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Fall 2012 Firefighter Career Expo and Training Day
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| Participants in the Fire Fighting in Canada/Canadian Firefighter/Firehall Training Day 2012 after a full day of learning in auto extrication, forcible entry, firefighter survival and residential fire at the Waterloo Region Emergency Services Training and Research Complex. Photos by Laura King |
October 1, 2012
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Carey Fredericks
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| Caledon, Ont., Fire Chief Brad Bigrigg gives expo delegates advice on getting hired and what to expect in composite departments. |
Kitchener Fire Chief Tim Beckett and Caledon Fire Chief Brad Bigrigg explain the hiring process and give delegates advice on the firefighter interview. |
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| Vendors/firefighters at the 2012 fall Career Expo. |
Kitchener Fire Chief Tim Becket outlines the dos and don'ts of the interview and the hiring process for delegates to the 2012 fall Career Expo. |
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| Doug Goodings of the Ontario Office of the Fire Marshal explains the intricacies of IFSAC and Pro-Board to delegates at the 2012 fall Career Expo. |
Panelists Lyle Quan (Waterloo), Doug Goodings (OFM), Steve Usher and Tim Beckett (Kitchener), and Brad Bigrigg (Caledon) answer questions from delegates at the 2012 fall Career Expo. |
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| Chiefs Usher, Beckett and Bigrigg. | Vendors/firefighters and Becoming a Firefighter founder Kory Pearn (right) tell their hiring stories to delegates to the 2012 fall Career Expo in Waterloo. |
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| Becoming a Firefighter and Career Expo founder Kory Pearn (right) with firefighters/vendors at the 2012 fall expo. |
Kitchener Deputy Chief Steve Usher and Chief Tim Beckett at the 2012 fall Career Expo. |
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| FFIC/CFF sales manager Catherine Connolly registers delegates to our first Training Day at WRESTRC |
Firehall Bookstore manager Becky Atkinson, FFIC assistant editor Olivia D'Orazio, sales manager Catherine Connolly and sales assistant Barb Comer register delegates to our first Training Day. |
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| Registration at our first Training Day. | Residential fire course at Training Day 2012 with instructors Mark van der Feyst, Tim Llewellyn, Eric Wissner, Wendel Taylor, Michael Langford, Craig Cunningham, Matt Wehrle, Jim Hart, Jeff Goarley, Dusty Thibert, Jeff Gooch, Pat Martin and Braedan Mackenzie. |
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| Residential fire course at Training Day 2012. |
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| Residential fire sponsor M&L Supply at Training Day 2012. |
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| Lunch break during residential fire instruction at Training Day 2012. |
Instructors Jim Hart and Matt Wehrle at Training Day 2012. |
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| Instructor Michael Langford at 2012 fall Training Day. |
Residential fire participants do a walk-thru of the tower before beginning afternoon evolutions. |
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| Residential fire instructor (and Canadian Firefighter columnist) Tim Llewellyn at Training Day 2012. |
Firefighter/instructor Jeff Goarley at Training Day 2012. |
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| Residential fire instructor Wendel Taylor at Training Day 2012. |
Residential fire instructor Darren Neff at Training Day 2012. |
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| Fire Fighting in Canada publisher Martin McAnulty delivers lunch at Training Day 2012. |
FFIC videographer Graham Jeffrey capturing all the action at Training Day 2012! |
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| Residential fire course at Training Day 2012. |
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| Auto ex at Training Day 2012. |
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| The auto ex class at Training Day 2012. | Canadian Firefighter auto ex columnist Randy Schmitz during the classroom portion of his day-long course. |
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| Participants in Randy Schmitz's auto ex course. |
Auto extrication guru Randy Schmitz from Calgary Fire at our 2012 Training Day. |
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| The forcible entry class with Andrew Brassard and Brotherhood Instructors at Training Day 2012. |
Forcible entry class at Training Day 2012 |
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| Forcible Entry class at Training Day 2012. |
The forcible entry class at Training Day 2012. |
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| Forcible entry class at Training Day 2012. |
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| Firefighter survival at Training Day 2012. |
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| Firefighter survival at Training Day 2012 |
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| Firefighter survival at Training Day 2012 |
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Firefighter survival class at Training Day 2012 with instructors Claude Duval, Esther Lakatos and Lisa Belanger. |
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