, Mississauga, Ont. – Officials say a “major” explosion west of Toronto sent three people to hospital early on Sunday morning. Paramedics say a man was taken to hospital with serious injuries following the blast in Mississauga, Ont., but his condition has improved and he’s now listed as stable. They say a woman […]
Feb. 9, 2018, Montreal – Seven people were hospitalized with smoke inhalation and in one case, hypothermia, on Thursday after a fire in Montreal. CTV News reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
Feb. 9, 2018, Woolwich Township, Ont. – Crews from three fire stations were called to a Woolwich Township business Thursday morning in response to a fire. Firefighters from Elmira, St. Jacobs and Floradale were dispatched to the business in response to a chimney fire. CTV News reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered […]
Feb. 9, 2018, Altona, Man. – Six members of the volunteer fire department in Altona, Man., have resigned in the last week, citing safety concerns they say are not being addressed. The firefighters say in a statement sent to CTV News that their concerns have been repeatedly brought up, but no changes have been made. […]
Feb. 8, 2018, Vancouver – Dogs are a familiar sight in fire halls across North America, but Vegas the beagle is on a special mission to make sure the creepy-crawlies firefighters might encounter in the field don’t follow them home. CTV News reports. | READ MORE (RSS generated with FetchRss) Powered by WPeMatico
Feb. 8, 2018, Toronto – “There are weaknesses in emergency management planning and programs across Ontario that could impact the timeliness and effectiveness of a provincial response to a large-scale emergency,” Auditor General Bonnie Lysyk says in her 2017 Annual Report, tabled in December in the Legislative Assembly. “It is essential in a province the […]
Feb. 8, 2018, Mississauga, Ont. – One person is dead following a house fire on Wednesday night in Mississauga, Ont. The fire broke out in a detached home near Lorne Park Road and Lakeshore Road West. Peel Region police say the home was fully engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived and the victim was found […]