As the date for legalized cannabis growing approaches the Fire Chiefs Association of BC is asking the province for more guidance and legislation around electrical and fire codes and for more power to conduct inspections.
Researchers have found potentially carcinogenic compounds that are used as a water repellent in most American firefighters’ turnout gear.
For the twelfth year Windsor Fire and Rescue Services will partner with Meals on Wheels to help ensure residents with limited mobility have working smoke and carbon monoxide alarms and a home escape plan.
Toronto’s fire service has launched a new campaign targetting smokers who throw burning cigarettes off balconies, leading to fires. Slogans include “don’t be a flicking idiot” and “kill your butts, not your neighbours”.
Five days after a fire badly damaged the Arthur Capper Senior Center in Washington, DC a 74-year-old man was rescued from the remains of the building. The management company responsible for the building had reported him safe.
Researchers say burning or clearing dead wood from forests killed by the mountain pine beetle would also remove fuel for wildfires.
Tennessee man Claude Francis Garrett was convicted of murder based on questionable arson science twenty-five years ago. A report written in 2016 by a group of renowned fire scientists concluded there was no evidence to support the arson conviction.
Calling the suicide of an Edmonton firefighter “a punch to the gut”, Fire Chief Ken Block is opening up the dialogue about PTSD and its effects on emergency responders.
While climate change is contributing to more and bigger wildfires, particularly in BC and California, humans also have a lot to do with worsening wildfires. Can anything be done?
The Aboriginal Firefighters Association of Canada will begin hosting consultations across the country this fall and winter with a target of April 1, 2019 to establish a national Indigenous Fire Marshal’s office.