Community hub fire station opens in Calgary
The Tuscany Fire Station, officially opened in September, is designed as a community hub that includes an outdoor public fitness facility, community meeting rooms and satellite offices for city employees.
Firefighter training on dead patient under investigation
California county considers sirens after high-tech warning systems failed
Sonoma County is exploring the use of warning sirens after official evacuation alerts in the form of phone calls, text messages or loudspeaker announcements failed to reach everyone in the path of last year’s firestorm.
BC Fire Chiefs ask province for more guidance around home grown cannabis
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.
Chemical in firefighter turnout gear potential cancer agent
Researchers have found potentially carcinogenic compounds that are used as a water repellent in most American firefighters’ turnout gear.
Windsor Fire partners with Meals on Wheels for safety blitz
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 Fire targets butt-tossing apartment dwellers
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”.
Man discovered inside five days after fire in senior centre
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.
Clearing or burning beetle ravaged forests would remove wildfire fuel
Researchers say burning or clearing dead wood from forests killed by the mountain pine beetle would also remove fuel for wildfires.