Montreal’s fire service, currently overwhelmingly white and male, has plans to double the number of women and visible minorities on the front lines within three years and to triple those numbers in seven years.
Changes to the BC Workers Compensation Act would designate PTSD and other mental disorders as “presumptive conditions” so firefighters, police officers, paramedics, sheriffs and correctional officers will no longer have to prove their PTSD is job-related.
The Creston Fire Hall Advisory Committee met recently to discuss recommendations made by FireWise Consulting Ltd. regarding issues around their current fire hall.
BC fire chiefs and municipalities are warning that a lack of regulation and oversight of residential cannabis grow operations puts people at risk.
According to the Association of Municipalities of Ontario proposed new firefighter certification requirements could make recruiting volunteer firefighters difficult and represent a significant cost to municipalities.
Chemical detox infrared saunas are being used in some fire departments to help firefighters purge toxins from their bodies after attending fires.
Menlo Park firefighters have been testing a mask that outlines all the objects in a room, allowing them to see through smoke.
A state court has ruled an insurance company must cover a fire truck manufacturer against claims from firefighters who say sirens on the manufacturer’s trucks have caused hearing loss.
Health Canada has issued a recall for several brands of uncertified cell phone chargers that pose an “unacceptable risk of electric shock or a fire if used”. More than 1.5 million chargers are included in the recall.