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Training
Innovative Ideas: Equipment accountability
This is the third innovation that we found while on a visit to the Mont Tremblant (Que.) Fire Department. This is a department with a short new history being written each day since the Mont Tremblant Fire Department and the St. Jovite Fire Department were joined two years ago, as were the two communities making up the village of Mont Tremblant. The old history was erased and a new chapter started.
This is the third innovation that we found while on a visit to the Mont Tremblant (Que.) Fire Department. This is a department with a short new history being written each day since the Mont Tremblant Fire Department and the St. Jovite Fire Department were joined two years ago, as were the two communities making up the village of Mont Tremblant. The old history was erased and a new chapter started.
Your Call: Plenty of techniques for handling slacker issue
Thank you to everyone who commented on the scenario in the first instalment of Your Call in February, about firefighter Lansing, who didn’t do his part of the fire-hall workload. (Visit www.firefightingincanada.com and click on past issues to see the February column). Your responses were great. Here are a few examples.
Thank you to everyone who commented on the scenario in the first instalment of Your Call in February, about firefighter Lansing, who didn’t do his part of the fire-hall workload. (Visit www.firefightingincanada.com and click on past issues to see the February column). Your responses were great. Here are a few examples.
Comment: Strengthening our community of communities
Canada is a large, sparsely populated place where, for great chunks of the year, the climate forces us inside, restricts our travel and makes us wonder what our ancestors were thinking when they came here.
Canada is a large, sparsely populated place where, for great chunks of the year, the climate forces us inside, restricts our travel and makes us wonder what our ancestors were thinking when they came here.
Truck Checks: More transmission tips
Picking up where we left off in the March issue of Fire Fighting in Canada (go to www.firefightingincanada.com and click on past issues), each transmission has a governor.
Picking up where we left off in the March issue of Fire Fighting in Canada (go to www.firefightingincanada.com and click on past issues), each transmission has a governor.
Trainer's Corner: Interface decision making
As the number of people moving into the scenic wildlands increases, so does the probability of wildland fires posing some threat to homes and other structures. Wildfire plays an important role in our forests and grasslands. It recycles nutrients by clearing out accumulated dead vegetation, thins tree stands and cracks seed casings, thereby creating a diverse wildlife habitat. So, like it or not, living in forested areas means living with fire.
As the number of people moving into the scenic wildlands increases, so does the probability of wildland fires posing some threat to homes and other structures. Wildfire plays an important role in our forests and grasslands. It recycles nutrients by clearing out accumulated dead vegetation, thins tree stands and cracks seed casings, thereby creating a diverse wildlife habitat. So, like it or not, living in forested areas means living with fire.
Lessons learned: On-the-job training, experience necessary to become well-rounded firefighter
No matter how detailed and in depth a firefighter’s education, there are many lessons that can only be learned after joining the department. Some of these lessons come from training; others are learned in the heat of battle – literally.
No matter how detailed and in depth a firefighter’s education, there are many lessons that can only be learned after joining the department. Some of these lessons come from training; others are learned in the heat of battle – literally.
Nuclear management: Unique Point Lepreau ICS combines plant personnel; local, regional departments
The adage that two heads are better than one has been expanded on at Atlantic Canada’s only nuclear generating station.
The adage that two heads are better than one has been expanded on at Atlantic Canada’s only nuclear generating station.
Opening doors; Airbags, rollover protection challenge rescuers
Today there are many challenges that rescuers face when considering access through a driver’s side or passenger front door. With side-impact protection systems (SIPS) deploying from the inner door skin toward the driver, and rollover protection systems being introduced from that same location, rescuers must be more cautious and better trained.
Today there are many challenges that rescuers face when considering access through a driver’s side or passenger front door. With side-impact protection systems (SIPS) deploying from the inner door skin toward the driver, and rollover protection systems being introduced from that same location, rescuers must be more cautious and better trained.
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