The former fire chief of Renfrew, Ontario has vowed to fight what he considers to be an illegal termination of his employment. Guy Longtin was terminated when his position was included in a mandatory retirement policy for firefighters.
From May 14 to 16, 2011 a huge wildfire pushed by 100 km per hour winds burned through the town of Slave Lake, Alberta forcing the complete evacuation of the town and surrounding area and causing roughly $750 million in insurable damage.
On August 12, 2017 the heat from four wildfires in British Columbia triggered monstrous thunderstorms comparable to a volcanic eruption.
Attendees at this year’s Fire Department Instructors’ Conference in Indianopolis will get their first look at a virtual reality firefighter training system.
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.