Fire Fighting in Canada

1 week ago | firefightingincanada.com | Laura Aiken

A new, free mental health initiative for public safety personnel is now available at https://warriorhealth.ca/en. This confidential resource offers anytime access to information on trauma and operational stress tailored specifically to those public safety personnel who are trauma exposed, civilian or uniformed, in Ontario. Warrior Health is a is a consortium driven effort led by its chief operating officer Matthew Pegg, who is Toronto’s former fire chief.

1 week ago | firefightingincanada.com | Laura Aiken

May 29, 2025  By CBC News Manitoba has declared a provincewide state of emergency as wildfires continue to threaten communities across the province. CBC News reports.

1 week ago | firefightingincanada.com | Laura Aiken

Alberta’s government is investing almost $7 million through the Wildland Urban Interface Program to create six new Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) teams to protect communities at risk from wildfires. The local authorities receiving funding are Town of Strathmore, Town of Hinton, Town of Slave Lake, Lac La Biche County, Kee Tas Kee Now Tribal Council, and Kananaskis Improvement District.

1 week ago | firefightingincanada.com | Laura Aiken

The Cariboo Regional District (CRD), in the Central Interior of British Columbia, has officially appointed new fire chiefs for its volunteer fire departments (VFD), following a resolution made at its May 2 in-camera meeting and confirmed in open session. A call for applications was put to each department’s members following the expiry of the three-year term for their respective fire chiefs.

1 week ago | firefightingincanada.com | Laura Aiken

Smoke alarms are among the most accessible and affordable life-saving technologies in the home. Yet, across Canada, fire fatalities continue to occur at disturbingly high rates in homes where smoke alarms were either absent or not working. The reasons often lie not in the absence of awareness, but in a lack of maintenance, lifespan oversight, and real accountability. The problem isn’t that Canadians don’t have smoke alarms—it’s that too many don’t have alarms that work when they’re needed.