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Thank you Halifax Council for listening to your citizens and your firefighters and voting to keep fire stations open. Big win for public & firefighter safety!
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Dirk Sell My friends in Halifax will sleep better now.
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Bill Howes Great news. Next hopefully is fire that chief!!!!!
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Taxpayers deserve to know their families, homes, businesses and communities are protected, Halifax resident writes: http://bit.ly/1RJDZRj
READER’S CORNER: Downtown Dartmouth needs full-time firefighters
Halifax Fire Chief Doug Trussler has recommended to city council that three stations in metro use…
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Developer understandably concerned about "mind-blowing" decision to staff urban fire station with volunteers: http://bit.ly/1Q0wJAC
Developer: Using volunteers to staff Dartmouth fire station ‘stupid’
The developer behind a major project on Dartmouth’s waterfront says the city’s proposal to staff a nearby fire station with volunteers on evenings, weekends and…
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Jeff Bryant Risk Management at its finest.
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A tragic reminder that employers can be held responsible when they create an unsafe workplace: http://bit.ly/1UJrjZS
Site supervisor in fatal Toronto scaffolding collapse sentenced to 3.5 years
Construction site supervisor Vadim Kazenelson has been sentenced to three and a half years in prison for his role in a scaffolding collapse at a Toronto construction…
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Charles McGeoghan If they offer you a promotion and your not 100% up on OH&S, just remember that you could face jail time and lose your house in the civil lawsuit.
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Don Dundass Amazing that it took over six years in what on the surface looks like pretty obvious negligence. I just don't understand why these workers families' needed to wait this long for justice.
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"It could be our turn to rescue firefighters - from budget cuts" http://bit.ly/1JFkhEU  ‪#‎Halifax‬
It could be our turn to rescue firefighters — from budget cuts | Metro News
The issues surrounding funding for fire fighters are multi-dimensional and the discussion should be too. Tuesday will show if council is up to the challenge.
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IAFF Canada shared International Association of Fire Fighters's post.
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Flames burn hotter today, and other things you might not know about fighting ‪#‎fires‬
Flames burn hotter today, and other things you might not know about fighting fires
The December deaths of Daniel Capuano and Mark Zielinski remind us that even with constant training, updated policies and state-of-the-art equipment, a…
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January 8 at 9:52am
Fire fighters from across North America arrive for the wake of IAFF 3rd District Vice President A. Michael Mullane at Florian Hall in Dorchester, MA Thursday af...
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Fiery public meeting in Halifax: "I strongly believe that if there wasn't the response time that there was, my unit would have been gutted" http://bit.ly/1mFqRRX  ‪#‎Halifax‬
Dartmouth fire station staffing topic of fiery public meeting
There were harsh words for Halifax's fire chief who wasn't invited to a public meeting Wednesday night to discuss proposed staffing changes to the fire station…
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Jason Waterhouse Sounds like this guy needs to be sent out the door. Trying to take this fire service backwards and hurt the community those firefighters proudly serve.
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IAFF Canada shared What matters to citizens of the HRM & Nova Scotia's post.
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January 6 at 9:49pmWoodside, NS, Canada
Happy to see the turnout we had .. Firefighters had a lot to offer. Very educational. Learned a lot. Thanks to the Downtown Dartmouth Business Commission & eve...
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