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. […]
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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
May 13, 2019, Toronto – The Progressive Conservative MPP for the Kenora, Ont., area says the province will continue to free up the necessary money to fight wildfires as the Ford government has come under fire from some federal Liberals over the emergency forest firefighting budget. CBC News reports | READ MORE. (Feed generated with […]
May 13, 2019, Merritt, B.C. – More than 200 young men and women are learning what it takes to join the B.C. Wildfire Service. Potential recruits will test their physical stamina and mental endurance during an eight-day course this spring with the hopes of joining the ranks of the B.C. Wildfire Service. CBC News reports […]
May 13, 2019, Brandon, Man. – A teenager has been charged in connection with four separate fires that damaged three homes in Brandon, Man., early Friday. CBC News reports. | READ MORE (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Powered by WPeMatico
May 13, 2019, Oshawa, Ont. – An elderly woman is dead following a suspicious fire at an Oshawa apartment building Sunday evening, police say. CBC News reports. | READ MORE (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Powered by WPeMatico
May 13, 2019, Woolwich, Ont. – Officials are still trying to determine what caused a building on a Woolwich Township farm to burn to the ground early Saturday morning. CTV News reports. | READ MORE (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Powered by WPeMatico
May 10, 2019, Montreal – A five-alarm fire in Montreal’s east-end left a commercial building with several businesses in it heavily damaged Thursday afternoon. CTV News reports. | READ MORE (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Powered by WPeMatico
May 10, 2019, Terrace, B.C. – The Grand Forks fire department is at the centre of a WorkSafeBC investigation, after a firefighter claimed he was bullied for bringing forward a number of safety concerns. The Terrace Standard reports. | READ MORE (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Powered by WPeMatico
May 10, 2019, Big Trout Lake, Ont. – A remote Indigenous community in northern Ontario where five people died in a house fire last week is so overwhelmed with grief that it has declared an emergency. (Feed generated with FetchRSS) Powered by WPeMatico