While there are many ways to prevent forest fires, creators in Spain have a new tool – the Birdhouse alarm. The alarm uses a smoke detector, capable of identifying smoke within 20 metres. A geo-located message is then sent through a 3G connection to the local fire department. The alarm is made of recycled material and fit with a rechargeable battery and solar panel.
Dozens of seniors in Laval will be transferred to a new nursing home because the Quebec government and firefighting officials are worried for their safety. Manoir Chomedey will be stripped of its certification of compliance because the building’s fire safety standards are not up to date.
B.C.could better battle wildfires if it installed early detection cameras on top of its mountains like California has done, argues an American researcher. The AlertSoCal project is being piloted in Southern California, where 65 high-resolution cameras have been installed on top of 16 different mountain tops to help with ealy detection of wildires.
While those lights you see in the night sky might not be of the extraterrestrial variety, they could still pose a serious threat to those back on Earth. Sky lanterns, a cheap airborne candle that can float up to two kilometres in the sky, can be found at many dollar stores. However, they are actually illegal in some municipalities in British Columbia.
Transport Canada and an American firm operating the rail line that hugs the heavily populated coastline in Surrey and White Rock aren’t taking public safety concerns seriously, a House of Commons committee has been told. The alarming message was delivered by Surrey Fire Chief Len Garis, who alleged that BNSF Railway appears to be violating Transport Canada rules.
The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has issued a nationwide alert to fire departments across the U.S. following last July’s death of a Denver firefighter. The safety advisory concerns translucent corrugated roof panels, the same kind of panel the firefighter fell through, leading to his death.
The Ontario Court of Justice has handed down a $15,000 fine on a St. Catharines residential care facility for providing misleading information to fire officials. Officials say the operators of Queenchester Terrace provided false information to St. Catharines Fire Services relating to minimum staffing.
A dramatic video shows the shocking size of a massive “fire tornado” in St. Albert, Alberta, last week that forced a firefighter to jump into a river to escape the flames.
Some charitable organizations are sounding the alarm after a weekend fire exposed deplorable living conditions in a rooming house in Moncton. The groups say deteriorating buildings and a lack of power and water are becoming all too common for the less fortunate.
The Great Fire of Toronto, April 19, 1904, destroyed a large section of downtown Toronto. It was the second such fire for the city in its then short history,