Ontario Fire Marshal probing cause of $600,000 fire Posted by MrFirefighter on Sep 2, 2010 @ 8:04AM
Snippet: BURLINGTON, ON - A home was gutted and one firefighter sent to hospital following a stubborn blaze in the city’s south-central area early Sunday morning...[ read more ] Source: InsideHalton.com (click for full story)
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Arson unit investigates fire that caused $750,000 in damage to school Posted by MrFirefighter on Sep 2, 2010 @ 8:04AM
Snippet: WINNIPEG, MB - The arson unit is investigating a blaze that destroyed portable classrooms at Stanley Knowles School on King Edward Street on Wednesday morning...[ read more ] Source: CTV Winnipeg (click for full story)
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Arson suspected in Dartmouth fire Posted by MrFirefighter on Sep 2, 2010 @ 8:04AM
Snippet: DARTMOUTH, NS - Dartmouth police are investigating a suspicious apartment fire that forced dozens of tenants to flee early Wednesday...[ read more ] Source: CBC News - Nova Scotia (click for full story)
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Heat wave prompts fire ban in Halifax Posted by MrFirefighter on Sep 2, 2010 @ 8:03AM
Snippet: HALIFAX, NS - The blazing hot weather in Nova Scotia has prompted a ban on open fires in the Halifax Regional Municipality...[ read more ] Source: CBC News - Nova Scotia (click for full story)
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Vancouver firefighters could face millions in cuts Posted by web-chief on Sep 1, 2010 @ 8:04AM
Snippet: VANCOUVER, BC - The president of the Vancouver Firefighters' Union believes city firefighters may face a budget cut of up to $4 million next year, but the city manager said any cut will only be relati...[ read more ] Source: The Vancouver Sun (click for full story)
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Suspicious fire destroys home Posted by web-chief on Sep 1, 2010 @ 8:02AM
Snippet: TORONTO, ON - A three-alarm fire that destroyed a Parkdale home has been labeled suspicious and is now the subject of an investigation by Office of the Fire Marshal...[ read more ] Source: Inside Toronto (click for full story)
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Two teens charged in Riversdale garage fires Posted by MrFirefighter on Sep 1, 2010 @ 5:20AM
Snippet: RIVERSDALE, SK - Two minors have been charged with arson after a pair of garage fires Tuesday morning — just three blocks apart — caused more than $40,000 damage...[ read more ] Source: The Star Phoenix (click for full story)
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House fire, explosion allegedly caused by people cooking hash oil Posted by MrFirefighter on Sep 1, 2010 @ 5:10AM
Snippet: S.E. CALGARY, AB - Calgary police say an explosion at a Lake McKenzie home was allegedly caused by two people cooking hash oil...[ read more ] Source: Calgary Herald (click for full story)
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Fire engulfs Calgary home Posted by MrFirefighter on Sep 1, 2010 @ 4:27AM
Snippet: NE CALGARY, AB - Six residents of a house in northeast Calgary escaped without injury when it went up in flames early Tuesday morning...[ read more ] Source: CBC News - Calgary (click for full story)
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Waterloo firefighters get wage hike Posted by web-chief on Aug 31, 2010 @ 8:10AM
Snippet: WATERLOO, ON - Waterloo council has increased firefighter salaries by twice the inflation rate, despite an Ontario pledge to freeze public sector wages...[ read more ] Source: The Kitchener-Waterloo Record (click for full story)
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Suspicious fire, explosion injures three Posted by web-chief on Aug 31, 2010 @ 8:09AM
Snippet: CALGARY, AB - Two men in their mid-20s were taken to hospital in critical condition following an explosion at a home in the southeast early Monday evening...[ read more ] Source: The Calgary Herald (click for full story)
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Industrial plaza blaze sends four firefighters to hospital Posted by web-chief on Aug 31, 2010 @ 8:08AM
Snippet: LONDON, ON - The London police arson squad is looking for occupants of a dark vehicle seen just before the outbreak of a Sunday fire that caused $2 million in damage and sent four firefighters to hosp...[ read more ] Source: The London Free Press (click for full story)
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London woman charged in crash following Windsor FireFest Posted by fdfish on Aug 31, 2010 @ 8:05AM
Snippet: ONTARIO, ON - WINDSOR, Ont. — A 19-year-old woman has been charged with careless driving in a weekend accident that injured five firefighters from the eastern Ontario town of Napanee...[ read more ] Source: Wndsor Star (click for full story)
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Calgary firefighter 'sick days' nearly double in five years Posted by MrFirefighter on Aug 31, 2010 @ 4:27AM
Snippet: Firefighters are taking nearly double the number of days away from work due to sickness and accidents than they were five years ago...[ read more ] Source: Calgary Herald (click for full story)
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Rescue boat in need of a rescue Posted by MrFirefighter on Aug 30, 2010 @ 8:24AM
Snippet: WINNIPEG, MB - The Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service's water rescue boat sank on Friday evening...[ read more ] Source: CTV Winnipeg (click for full story)
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B.C. forest fires burning massive areas Posted by MrFirefighter on Aug 30, 2010 @ 8:24AM
Snippet: PROVINCE, BC - This fire season in B.C. hasn't been as expensive to fight or as destructive to homes, but more than twice the normal amount of forest has gone up in flames...[ read more ] Source: CBC News - British Columbia (click for full story)
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Guiding light: fire chief recognized nationally Posted by MrFirefighter on Aug 30, 2010 @ 8:24AM
Snippet: MILTON, PE - The year the last fire-training simulator was built at the P.E.I Firefighters School in Milton, Chief Miles Boulton put in some 2,700 hours of work, give or take an hour...[ read more ] Source: The Guardian (click for full story)
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Suspicious fire damages business Posted by MrFirefighter on Aug 30, 2010 @ 8:23AM
Snippet: SAINT JOHN, NB - A fire broke out at 12:30 a.m. Saturday at First Stop Auto, at the corner of Metcalfe and Adelaide Streets in the north end...[ read more ] Source: Telegraph Journal (click for full story)
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