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1 week ago | 
firefightingincanada.com | Laura Aiken
Three Chilliwack firefighters were recognized recently for saving the lives of nine people from an apartment fire. Blake Gooch, Cory Schaeffer, Adam Janzen created ladder system mid-air, carried residents to safety from burning apartment. |READ MORE Print this page
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1 week ago | 
firefightingincanada.com | Laura Aiken
April 12, 2025, White Rock, B.C. — Brad Davie is the new fire chief in White Rock, B.C., taking the helm from as Fire Chief Ed Wolfe announced his retirement. Davie joins White Rock with an extensive background in fire services, emergency response, and healthcare. He spent more than two decades with the City of New Westminster Fire Department, most recently serving as deputy fire chief.
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1 week ago | 
firefightingincanada.com | Laura Aiken
April 12, 2025 By Laura Aiken April 12, 2025, Cranbrook, B.C. — Cranbrook Fire & Emergency Services promoted training coordinator Murray Robertson to the position of deputy fire chief following the well-deserved retirement of current Deputy Fire Chief Dan MacKinnon.
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1 week ago | 
firefightingincanada.com | Laura Aiken
The 2025 Canadian CBRNE & Robotics Summit was held in Kitchener, Ont., from April 7-8. For the second consecutive year, the show was sold out for both attendees and vendors, with a waiting list for vendors, reported the show’s organizers — the Ontario Hazardous Materials Responders Association. With nearly 300 attendees and 36 vendors, the event space buzzed with eagerness to learn.
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2 weeks ago | 
cdnfirefighter.com | Laura Aiken
April 9, 2025, Wyoming, MN – Rosenbauer America introduced its latest Custom Industrial Foam Pumper, designed to address the specific challenges of industrial fire fighting. This new vehicle incorporates advanced technologies designed to enhance performance, reliability, and ease of use in critical situations. Industrial fires, often occurring at refineries, petrochemical plants, terminals, and other manufacturing operations, differ significantly from typical municipal fires.
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2 weeks ago | 
firefightingincanada.com | Laura Aiken
Wyoming, MN, April 9, 2025 – Rosenbauer America introduced its latest Custom Industrial Foam Pumper, designed to address the specific challenges of industrial fire fighting. This new vehicle incorporates advanced technologies designed to enhance performance, reliability, and ease of use in critical situations. Industrial fires, often occurring at refineries, petrochemical plants, terminals, and other manufacturing operations, differ significantly from typical municipal fires.
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3 weeks ago | 
firefightingincanada.com | Laura Aiken
This episode focuses on challenges and progress within the Canadian fire service, with a particular emphasis on the unique circumstances and evolution of Indigenous fire departments. (Ret.) Fire Chief Tom DeSorcy interviews Acting Fire Chief Michael Seth, providing insights into the history, current state, and future aspirations of the Six Nations Fire and Emergency Services, while also touching on broader themes affecting fire services across Canada.
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1 month ago | 
firefightingincanada.com | Laura Aiken
March 25, 2025, Halifax — Nova Scotia is set to adopt the National Fire Code of Canada 2020 starting April 1, incorporating recommendations from the Office of the Fire Marshal to address local needs and improvements. “Fire codes, along with building codes, set the rules for homes and commercial buildings that help keep all Nova Scotians safe,” said John Lohr, Minister of Municipal Affairs and Minister responsible for the Office of the Fire Marshal.
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1 month ago | 
firefightingincanada.com | Laura Aiken
By the numbers, Canada’s 2024 wildfire season was tamer than 2023, but it was still wildly devastating on a number of fronts. The Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre’s (CIFFC) final situation report of the year, published in September, documented a total of 5,363 fires and 5,321,091.1 hectares burned. This includes fires that were still active from record-breaker 2023, when the total hectares burned was over 16 million.
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1 month ago | 
firefightingincanada.com | Laura Aiken
I recall the air smelling like an ashtray. Not a richly pungent cigar ashtray either. Acrid. Repugnant. This was 2023 when Quebec’s wildfire smoke made a tour de force through southern Ontario and into the U.S., shuttering children inside and hazing the gaze of those of us in disbelief that a fire so far from home could disrupt life like this. It was an eye opener to experience wildfire smoke travelling so far.
