May 16, 2019, Penhold, Alta. – An urgent Mayday call was issued early Wednesday afternoon when local firefighters were trapped in a house fire after a floor collapsed. The Innisfail Province reports. | READ MORE (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Powered by WPeMatico
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May 16, 2019, Black Duck Cove, N.L. – A fish plant in Black Duck Cove, a small community on the Great Northern Peninsula, caught fire Wednesday evening. The Western Star reports. | READ MORE (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Powered by WPeMatico
May 16, 2019, Ottawa – Nobody was injured when a double-decker OC Transpo bus caught fire east of downtown Ottawa Wednesday morning. CBC News reports. | READ MORE (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Powered by WPeMatico
May 16, 2019, Dartmouth, N.S. – Police are investigating what they say is a deliberately set fire at an apartment building in Dartmouth early Thursday morning. In a news release, Halifax Regional Police say emergency crews were called to the scene at around 3:45 a.m. Firefighters extinguished the fire shortly before 4:30 a.m. CBC News […]
May 15, 2019, Saskatoon – Members of the Saskatoon Fire Department worked for more than two hours to bring grass fires burning near train tracks west of the city under control. The Star Phoenix reports. | READ MORE (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Powered by WPeMatico
May 15, 2019, Ottawa – A Vanier school was safely evacuated of staff and students as firefighters rushed to scene of a fire that was contained in a ground floor storage room early Tuesday afternoon. The Ottawa Citizen reports. | READ MORE (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Powered by WPeMatico
May 15, 2019, Welland, Ont. – A fire in a historic, 160-year home in Welland’s downtown core led to more than two dozen firefighters from two cities responding to the call Tuesday and searching for a possible person inside. The St. Catharines Standard reports. | READ MORE (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Powered by WPeMatico
May 14, 2019, Ottawa – A man in his 50s is in serious but stable condition after suffering smoke inhalation and burns in a house fire in the Overbrook neighbourhood Sunday night. CBC News reports. | READ MORE (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Powered by WPeMatico
Results from the first Canadian FireFit event of 2019 have been announced. The event was held May 11 and 12 in Courtenay, B.C. Click here to view the results. Ten competitions are scheduled throughout the summer across Canada, culminating with the World FireFit and Canadian National Championships in Oshawa, Ont., from Sept. 11 to 15. […]
May 13, 2019, B.C. – As the B.C. wildfire season approaches, a former first responder says more needs to be done to help firefighters deal with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. CBC News reports | READ MORE. (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Powered by WPeMatico