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Written by Laura King
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Feb. 21, 2008
It’s great to get e-mails from readers! Bill Higgs, the fire chief in Sechelt, B.C., e-mailed this week to let me know he read the editorial on sprinklers in the January issue of Canadian Firefighter and to contribute some thoughts on the issue.
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| Developer hooks buyers with sprinklers |
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Written by Laura King
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Feb. 21, 2008
Just as the province of Ontario is soliciting input on its proposal to make sprinklers mandatory in new residential buildings, a builder in Port Perry, Ont., has proof positive that home buyers want safer homes.
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| Toronto fire photos on view |
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Written by Laura King
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Feb. 21, 2008
Keith Hamilton is captain of a rescue squad and an executive officer for the local. He has graciously provided some of his photos from Wednesday’s fire in Toronto for our photo gallery. You can see them here.
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Written by Laura King
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Feb. 21, 2008
It’s one of those Murphy’s Law things: the one day I decide to take off work to accompany my younger son’s class on a skiing trip, a major fire rips through a city block in Toronto. Never fails.
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| Fund for injured firefighter draws criticism |
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Written by Laura King
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Feb. 18, 2008
Talk about a burning issue. A firefighter in Windsor, Ont., was injured when the apparatus he was driving went out of control – apparently on a rain-slicked road – almost a year ago, on March 2, 2007.
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| Lessons in cold-weather management |
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Written by Laura King
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Feb. 12
As the editor of a firefighting magazine and the daughter of an insurance adjuster, I’m more than paranoid about fire. I phoned a firefighter friend a few weeks ago when we got a new clothes dryer to make sure we had the correct venting materials; our house is full of smoke detectors (11 at last count); and we never burn candles.
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| Cold spell keeps firefighters busy |
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Written by Laura King
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Feb. 12
Cold enough for ya? Yes, we know it’s colder in other parts of the country but in southwestern Ontario we’re not used to these freezing temps and all this precipitation, which is why every time it snows firefighters get called to incidents like the one Sunday on Highway 400 north of Toronto.
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Written by Laura King
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Feb. 12
With e-mail problems to sort out and magazine deadlines to meet I’ve neglected my blogging duties so we’re playing catch up today.
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