http://www.FireFightingNews.com Canada Fire And Rescue News en-us Copyright 2005 e-Firefighter, LLC Sun, 19 Jul 2009 01:12:18 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/Images/logo_22.jpg http://www.firefightingnews.com This is an XML content feed. It is intended to be viewed in a newsreader or syndicated to another site, subject to copyright and fair use. For decades the Canadian volunteer fire service has struggled to keep up ongoing training requirements. However, when a $1 million dollar training grant was offered to the Canadian volunteer fire service their … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-CanadaFireNews/~3/ZfJLbaHJs0M/article.cfm Canada FireFightingNews.com (Canada Newswire) Tue, 07 Jul 2009 11:46:58 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=67779 A 19-year-old Toronto man has been charged with setting two fires that destroyed at least $10 million in townhouses under construction, authorities said. Adam Zyskowski, who lived within walking distance of the … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-CanadaFireNews/~3/yeyzw9cKJ-A/article.cfm Canada FireFightingNews.com (United Press International) Mon, 06 Jul 2009 16:54:46 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=67754 A three-alarm fire west of Toronto destroyed 55 townhouses under construction early Tuesday and arson investigators were called to the scene. The first emergency call came after 11 p.m. Monday to the site in … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-CanadaFireNews/~3/Z7zp2PiicOE/article.cfm Canada FireFightingNews.com (United Press International) Tue, 30 Jun 2009 08:24:04 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=67494 An elevator mishap in a Toronto financial district office tower Wednesday killed a repairman and stranded eight people 42 floors up, police said. Around 8:30 a.m., the express elevator to the 44th floor failed … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-CanadaFireNews/~3/ccpYh708ruM/article.cfm Canada FireFightingNews.com (United Press International) Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:08:28 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=67307 The cause of a Montreal fire at a swingers club that had patrons fleeing nearly naked early Friday was under investigation, firefighters said. Fire alarms began sounding around 6:30 a.m. at the Auberge 1082 club … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-CanadaFireNews/~3/UTbyKyw2XYk/article.cfm Canada FireFightingNews.com (United Press International) Fri, 19 Jun 2009 19:40:27 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=67134 Alberta was calling for firefighting reinforcements as wildfires sparked by lightning strikes threatened to isolate Fort McMurray Canada's oilsands capital. The province already had more than 600 people fighting … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-CanadaFireNews/~3/MUAK6gfAxAE/article.cfm Canada FireFightingNews.com (Canadian Press) Wed, 17 Jun 2009 05:46:36 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=67011 Some 480 firefighters in the western Canadian province of Alberta were battling at least 22 out-of-control wildfires Tuesday, officials said. Dry weather conditions, lightning strikes and sparks from campfires … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-CanadaFireNews/~3/dn03jcbJaf8/article.cfm Canada FireFightingNews.com (United Press International) Tue, 16 Jun 2009 13:49:09 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=66990 (Waskesiu) Crews were working Monday to protect the historic home of Grey Owl one of Canada's first conservationists - from forest fires burning in Prince Albert National Park. The fires were among more than 80 … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-CanadaFireNews/~3/AfRa63eW1F0/article.cfm Canada FireFightingNews.com (Canadian Press) Tue, 16 Jun 2009 04:51:17 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=66968 (Victoria) - Firefighters from Ontario and Alberta have been called in to help B.C. crews battle wildfires in the tinder dry province. The reinforcements include 60 firefighters from Ontario, who will be deployed … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-CanadaFireNews/~3/2VxPO6_3R3U/article.cfm Canada FireFightingNews.com (Canadian Press) Sat, 13 Jun 2009 05:54:06 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=66882 A wildfire in Canada's British Columbia has grown to about 15,000 acres, officials said Tuesday. The Lillooet fire, fanned by strong winds, grew by 50 percent in the previous 24 hours and was still out of … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-CanadaFireNews/~3/_mN_zJNoPAo/article.cfm Canada FireFightingNews.com (United Press International) Wed, 10 Jun 2009 05:10:42 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=66750 Firefighters continued their efforts Monday to put out two large wildfires in Canada's British Columbia, authorities said. One fire at Lillooet, in the province's Cariboo region, has scorched about 10,000 acres. … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-CanadaFireNews/~3/GwIQhpgxZy4/article.cfm Canada FireFightingNews.com (United Press International) Mon, 08 Jun 2009 21:54:51 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=66709 Much of B.C. is baking in record temperatures that are heating up the forest fire situation and triggering burning bans in many regions of the province. Temperature records were shattered Tuesday in several … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-CanadaFireNews/~3/beUSzpUqWjY/article.cfm Canada FireFightingNews.com (Canadian Press) Thu, 04 Jun 2009 17:35:38 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=66592 A small forest-fire battle has been won in British Columbia, in what is shaping up to be a war against fire in the province this season. The forecast calls for another 10 days of hot, dry weather and fire … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-CanadaFireNews/~3/twwOFVbz_tY/article.cfm Canada FireFightingNews.com (Canadian Press) Mon, 01 Jun 2009 03:17:03 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=66436 A solemn ceremony took place Sunday in Toronto as hundreds of people gathered to remember fallen firefighters, including the fire chief who died at the site of a massive propane explosion in August. District … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-CanadaFireNews/~3/eDspC74cYIw/article.cfm Canada FireFightingNews.com (Canadian Press) Mon, 01 Jun 2009 03:14:23 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=66439 100 Mile House, B.C. - Firefighters managed Saturday to contain a wildfire that destroyed two homes in the Cariboo region of British Columbia but 54 people remained out of their homes and hundreds more were on … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-CanadaFireNews/~3/A44riJeM0ow/article.cfm Canada FireFightingNews.com (Canadian Press) Sun, 31 May 2009 05:35:20 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=66422 RCMP and emergency officials ordered the evacuation of 60 homes as a precaution as firefighters battled a large wildfire Sunday near the community of 70 Mile House in the B.C. Interior. Donna MacPherson of the … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-CanadaFireNews/~3/tt61zGvOJ-k/article.cfm Canada FireFightingNews.com (Canadian Press) Mon, 04 May 2009 06:47:29 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=65480 Firefighters have an intense brush fire on the outskirts of Halifax under control, officials said Friday. Natural Resources has a good handle on it with our crews, Lloyd Currie, a spokesman for the Halifax fire … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-CanadaFireNews/~3/p62SAbMm-fw/article.cfm Canada FireFightingNews.com (Canadian Press) Sat, 02 May 2009 05:21:00 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=65427 Theresa Bell barely had enough time to get dressed before an intense brush fire on the outskirts of Halifax blazed a path toward her house late Thursday. I grabbed my house coat, my slippers. My husband didn't … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-CanadaFireNews/~3/I4m_QSyVVog/article.cfm Canada FireFightingNews.com (Canadian Press) Fri, 01 May 2009 05:54:11 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=65383 Firefighters in Montreal tried to determine Thursday what caused a five-alarm fire that forced the evacuation of 3,000 people from an office tower. Around 5:15 p.m., Wednesday, a fireball exploded in the … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-CanadaFireNews/~3/0T4DzAiCD7o/article.cfm Canada FireFightingNews.com (United Press International) Thu, 30 Apr 2009 13:05:13 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=65365 Firefighters in Alberta are warning residents to be mindful of dry conditions after a weekend of battling grass fires. There were three separate fires on Sunday that burned about 100 hectares of land south of … http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Firefightingnewscom-CanadaFireNews/~3/nqgkg1T3Ybo/article.cfm Canada FireFightingNews.com (Canadian Press) Mon, 20 Apr 2009 12:03:51 EST http://www.firefightingnews.com/article.cfm?articleID=64961