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In the Headlines: Last Updated: Sep 2, 2015 @ 1:50PM Click here to view only the headline subjects (old format). Submit a story to Firehall.com Click here for more national and international news Three taken to hospital after helicopter crash Posted by web-chief on Sep 2, 2015 @ 1:50PM Snippet: SEPT-ILES, QC - Quebec provincial police say three people have been transported to hospital following a helicopter crash on Quebec's North Shore...[ read more ] Source: The Canadian Press (click for full story) Post a Comment Tractor trailer catches fire in Nova Scotia Posted by web-chief on Sep 2, 2015 @ 9:31AM Snippet: KENTVILLE, NS - A Nova Scotia highway has been shutdown after a tractor trailer filled with cigarettes and toilet paper caught fire late Tuesday night, police said...[ read more ] Source: The Chronicle Herald (click for full story) Post a Comment Pembroke fire station finances vetoed Posted by web-chief on Sep 2, 2015 @ 9:31AM Snippet: PEMBROKE, ON - The finance and administration committee for city council in Pembroke, Ont., has torpedoed a $3...[ read more ] Source: The Pembroke Daily Observer (click for full story) Post a Comment British Columbia fire season slows down Posted by web-chief on Sep 2, 2015 @ 9:30AM Snippet: BC - Heading into the last long weekend of the summer, campfire bans have been lifted for most of B.C. as the forest fire season slows down...[ read more ] Source: Penticton Western News (click for full story) Post a Comment Fire severely damages Calgary home Posted by web-chief on Sep 2, 2015 @ 9:29AM Snippet: CALGARY, AB - Calgary firefighters doused a blaze Tuesday afternoon that left a home in the city’s northwest significantly damaged...[ read more ] Source: Metro News (click for full story) Post a Comment Residents escape Transcona house fire Posted by web-chief on Sep 2, 2015 @ 9:28AM Snippet: WINNIPEG, MB - Residents of a Transcona house had a scary wake-up call Wednesday after fire tore through their two-storey home...[ read more ] Source: Global News (click for full story) Post a Comment Smoke alarm found in Scarborough home fire Posted by web-chief on Sep 2, 2015 @ 9:27AM Snippet: TORONTO, ON - Fire officials say they found one fire alarm in the Scarborough home that went up in flames yesterday evening...[ read more ] Source: CBC News (click for full story) Post a Comment Five people displaced after overnight fire Posted by web-chief on Sep 2, 2015 @ 9:27AM Snippet: OTTAWA, ON - Three adults and two children are out of a home after an overnight fire in Ottawa. Emergency services received the call at 2:47 a.m., and 12 vehicles responded...[ read more ] Source: The Ottawa Citizen (click for full story) Post a Comment B.C. storm aids firefighting efforts Posted by web-chief on Sep 1, 2015 @ 9:12AM Snippet: VANCOUVER, BC - The storm hitting hitting British Columbia may have cut power for tens of thousands of customers, but it has had some benefits — helping firefighters trying to contain wildfires across...[ read more ] Source: CBC News (click for full story) Post a Comment Yacht club blaze destroys power boat Posted by web-chief on Sep 1, 2015 @ 9:11AM Snippet: TORONTO, ON - A 36-foot power boat was destroyed by fire while docked at the Cathedral Bluffs Yacht Club in Scarborough Monday morning. Crews arrived on scene around 7:30 a.m...[ read more ] Source: Global News (click for full story) Post a Comment West Hants to borrow $3 million to fund fire service Posted by web-chief on Sep 1, 2015 @ 9:10AM Snippet: WEST HANTS, NS - The Municipality of West Hants has approved a temporary borrowing resolution so it can have $3 million to supply its own fire service in areas of the county that are now served by th...[ read more ] Source: The Chronicle Herald (click for full story) Post a Comment Body discovered following Scarborough fire Posted by web-chief on Sep 1, 2015 @ 8:32AM Snippet: SCARBOROUGH, ON - A body has been found following a two-alarm fire in Scarborough, firefighters have confirmed...[ read more ] Source: CP24 (click for full story) Post a Comment Size-up Posted by web-chief on Aug 31, 2015 @ 12:29PM Snippet: REDWOOD MEADOWS, AB - The pager goes off, and crews muster and respond to a serious call. Then the media shows up and starts taking pictures, shooting videos and asking questions...[ read more ] Source: Fire Fighting in Canada (click for full story) Post a Comment Editor's blog Posted by web-chief on Aug 31, 2015 @ 12:28PM Snippet: TORONTO, ON - Hallelujah! It took 142 years, but Rhoda Mae Kerr was installed Thursday as president of the International Association of Fire Chiefs (IAFC) – the first woman to hold the office...[ read more ] Source: Fire Fighting in Canada (click for full story) Post a Comment B.C. storm leaves tens of thousands without power Posted by web-chief on Aug 31, 2015 @ 9:06AM Snippet: VANCOUVER, BC - Tens of thousands of people in the Lower Mainland are facing a second dark night after a wind and rain storm raged through the south coast Saturday afternoon...[ read more ] Source: The Vancouver Sun (click for full story) Post a Comment County wants firefighter class in high schools Posted by web-chief on Aug 31, 2015 @ 9:05AM Snippet: LUNENBURG, NS - Put aside the physics homework for a moment and pick up a giant hose instead...[ read more ] Source: CBC News (click for full story) Post a Comment Sherbrooke fire leaves woman dead Posted by web-chief on Aug 31, 2015 @ 9:04AM Snippet: SHERBROOKE, NS - A 57-year-old woman is dead after a house fire in Sherbrooke on Friday morning. At roughly 9 a.m., emergency services arrived on the scene of the fire on Sonora Road...[ read more ] Source: The Chronicle Herald (click for full story) Post a Comment Candle sparks Burnaby blaze Posted by web-chief on Aug 31, 2015 @ 9:03AM Snippet: VANCOUVER, BC - Saturday’s wind storm has kept firefighters and other emergency responders across the Lower Mainland busy, including in Burnaby, where crews responded to a fire in an apartment buildi...[ read more ] Source: CTV News (click for full story) Post a Comment Apartment fire forces tenants from homes Posted by web-chief on Aug 31, 2015 @ 9:03AM Snippet: DARTMOUTH, NS - Fire forced the evacuation of a four-storey apartment building in Dartmouth around 9 p.m. Sunday. Firefighters were called to the building on Parker St...[ read more ] Source: CBC News (click for full story) Post a Comment For older posts and news visit our News Page on the left hand sidebar or click here