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Dispatches |
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Written by Jennifer Mabee
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June 5, 2012, Midland, Ont. - Being a member of a volunteer fire department affords one certain privileges not necessarily enjoyed by others. Translation: by volunteering to be on standby for the Just Add Water Festival in Port Severn on Saturday night, a group of us was fortunate enough to see Kim Mitchell perform live, in addition to the few hundred people at the festival.
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Size-up |
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Written by Rob Evans
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June 5, 2012, Redwood Meadows, Alta. – In a May Reader’s Digest poll, firefighters and emergency medical technicians were listed as the top two trusted professions in Canada. Over the last week, the team at Redwood Meadows Emergency Services (RMES) has shown how we help with that image.
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Flashpoint |
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Written by Peter Sells
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June 1, 2012, Toronto – In his May 30 letter to the National Post, OPFFA president Fred LeBlanc makes some valid points, but also some that are of dubious validity or at least coloured by association politics.
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Dispatches |
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Written by Jennifer Mabee
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May 30, 2012, Midland, Ont. – Monday was our regular training night and lucky for us, we were doing marine training. (And no, that’s not just code for jumping in the lake to cool off . . . ) Our fire department actually has two marine units, one in Station 1 and one in Station 3, which is our hall. Our boat is a 1988 20-foot Crestliner equipped with a 5,000 litre per minute Hale pump and two four-inch direct-in-water intakes. (Thanks to Mr. Oakley Sunglasses, who did the training, for the specs . . . all I knew for sure was that it was a boat with a pump on board.)
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B.C.’s smoke alarm campaign gets financial boost |
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Written by Olivia D'Orazio
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May 29, 2012 – The Surrey Fire Services’ campaign to ensure that every home in British Columbia has a working smoke alarm just got stronger with major supporters and contributions totaling $425,000.
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