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Editorial

• Comment by Haley.
• Comment by Haley.
• Comment by Haley: August 2005.
• Comment by Haley: June 2005.
• Comment By Haley: May 2005.
• Comment: Being prepared for the unexpected.
• Comment: Bill 111 a relief for families.
• Comment: Conferences offer knowledge, both from educational seminars and in peer-to-peer networking.
• Comment: Different volunteering dilemmas.
• Comment: Fire education pays off.
• Comment: Fire fighter safety must be paramount.
• Comment: First tools are public ed, prevention.
• Comment: Going into the unknown.
• Comment: Knowledge equals effectiveness.
• Comment: Let’s get our act together.
• Comment: Mourning our Losses.
• Comment: National fire statistics.
• Comment: Ontario’s new fire marshal.
• Comment: Our annual buyers guide and more.
• Comment: Proactive equals effective.
• Comment: Strengthening our community of communities.
• Comment: Terrorism at home a reality.
• Comment: Tools of the trade.
• Comment: Website a story hub for firefighters.
• Education and training: we should never stop learning.
• From the Editor: Committee to lobby for government funds.
• From the Editor: Funding concerns a constant for fire chiefs.
• From the Editor: Getting there.
• From the Editor: Knowledge, training, leadership.
• From the Editor: Sprinkler issue once again rears its head.
• important initiative.
• In light of the emotional events.
• Instructors are the key.
• Protect yourself, protect your firefighters.
• Safety should be the priority in the new year.
• Where are we heading?.
• Without actually being there.

Features

• Hands-on training: Probationary development team unites veterans and new firefighters.
• Hybrid hints and hazards.
• It’s not too late to start teaching again.
• PASS alarm signals can fail at high temperatures.
• 50 years of SCBA: Innovations to breathing apparatus most significant development in fire service.
• Addicted to the Combat Challenge.
• Against The Odds.
• ALARMS DON’T WAKE SENIORS.
• Alberta challenges techniques of extrication: TERC Canada regional event.
• Amalgamation 10 years later.
• An Olympic dream come true.
• Apparatus advances.
• Apparatus evolution: Calgary department goes from basics to ‘Birds’ and ‘Brontos’ but pumpers remain.
• Are You Ready?: Part 1 - structural collapse response.
• Are You Ready?: Structural collapse response, part 2 - trench rescue.
• ARSON FIRE.
• B.C. department learns from devastating crash: Recommends keeping meticulous maintenance records.
• Back to normal: Why fire departments need back-injury programs.
• Barn fire extinguished.
• Becoming a firefighter:.
• Between Alarms: Compromising safety not worth the risk.
• Between Alarms: Curiosity makes us better firefighters.
• BLAZE DESTROYS FISHING VESSEL .
• Brigade News: May 2008.
• Burning Cars: Vehicle fires account for half of Surrey, B.C., calls.
• Busy day for city firefighters.
• Calgary's latest fire house: Visits to the fire house in Calgary have taken a new meaning.
• Canadian fireslayers: Andrew Brassard remembers the high-pitched squeal he heard on July 27, 2006.
• Canucks show stuff at worlds: Canadian firefighters bring home hardware from U.S-held championships.
• CATCHING SPILLS FROM HIGHWAYS.
• Celebrating 150 years of service.
• Central station opened: St. John’s, N.L..
• CHALLENGING FIRE AT TRUCK FACILITY.
• Chemical attack in Toronto .
• Code changes make elevators safer for firefighters, residents.
• Community builds training tower: Newfoundlanders pitch in with time and talent .
• CornerStone: A risk assessment how-to for all departments .
• Cornerstone: Challenge for managers: change or recreate.
• Cornerstone: Fostering resilience in trying times.
• Cornerstone: The power (and pluses) of networking.
• CREATIVE RECRUITMENT.
• Developing regional haz-mat teams.
• Diesel tanker erupts on rollover: Major Montreal arteries closed while fire fought.
• Don’t get burned visiting fire halls.
• Effective Fire Education: A sampling of programs that work.
• EMS Focus: Handling the mass casualty incident, creating order out of chaos.
• Extrication challenge.
• Extrication Tips: Cross-ramming for severe side impact intrusion .
• Extrication Tips: Let’s curb responder fear about hybrid vehicles!.
• Extrication Tips: Lifting bags - common practices and principles.
• Extrication Tips: Stabilization 101.
• Extrication Tips: Stabilization 101, Part Two.
• Extrication Tips: Total sidewall removal .
• Extrication Tips: Trunk tunnelling for extrication: a viable option?.
• Fast Fire Stopped.
• Fiery auto accident results in death: A two-vehicle accident with injuries.
• Fighting the fire of stress.
• Fire fighter dies at scene.
• Fire re-ignites two-hatter issue.
• Fire Service Elevators; Are We Using them Safely?.
• Fire Trike: A Rolling Tribute.
• Fire-code flexibility: Objective-based format better for firefighters.
• Firefest in Windsor doesn’t disappoint.
• Firefighter dies during training.
• Firefighter life safety: A new initiative.
• Firefighters honoured for bravery.
• Firefighters stymie fast-moving blaze: Training pays off in apartment complex fire.
• Firefighters stymie fast-moving blaze: Training pays off in apartment complex fire.
• FireFit Challenge: N.S. hometown team claims title.
• FireFit title up for grabs: Rookie squads stand a chance with five time champs out of the running .
• Fireground Command Decisions.
• Fires raze landmarks: Winter blazes challenge firefighters .
• Fireside Chat - June 06.
• Fireside Chat - May 06.
• Fireside Chat: Getting through traffic safely.
• First national fire & life safety educators’ forum: Genesis Forum of Fire and Life Safety Education.
• Fit for Life: A beneficial pyramid scheme.
• Fit for Life: Are you prepared?.
• Fit for Life: Can you take the heat?.
• Fit for Life: Don’t ignore the pain.
• Fit for Life: Keeping a balanced body.
• Fit for Life: No excuses for not exercising.
• Fit for Life: Nutrition is key to successful workouts .
• Fit for Life: One step at a time.
• Fit For Life: Preventing back injuries.
• Fit for Life: Stretch for prevention.
• Fit for Life: Tips for cold-weather running .
• Fit for Life: What are you wlling to do?.
• Five alarms in Toronto: Every city and town has a building fire fighters pass and think "what if?".
• FIVE-ALARM FIRE.
• Flammable gas: Propane leak, vapour cloud force evacuation in B.C. community.
• Flashpoint: Compliance with standards is a good thing.
• Flashpoint: Emotional intelligence: Is it learned or innate?.
• Flashpoint: Gremlins on the ground - a hypothetical terror plot.
• Flashpoint: Is fire fighting a profession or a skilled trade?.
• Flashpoint: Seatbelt issue simmers despite numbers of deaths.
• Flashpoint: Sprinkler misinformation hurting cause for safety.
• Flashpoint: Union stand on volunteers doesn’t hold water.
• Forcible Entry: Choosing, using and maintaining the irons.
• Forcible Entry: Six ways to dismantle barrel bolts .
• Freak traffic accident challenges Sooke Fire Department.
• From floods to fires: In September 2005 the west coast of Newfoundland experienced severe flooding.
• From the Canadian Fallen Firefighters Foundation.
• Fundraising in the fire service needs to be organized 'by the book'.
• General Alarm.
• General alarm called.
• Getting the message out.
• Head count: Is your accountability program up to PAR?.
• HELD BACK.
• Helping small, rural fire departments.
• High school saved: Adjoining North Queens Elementary School destroyed by fire determined to be arson.
• Hydrogen cyanide: Deadly HCN gas in fire smoke threatens responders.
• In Katrina’s wake: assessing the risk.
• In the Watchroom: September 2007.
• Incendie confirme: March 2007.
• Incident Command System.
• Incident Report.
• Incident Report: Barn structure posed challenges.
• Incident Report: Fire too advanced for interior attack.
• Incident Report: Preparations pay off in high-rise blaze.
• Infrastructure issues: Departments, municipalities examining safety, funding.
• Innovations: The signs promote green light awareness.
• Innovative Ideas: Carrying cribbing made easy.
• Innovative Ideas: Display board preserves patches.
• Innovative Ideas: Equipment accountability.
• Innovative Ideas: Handy rear step.
• Innovative Ideas: Hose roller solution.
• Innovative Ideas: In-ground tank fed by rainwater.
• Innovative Ideas: In-house fabricated tanker ladder bracket.
• Innovative Ideas: Port-a-pond solution designed .
• Innovative Ideas: Recovery net for water rescue.
• Innovative Ideas: Steeple plan impresses chief.
• Innovative Ideas: Telescoping port-a-pond.
• Innovative Ideas: The ‘royal hitch’ for porta-tanks.
• Innovative Ideas: Wildfire backpack kit.
• Innovative Public Education: How one B.C. department built a program from scratch.
• It’s all about training safely.
• January grass fire.
• K.I.S.S. .
• Kitchen Fire Expands.
• Landslide on The Rock: Newfoundland community on edge as town crumbles away.
• Leadership Forum: CFFF a fine example of leadership at its best.
• Leadership Forum: Demonstrating leadership in the community.
• Leadership Forum: Ensuring a bully-free workplace.
• Leadership Forum: Ethics - the heart of leadership .
• Leadership Forum: Exchange programs - developing leaders.
• Leadership Forum: Exploit your natural leadership abilities.
• Leadership Forum: Fifty years of tradition in leadership education.
• Leadership Forum: It’s about business, political acumen.
• Leadership Forum: Leadership beyond emergencies.
• Leadership Forum: Leadership, attitude and about being a grown-up.
• Leadership Forum: Leading by example: Do your actions stack up?.
• Leadership Forum: Rookies are leaders too, so encourage them.
• Leadership Forum: Showing leadership from ‘within’ the box.
• Leadership Forum: The art of shifting gears - a team effort.
• Leadership Forum: The power of value-based leadership.
• Leadership Forum: Thinking outside the box:I magine the possibilities.
• Leadership: Bridging communication barriers.
• Leadership: Fireground command and safety: effective management of the scene.
• Leadership: Labour-management co-operation helps Surrey Fire Service reduce absenteeism.
• Leadership: Leadership and the art of communicating.
• Leadership: Leading vs. managing.
• Leadership: Motivation and executive ability .
• Leadership: The four stages of fundamental leadership.
• Leadership: The point of no return.
• Leadership: The right tool for the right job.
• Leadershp: Leading by example - when to wear your SCBA.
• Legal Issues.
• Legal Issues: Consequences can be serious in crossing boundaries.
• Lessons learned: On-the-job training, experience necessary to become well-rounded firefighter.
• Letters to the Editor: February 2008.
• Life saved: Firefighters recognized for reviving man after heart attack.
• Major changes to NFPA codes approved by membership.
• MAKING RAIN.
• Manual labour: Nova Scotia develops guide for first responders .
• Meeting the Enemy: Rookie volunteers face smoke and flames in live-fire exercise.
• Model behaviour: Managing change in the fire hall .
• Montreal fire fighter killed.
• Montreal firefighter laid to rest.
• Multiple collision requires medivac: Two patients had to be extricated from two separate vehicles.
• Never Forgotten.
• NEW APPROACH FOR GROW OPS.
• New challenges: Responding today, planning for tomorrow .
• Newfoundland & Labrador find partner for fire investigation training.
• Newfoundland swamped: Storm dumps 200 millimetres of rain in 12 hours.
• NFPA Impact: A modest proposal for reporting fire losses.
• NFPA Impact: An update on standards for fire fighting apparatus.
• NFPA Impact: Canada needs to get tough on cigarette manufacturers.
• NFPA Impact: Embracing innovation: Changing tactics and tools.
• NFPA Impact: Fire service must respond to lack of statistics.
• NFPA Impact: Industrial fire brigades operating under the radar.
• NFPA Impact: New objective-based codes have failed the service.
• NFPA Impact: Pandemic preparations and the fire service.
• NFPA Impact: SCBA and PASS changes protect hazmat responders.
• NFPA Impact: The fire service in Canada needs to get behind residential fire sprinklers.
• Nuclear management: Unique Point Lepreau ICS combines plant personnel; local, regional departments.
• Ontario honours heroic firefighters.
• Opening doors; Airbags, rollover protection challenge rescuers.
• Origin, cause, circumstances.
• Partnering for education.
• PLANT RAZED.
• Plunging into Water Rescue.
• Pumper Hit at Highway Scene:Apparatus struck by impatient trucker while positioning at highway scene.
• QUICK KNOCKDOWN.
• Rehab on a Budget .
• Rescue from the Bush: Multi-agency resources utilized in operation to extract injured hiker.
• RESCUING THE RESCUER.
• Rowhouse fire challenges.
• SAFC REPORT - Aug. 06.
• SAFC REPORT - June 06.
• SAFC REPORT - Sept. 06.
• SASKATCHEWAN REPORT.
• Saskatchewan Report: New PA ‘station’ donated.
• Saskatchewan Report: Harassment in the fire service.
• Saskatchewan Report: Wildfire loss prevention in the interface.
• Saskatchewan Report: Zolmer shows off 'Mr. Clean' look.
• Selecting and buying fire apparatus: Getting the best equipment for the best price .
• SHIPBOARD AMMONIA LEAK.
• Silo explosion rocks first responders.
• Small city, big challenges: Mix of industry, old neighbourhoods in Saint John yields co-operation.
• Smoke alarms: evaluating effectiveness.
• Solving management dilemmas.
• Sparky jumps for the cause: Kawartha Lakes takes testing smoke alarms to new heights .
• Sparky On Skates: .
• Spectacular nationals: Sherbooke hosts ‘best ever’ 2004 FireFit National Combat Challenge .
• Station to Station: December 2007.
• Station to Station: February 2008.
• Station to Station: November 2007.
• Staying Alive .
• Structure lost after delayed alarm.
• Surrey firefighters help tackle meth problem: Awareness campaign, funding aid anti-drug program.
• Terrorism at home: Firefighters key to preventing, identifying terrorist activities, say RCMP.
• Testing the Limits: ‘Career' fire challenges Fort St. John.
• The Brass Pole: May 2008.
• THE HIGHEST STANDARD.
• The residential fire safety problem: We have made great strides.
• The Strength of the Community .
• The Trainer's Corner: The fire extinguisher, an overlooked tool.
• The Trainer's Corner: Understanding 'structural triage'.
• Thousands gather in tribute.
• Tips for new recruits: Fire departments constantly upgrade their hiring programs .
• Toronto firefighters added to memorial: New legislation allows addition of 24 fallen personnel .
• Trailer outfitted for haz-mat response: Public-private partnership gets equipment online.
• Trainer's Corner: A challenging drill that's fun.
• Trainer's Corner: A haz-mat incident scenario.
• Trainer's Corner: Airbag awareness is crucial.
• Trainer's Corner: Compressed-air foam here to stay.
• Trainer's Corner: Dealing with the dangers of meth labs.
• Trainer's Corner: Fire protection and the shape of cities.
• Trainer's Corner: Interface decision making.
• Trainer's Corner: Mass casualty incident triage.
• Trainer's Corner: Placing apparatus on scene.
• Trainer's Corner: Planning for the mayday incident.
• Trainer's Corner: Saving our own through RIT.
• Trainer's Corner: Sizeup key to fighting interface fires.
• Trainer's Corner: Stress debriefing is critical for first responders following trauma.
• Trainer's Corner: What are your rules for calling mayday?.
• Trainer's Corner: Wildland fire behaviour for structural fire fighters (1st of a series).
• Trainer's Corner: Wildland fire behaviour for structural fire fighters (2nd of a 2-part series).
• Training advice for the 2005 season: The 2005 FireFit season is fast approaching.
• Training pays dividends: Toronto firefighters use rapid ladder escape to flee burning structure.
• Training Safely.
• TRAINING SAFELY.
• TRAINING SAFELY.
• Training Safely: Driver operator training needed for a safe and responsible response.
• Training Safely: Labour inspectors can ticket fire service for OH&S offences.
• TRAINING SAFELY: Oct. 06.
• TRAINING SAFELY:Oct. 05.
• Trapped in icy waters: rescue highlights importance of multi-agency response, woman's will to live.
• Trapped: Successful silo rescue highlights value of mutual aid and need for ongoing training.
• Truck Checks: Air-brake maintenance.
• Truck Checks: Air-brake maintenance – part two.
• Truck Checks: Annual pump testing - Part two.
• Truck Checks: Batteries for the bewildered.
• Truck Checks: Bio diesel for the fire service?.
• Truck Checks: Choosing the right motor oil.
• Truck Checks: Coolant problems in fire apparatus.
• Truck Checks: Grease: A brief introduction.
• Truck Checks: Measuring a filter’s performance.
• Truck Checks: More transmission tips.
• Truck Checks: Transmission tips for fire apparatus.
• Truck Checks: Why can’t I get my fire truck fixed?.
• Up in the air: Autobody shop fire illustrates issues with monitoring equipment .
• Volunteer competes at Worlds: He trains on his own, and does it for his health, fun and camaraderie.
• Warehouse Inferno:Use of foam was key to containing the fire and saving a second, exposed warehouse.
• Welcome to the future: From fire to rescue.
• Wind wreaks havoc: Massive storm that damaged Stanley Park takes toll on Sooke, B.C., firefighters a.
• Working Fire: A solemn moment.
• Working Fire: Class A foam: Myth v. Reality.
• Working Fire: PASS - an important safety device.
• Working Fire: Preventing the red stuff.
• Working Fire: Reflections on One Hundred Columns .
• Working Fire: The big one.
• Working Fire: The numbers game.
• Working Fire: Thoughts on building, operating water tankers.
• Working Fire: TIC is now accepted tool for all occasions.
• Working Fire: Variations on a theme - building the pumper.
• Working Fire: Witnessing the evoluntion of the fire service .
• Working in hazardous atmospheres.
• Wrong address, right tactics.
• WSIB policy revised to maintain volunteer fire fighter coverage.
• Yellowknife firefighters lost: Line-of-duty deaths.
• Your Call: Help us solve management dilemmas.
• Your Call: Plenty of techniques for handling slacker issue .
• Your Call: Slacking off may be symptom of larger issue.

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• Alarming stats on smoke detectors.
• ALF in Chapter 11.
• Blog catch up.
• CFF cover photo.
• Cold spell keeps firefighters busy.
• Developer hooks buyers with sprinklers.
• Developers see value in sprinklers.
• Feedback on sprinklers.
• Fire marshal replies to sprinkler story.
• Firefighter bravery awards.
• FlashPoint Blog.
• Flashpoint blog.
• FlashPoint blog.
• FlashPoint generates feedback.
• Fund for injured firefighter draws criticism.
• Highway 400 pile up.
• IAFC working to reduce LODDs.
• Lessons in cold-weather management.
• Looking for fire/rescue stories and photos.
• Manitoba sways cover vote.
• Marketing the Warrior.
• More alarming smoke-detector news.
• OAFC highlights and VOIP misstep.
• Oakville FD-Sperian photos arrive.
• Poll results favour sprinklers in all homes.
• Poll, RIT challenge and floodwaters.
• Quebec's volunteer LODDs .
• Recalling a Canadian natural disaster.
• Rope saves firefighter's life.
• Seatbelts save – ’nuff said.
• Secret List details injuries, deaths.
• Sperian road show.
• Spring brings trade show season.
• Sprinklers issue gaining ground.
• Support for sprinklers.
• The tricky issue of negligence .
• The tricky issue of negligence - part two.
• Tornado surprises fire chief .
• Toronto blaze coverage.
• Toronto fire photos on view.
• U.S. LODD report released.
• View ice-storm video .
• Welcome.
• Winnipeg LODD anniversary today.

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Current Issue

Editorial

• From the Editor: A call to al(arms).

Features

• Answering the call: Training for industrial response.
• Between Alarms: Learning lessons from firefighters’ best friend.
• Between Alarms: Risk management requires thought.
• Calculating probability to improve emergency coverage.
• Canadian climate, terrain no match for Timberwolf .
• Cracking down: Software helps communities locate grow ops and reduces threat to public safety .
• Digital Magazine .
• Disaster management: HUSAR teams, governments stage mock terrorist attack.
• Fire IQ: Promoting consistency in fire-service terminology.
• FireFit 2008 circuit set : Veteran competitors lend experience, depth to teams.
• Fit for Life: Preventive medicine for joint pain and strain.
• Forcible Entry: Opening case-hardened locks .
• Guest Column: Earning your leadership stripes.
• Have your say on residential sprinklers.
• High-tech transportation: New developments make vehicles stronger and challenge rescue personnel .
• Six alarms: Toronto battles historic blaze.
• TERC challenge tests extrication specialists: Teams encouraged to compete in regional events.
• Trainer's Corner: Cold-weather reminders.
• Trainer's Corner: Hydro guide for first responders.
• Water/ice rescue: Ontario Fire College brings mobile training camp to department.
• Window of opportunity: Johari leadership system builds trust, fosters teamwork .

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• AirHAWK unveils new blower motors .
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• Bullard helmets re-engineered for comfort .
• Bullard helmets re-engineered for comfort .
• Bullard SceneCatcher™ captures video and photos.
• Dash swing-out monitor available.
• Dash swing-out monitor available.
• DQE introduces decon station and shower .
• DQE introduces decon station and shower .
• Draeger releases fireground tracking devices .
• Gas detector available from GfG.
• Hydrant wrench needs backers .
• In the Watchroom: August 2007.
• In the Watchroom: December 2007.
• In the Watchroom: June 2007.
• In the Watchroom: May 2007.
• In the Watchroom: November 2007.
• Industrial Scientific introduces MX6 iBrid gas monitor .
• Industrial Scientific launches docking station.
• Industrial Scientific launches docking station.
• New Cole Hersee ignition switch available.
• New MSA gas detector .
• NOTIFIER releases Mass Notification systems.
• NOTIFIER releases Mass Notification systems.
• SCI provides custom cylinder identification .
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• Scott Health & Safety introduces BioPak 240 .

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• Toronto hotdog vendor seriously burned after falling asleep against heater.
• 10-year-old accused of setting fires.
• ACCP: Chefs de pompiers honorés.
• Ambulances on red alert after fire.
• American LaFrance celebrates 175 years.
• American LaFrance files for Chapter 11.
• Annex bookstore announces FireCon prize winner.
• Apartment building fire forces evacuation .
• Apparatus rear-ended during blaze.
• Arbitration could lead to firefighter shortage.
• Arbitrator settles dispute in St. Catharines.
• Arson suspected in auto-plant blazes.