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Fire destroys lobster boat seized in poaching case
Posted by web-chief on Nov 20, 2008 @ 12:20PM

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SHELBURNE, NS - A fishing boat seized last spring by federal fishery officers during a major lobster poaching bust went up in flames early Wednesday near Shelburne...[ read more ]

Source: Chronicle Herald (click for full story)
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Firefighter's untimely death linked to his job
Posted by web-chief on Nov 20, 2008 @ 12:18PM

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SURREY, BC - After 31 years of battling fires in Surrey, Capt. Patrick Glendinning was looking forward to retirement...[ read more ]

Source: The Province (click for full story)
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Police Searching For Arsonist Believed Responsible For Multiple Early-Morning Fires
Posted by web-chief on Nov 20, 2008 @ 10:52AM

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TORONTO, ON - An early morning garage blaze is now the city's latest arson case - and police are warning residents in the Jane and Dundas area that the firestarter is still on the prowl...[ read more ]

Source: City News (click for full story)
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Retired district fire chief put others first
Posted by web-chief on Nov 19, 2008 @ 11:11AM

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SAINT JOHN, NB - Retired district fire chief Raymond A. (Buzzy) Kane was a pleasant, fun-loving man who loved life and loved people, says longtime colleague Jim Oagles...[ read more ]

Source: Telegraph Journal (click for full story)
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Victim of arson destroys RCMP surveillance
Posted by web-chief on Nov 19, 2008 @ 10:40AM

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NAPAN, NB - The Crown called it a "bizarre situation"...[ read more ]

Source: Miramichi Leader (click for full story)
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EMS issues red alert
Posted by web-chief on Nov 19, 2008 @ 10:38AM

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CALGARY, AB - A red alert was issued by Calgary EMS because no ambulances were available in the city.

The alert lasted for about 30 minutes on Tuesday between 11:30 a.m. and 12 p.m...[ read more ]

Source: CTV (click for full story)
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Firefighter headed to Ecuador
Posted by web-chief on Nov 18, 2008 @ 11:26AM

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BARRIE, ON - Ron Kyle is on yet another adventure.

This summer, he went to Myanmar to help co-ordinate a cyclone relief program with Canada Food for the Hungry...[ read more ]

Source: Barrie Advance (click for full story)
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Woman leaps from second floor to escape Albert Street blaze
Posted by web-chief on Nov 18, 2008 @ 11:24AM

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OSHAWA, ON - Four people escaped with their lives and not much else Monday morning after a massive fire tore through two homes on Albert Street...[ read more ]

Source: News Durham Region (click for full story)
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Pint-sized fire truck with big message
Posted by web-chief on Nov 18, 2008 @ 11:22AM

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AMHERST, NS - Pumper Joe the Gladiator may be a pint-sized version of the mammoth trucks that fill the bays at the Amherst fire station but its role in preventing fires is important...[ read more ]

Source: Chronicle Herald (click for full story)
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Walls collapse as fire rages at Montreal paper recycling plant
Posted by Pompier15 on Nov 18, 2008 @ 11:13AM

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MONTREAL, QC - Plumes of smoke and ash floated high in the sky over a five-alarm fire at a paper recycling plant in Montreal's Pointe St. Charles neighbourhood on Saturday...[ read more ]

Source: CBC.ca (click for full story)
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With smoke alarm disabled, 5-year-old comes to family's rescue
Posted by web-chief on Nov 17, 2008 @ 8:40AM

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ST. CATHARINES, ON - St. Catharines fire officials say a family of seven was lucky to escape a Sunday morning fire sparked by a five-year-old boy playing with a lighter...[ read more ]

Source: St. Catharines Standard (click for full story)
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Plane crashes off B.C. coast, eight people on board
Posted by web-chief on Nov 17, 2008 @ 8:35AM

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SUNSHINE COAST, BC - Search and rescue crews were on scene off of British Columbia's Sunshine Coast on Sunday where a Grumman Goose airplane went down near Thormandy Island...[ read more ]

Source: CTV (click for full story)
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Public at risk in power-line rescue: officials
Posted by web-chief on Nov 17, 2008 @ 8:31AM

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VICTORIA, BC - A Victoria man who risked his life to help the driver of a truck that downed power lines on Pandora Avenue Friday night inadvertently put the public at risk, Victoria Fire Department an...[ read more ]

Source: Times Colonist (click for full story)
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Fire in Point surprises no one
Posted by web-chief on Nov 17, 2008 @ 8:29AM

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POINT ST. CHARLES, QC - It was an accident waiting to happen.

That is the consensus of many residents in Point St...[ read more ]

Source: The Gazette (click for full story)
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3 taken to hospital after ammonia leak at Abbotsford warehouse
Posted by web-chief on Nov 17, 2008 @ 8:23AM

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ABBOTSFORD, BC - Three workers with minor injuries were sent to hospital Friday night after an ammonia leak inside an Abbotsford warehouse, fire officials said...[ read more ]

Source: cbc (click for full story)
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Defibrillators are the new fire extinguishers
Posted by web-chief on Nov 17, 2008 @ 8:22AM

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WINDSOR, ON - Defibrillators are the new fire extinguishers...[ read more ]

Source: Windsor Star (click for full story)
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Vancouver fire department severs ties with its marching band after fight
Posted by web-chief on Nov 17, 2008 @ 8:20AM

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VANCOUVER, BC - The Vancouver fire department is severing ties with its marching band following a fight and beer-throwing incident in June at a Burnaby Legion hall...[ read more ]

Source: Vancouver Sun (click for full story)
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Port Hope won't dispatch fire crews
Posted by web-chief on Nov 17, 2008 @ 8:17AM

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PORT HOPE, ON - The Brighton Fire Department will have to look for another dispatching office, as Port Hope is “not interested...[ read more ]

Source: Northumberland Today (click for full story)
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Polygraph was introduced to prevent bad hires
Posted by hrecruit on Nov 17, 2008 @ 8:15AM

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HALIFAX, NS - The Halifax regional fire service turned to the polygraph 10 years ago when its old hiring process failed to weed out a man facing charges for beating his girlfriend...[ read more ]

Source: Cronicle herald (click for full story)
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