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Tragedy in Orillia |
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Written by Laura King
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Jan. 20, 2009
By the
time I sat down to read The Toronto Star this morning I had already read
several news stories about the fire yesterday at a seniors’ home in Orillia,
Ont. I was out of town yesterday and away from my desk/computer but my
BlackBerry buzzed all day with news alerts about the fire. Still, I shook my
head when I saw the headline on page 2 of today’s Star: No sprinklers in fatal Orillia fire. Unbelievable.
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Flashpoint blog: Generalization X |
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Written by Peter Sells
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Jan. 15, 2009 - It seems that I am a member of Generation Jones. I thought I was a Boomer, but apparently not. . Gen Jones is the name given to the second half of the post-war Baby Boom, comprising those of us born between about 1955 and 1964.
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Managing the sprinkler message |
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Written by Laura King
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I don’t like new year’s resolutions but I’m going
to make one anyway – to blog more consistently in 2009. Goodness knows, there’s
lots to talk about.
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Flashpoint blog: December 2008 |
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Written by Peter Sells
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Dec. 17, 2008 - Those of you who have been following this blog and the FlashPoint column (my sincere thanks to you all) will know that this writer and Fire Fighting in Canada are advocates of residential sprinklers.
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Leaping into the 21st century |
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Written by Laura King
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Nov. 26, 2008
I don’t
watch a lot of TV – the usual news programs and a spate of edgy HBO
programming. Still, even with that small amount of viewing time, it’s tough to
miss the ads from the Canadian Centre for Emergency Preparedness telling
viewers it’s their responsibility to
have enough food, water and medication on hand for three days in case of an
emergency like, say, the Ontario/Quebec ice storm, Hurricane Juan in Nova Scotia or flooding in Manitoba.
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Flashpoint blog |
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Written by Peter Sells
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Flashpoint blog
Nov. 19, 2008
A colleague brought this to my attention this morning. He was heading into the
‘reading room’ – you know what I mean, the room where you sit comfortably and
read for a few minutes in peace once or twice a day – and found a recent issue
of another fire magazine. In this magazine was an article on the importance of
wearing breathing apparatus during overhaul. He did a double take, looked at
the cover of the magazine expecting to see a date from the ’80s or ’90s but no,
it was a 2008 publication.
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Of black boxes and other things |
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Written by Laura King
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Nov. 19, 2008
As we speak we’re putting together the December issue of Fire Fighting in Canada, in which writer James Careless pulls together
everything we need to know about changes to NFPA standards and what those
changes mean for departments for 2009. You’ll see the story in the magazine and
on the website in a few weeks.
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Seatbelts and more |
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Written by Laura King
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Nov. 18, 2008
I know I keep coming back to this, but the National Institute for Occupational Safety
and Health announced today that it has added its logo to the National Fire
Service Seat Belt Pledge 100% Participation Certificate. It’s important. And
it’s important that we in Canada embrace these kinds of
initiatives.
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