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Editorial

• Comment by Haley.
• Comment by Haley.
• Comment by Haley: August 2005.
• Comment by Haley: June 2005.
• Comment By Haley: May 2005.
• Comment: A genuine fire service wake-up call.
• Comment: A true fire service hero.
• Comment: Add sprinklers to Christmas wish list .
• Comment: All fired up about fundraising.
• Comment: August 2009.
• Comment: Being prepared for the unexpected.
• Comment: Bill 111 a relief for families.
• Comment: Co-ordinating fire-service issues.
• Comment: Conferences offer knowledge, both from educational seminars and in peer-to-peer networking.
• Comment: December 2009.
• Comment: Different volunteering dilemmas.
• Comment: Driving home the point about safety.
• Comment: February 2010.
• Comment: Finding out what’s really in a name.
• Comment: Fire education pays off.
• Comment: Fire fighter safety must be paramount.
• Comment: First tools are public ed, prevention.
• Comment: Going into the unknown.
• Comment: June 2009.
• Comment: Knowledge equals effectiveness.
• Comment: Let’s get our act together.
• Comment: March 2010.
• Comment: May 2009.
• Comment: Mourning our Losses.
• Comment: National fire statistics.
• Comment: November 2009.
• Comment: Ontario’s new fire marshal.
• Comment: Our annual buyers guide and more.
• Comment: Proactive equals effective.
• Comment: September 2009.
• Comment: Strengthening our community of communities.
• Comment: Terrorism at home a reality.
• Comment: Tools of the trade.
• Comment: Website a story hub for firefighters.
• Editorial: January 2009.
• Education and training: we should never stop learning.
• From the Editor: A call to al(arms).
• From the Editor: April 2009.
• From the Editor: Committee to lobby for government funds.
• From the editor: Credit where credit is due.
• From the Editor: Funding concerns a constant for fire chiefs.
• From the Editor: Getting there.
• From the Editor: July 2009.
• From the Editor: Knowledge, training, leadership.
• From the Editor: Managing the message about fire service underfunding.
• From the Editor: October 2009.
• From the Editor: Sprinkler issue once again rears its head.
• important initiative.
• In light of the emotional events.
• Instructors are the key.
• Protect yourself, protect your firefighters.
• Safety should be the priority in the new year.
• Shows must go on.
• Where are we heading?.
• Without actually being there.

Features

• Hands-on training: Probationary development team unites veterans and new firefighters.
• Hybrid hints and hazards.
• It’s not too late to start teaching again.
• PASS alarm signals can fail at high temperatures.
• 50 years of SCBA: Innovations to breathing apparatus most significant development in fire service.
• A Canadian FireFit first.
• A fine balance.
• A matter of minutes.
• Addicted to the Combat Challenge.
• Against The Odds.
• ALARMS DON’T WAKE SENIORS.
• Alberta challenges techniques of extrication: TERC Canada regional event.
• Amalgamation 10 years later.
• An Olympic dream come true.
• Answering the call: Training for industrial response.
• Apparatus advances.
• Apparatus evolution: Calgary department goes from basics to ‘Birds’ and ‘Brontos’ but pumpers remain.
• Apparatus Issues.
• Are You Ready?: Part 1 - structural collapse response.
• Are You Ready?: Structural collapse response, part 2 - trench rescue.
• ARSON FIRE.
• B.C. department learns from devastating crash: Recommends keeping meticulous maintenance records.
• Back to Basics: A how-to for RIT response.
• Back to Basics: August 2009.
• Back to Basics: Backup man plays key role .
• Back to Basics: December 2009.
• Back to Basics: Easy check-in system for SCBA.
• Back to Basics: February 2010.
• Back to Basics: Hose line advancement tips.
• Back to Basics: March 2010.
• Back to Basics: May 2009.
• Back to Basics: Mayday, mayday, mayday.
• Back to Basics: November 2009.
• Back to Basics: Nozzle management 101.
• Back to Basics: October 2009.
• Back to Basics: Re-introducing the 2.5-inch hose.
• Back to basics: RIT staging and procedures.
• Back to Basics: September 2009.
• Back to Basics: The art of low profiling.
• Back to Basics: The minuteman hose load.
• Back to Basics: The RIT kit - Tools of the trade for Rapid Intervention Teams.
• Back to normal: Why fire departments need back-injury programs.
• Banding together: New Brunswick consolidates ambulance service.
• Barn fire extinguished.
• Becoming a firefighter:.
• Being Prepared.
• Best practice.
• Better public education: Three P.E.I. departments deliver effective prevention message.
• Between Alarms: A healthy combination of work and home life.
• Between Alarms: Adjusting to life in the fire hall.
• Between Alarms: Compromising safety not worth the risk.
• Between Alarms: Curiosity makes us better firefighters.
• Between Alarms: July 2009.
• Between Alarms: Learning lessons from firefighters’ best friend.
• Between Alarms: October 2009.
• Between Alarms: Risk management requires thought.
• Between Alarms: Think before you speak to preserve integrity.
• Big-city fire fighting: Toronto firefighters face same challenges as small-town peers – more often.
• BLAZE DESTROYS FISHING VESSEL .
• Blue Card Command.
• Brigade News: June 2008.
• Brigade News: May 2008.
• Building a better, safer home.
• Building a police-fire command centre.
• Building bridges .
• Bulletproof: Armoured Brinks vehicle makes for challenging extrication.
• Burning Cars: Vehicle fires account for half of Surrey, B.C., calls.
• Busy day for city firefighters.
• Calculating probability to improve emergency coverage.
• Calgary's latest fire house: Visits to the fire house in Calgary have taken a new meaning.
• Canadian climate, terrain no match for Timberwolf .
• Canadian content.
• Canadian fireslayers: Andrew Brassard remembers the high-pitched squeal he heard on July 27, 2006.
• Canucks show stuff at worlds: Canadian firefighters bring home hardware from U.S-held championships.
• CATCHING SPILLS FROM HIGHWAYS.
• Celebrating 150 years of service.
• Central station opened: St. John’s, N.L..
• CHALLENGING FIRE AT TRUCK FACILITY.
• Chemical attack in Toronto .
• Choosing top-quality protein power.
• Closing the gap.
• Code changes make elevators safer for firefighters, residents.
• Community builds training tower: Newfoundlanders pitch in with time and talent .
• Cornerstone: A risk assessment how-to for all departments .
• Cornerstone: Analyzing the art or science of leadership.
• Cornerstone: August 2009.
• Cornerstone: Challenge for managers: change or recreate.
• Cornerstone: Confronting the demons of public speaking.
• Cornerstone: December 2009.
• Cornerstone: February 2010.
• Cornerstone: Fostering resilience in trying times.
• Cornerstone: Leadership strategies from best of the best.
• Cornerstone: Lifelong learning and the benefits of change.
• Cornerstone: Making the transition to officer from firefighter.
• Cornerstone: May 2009.
• Cornerstone: November 2009.
• Cornerstone: Proven strategies for acing the interview.
• Cornerstone: September 2009.
• Cornerstone: The ethics of making good leadership decisions.
• Cornerstone: The power (and pluses) of networking.
• Countering culture.
• Cracking down: Software helps communities locate grow ops and reduces threat to public safety .
• CREATIVE RECRUITMENT.
• Curtain of fire: How Nova Scotia tackled two blazes at once.
• Depression, like fire, takes many forms.
• Developing regional haz-mat teams.
• Diesel tanker erupts on rollover: Major Montreal arteries closed while fire fought.
• Digital Magazine .
• Disaster management: HUSAR teams, governments stage mock terrorist attack.
• Disaster response.
• Dissecting data.
• Don’t get burned visiting fire halls.
• Dry Lightning: B.C. exercise reveals strengths and weakness in urban interface planning .
• Effective Fire Education: A sampling of programs that work.
• Emissions issues.
• EMS Focus: Handling the mass casualty incident, creating order out of chaos.
• Exploiting the strengths in our numbers.
• Extrication challenge.
• Extrication Tips: Cross-ramming for severe side impact intrusion .
• Extrication Tips: Let’s curb responder fear about hybrid vehicles!.
• Extrication Tips: Lifting bags - common practices and principles.
• Extrication Tips: Lifting procedures for strut systems .
• Extrication Tips: October 2009.
• Extrication Tips: Raising the roof.
• Extrication Tips: Stabilization 101.
• Extrication Tips: Stabilization 101, Part Two.
• Extrication Tips: The Big Easy solution - Tool saves time, reduces damage to vehicle.
• Extrication Tips: The evolution of the air chisel .
• Extrication Tips: Total sidewall removal .
• Extrication Tips: Trunk tunnelling for extrication: a viable option?.
• Extrication Tips: Using the air chisel.
• Fast Fire Stopped.
• FAST technology advances wildland firefighting.
• Fiery auto accident results in death: A two-vehicle accident with injuries.
• Fighting the fire of stress.
• Fire fighter dies at scene.
• Fire ground communication.
• Fire IQ.
• Fire IQ: A reminder to always watch your back .
• FIRE IQ: A smorgasbord of interesting terminology .
• Fire IQ: July 2009.
• Fire IQ: October 2009.
• Fire IQ: Promoting consistency in fire-service terminology.
• Fire re-ignites two-hatter issue.
• Fire Service Elevators; Are We Using them Safely?.
• Fire Trike: A Rolling Tribute.
• Fire-code flexibility: Objective-based format better for firefighters.
• Firefest in Windsor doesn’t disappoint.
• Firefighter dies during training.
• Firefighter life safety: A new initiative.
• Firefighters honoured for bravery.
• Firefighters stymie fast-moving blaze: Training pays off in apartment complex fire.
• Firefighters stymie fast-moving blaze: Training pays off in apartment complex fire.
• FireFit 2008 circuit set : Veteran competitors lend experience, depth to teams.
• FireFit Challenge: N.S. hometown team claims title.
• FireFit repeat - Halifax team prevails at national championships.
• FireFit title up for grabs: Rookie squads stand a chance with five time champs out of the running .
• Fireground Command Decisions.
• Fires raze landmarks: Winter blazes challenge firefighters .
• Fireside Chat - June 06.
• Fireside Chat - May 06.
• Fireside Chat: Getting through traffic safely.
• Firestorm 2003.
• First national fire & life safety educators’ forum: Genesis Forum of Fire and Life Safety Education.
• Fit for Life: A beneficial pyramid scheme.
• Fit for Life: Are you prepared?.
• Fit for Life: Can you take the heat?.
• Fit for Life: Don’t ignore the pain.
• Fit for Life: Keeping a balanced body.
• Fit for Life: No excuses for not exercising.
• Fit for Life: Nutrition is key to successful workouts .
• Fit for Life: One step at a time.
• Fit for Life: Pairing up to improve workouts.
• Fit For Life: Preventing back injuries.
• Fit for Life: Preventive medicine for joint pain and strain.
• Fit for Life: Putting it all together.
• Fit for Life: Stretch for prevention.
• Fit for Life: Tips for cold-weather running .
• Fit for Life: What are you wlling to do?.
• FitSmart: July 2009.
• FitSmart: October 2009.
• FitSmart: The basics of building.
• Five alarms in Toronto: Every city and town has a building fire fighters pass and think "what if?".
• FIVE-ALARM FIRE.
• Flammable gas: Propane leak, vapour cloud force evacuation in B.C. community.
• FlashPoint: Admitting our mistakes and learning from them .
• Flashpoint: August 2009.
• Flashpoint: Band-Aid solution: The fire/EMS debate.
• Flashpoint: Bring your kid to work (every) day.
• Flashpoint: Compliance with standards is a good thing.
• Flashpoint: December 2009.
• Flashpoint: Emotional intelligence: Is it learned or innate?.
• Flashpoint: February 2010.
• Flashpoint: Fire service speak: Always getting it right.
• Flashpoint: Gremlins on the ground - a hypothetical terror plot.
• Flashpoint: Is fire fighting a profession or a skilled trade?.
• Flashpoint: March 2010.
• Flashpoint: May 2009.
• Flashpoint: No more mister nice guy (apologies to Alice Cooper).
• Flashpoint: November 2009.
• Flashpoint: Opportunity knocks for Sudbury firefighters.
• Flashpoint: Seatbelt issue simmers despite numbers of deaths.
• Flashpoint: September 2009.
• Flashpoint: Shakespearean-type tragedy in Montreal.
• Flashpoint: Sprinkler misinformation hurting cause for safety.
• Flashpoint: Taking a new look from outside the box.
• Flashpoint: Union stand on volunteers doesn’t hold water.
• Forcible Entry: Choosing, using and maintaining the irons.
• Forcible Entry: Opening case-hardened locks .
• Forcible Entry: Six ways to dismantle barrel bolts .
• Freak traffic accident challenges Sooke Fire Department.
• From floods to fires: In September 2005 the west coast of Newfoundland experienced severe flooding.
• From the Canadian Fallen Firefighters Foundation.
• Fundraising in the fire service needs to be organized 'by the book'.
• General Alarm.
• General alarm called.
• Getting the message out.
• Good customer service.
• Growth through conflict.
• Guest Column: Disabled registry will save lives.
• Guest Column: Earning your leadership stripes.
• Guest Column: October 2009.
• Handling highrises.
• Hands-on training.
• Have your say on residential sprinklers.
• Head count: Is your accountability program up to PAR?.
• HELD BACK.
• Helping small, rural fire departments.
• High school saved: Adjoining North Queens Elementary School destroyed by fire determined to be arson.
• High-flying accomplices.
• High-tech transportation: New developments make vehicles stronger and challenge rescue personnel .
• Hydrogen cyanide: Deadly HCN gas in fire smoke threatens responders.
• In Katrina’s wake: assessing the risk.
• In the Watchroom: September 2007.
• Incendie confirme: March 2007.
• Incident Command System.
• Incident Report.
• Incident Report: Barn structure posed challenges.
• Incident Report: Fire too advanced for interior attack.
• Incident Report: Preparations pay off in high-rise blaze.
• INDUSTRY NEWS: November 2008.
• Infrastructure issues: Departments, municipalities examining safety, funding.
• Innovations: The signs promote green light awareness.
• Innovative ideas supplement.
• Innovative Ideas: Carrying cribbing made easy.
• Innovative Ideas: Display board preserves patches.
• Innovative Ideas: Equipment accountability.
• Innovative Ideas: Handy rear step.
• Innovative Ideas: Hose roller solution.
• Innovative Ideas: In-ground tank fed by rainwater.
• Innovative Ideas: In-house fabricated tanker ladder bracket.
• Innovative Ideas: Port-a-pond solution designed .
• Innovative Ideas: Recovery net for water rescue.
• Innovative Ideas: Steeple plan impresses chief.
• Innovative Ideas: Telescoping port-a-pond.
• Innovative Ideas: The ‘royal hitch’ for porta-tanks.
• Innovative Ideas: Wildfire backpack kit.
• Innovative Public Education: How one B.C. department built a program from scratch.
• It’s all about training safely.
• January grass fire.
• K.I.S.S. .
• Keep it simple and entertaining .
• Kitchen Fire Expands.
• Landslide on The Rock: Newfoundland community on edge as town crumbles away.
• Leadership Challenges.
• Leadership Forum: Acceptable service: Are we there yet?.
• Leadership Forum: All in the family – or maybe not.
• Leadership Forum: August 2009.
• Leadership Forum: Beyond the lights and sirens – part 2.
• Leadership Forum: CFFF a fine example of leadership at its best.
• Leadership Forum: Demonstrating leadership in the community.
• Leadership Forum: Ensuring a bully-free workplace.
• Leadership Forum: Ethics - the heart of leadership .
• Leadership Forum: Exchange programs - developing leaders.
• Leadership Forum: Exploit your natural leadership abilities.
• Leadership Forum: February 2010.
• Leadership Forum: Fifty years of tradition in leadership education.
• Leadership Forum: Fire service leadership beyond lights and sirens.
• Leadership Forum: It’s about business, political acumen.
• Leadership Forum: Leadership beyond emergencies.
• Leadership Forum: Leadership, attitude and about being a grown-up.
• Leadership Forum: Leading by example: Do your actions stack up?.
• Leadership Forum: March 2010.
• Leadership Forum: May 2009.
• Leadership Forum: Recession challenges leaders to be effective.
• Leadership Forum: Relationship leadership for a new era.
• Leadership Forum: Rookies are leaders too, so encourage them.
• Leadership Forum: September 2009.
• Leadership Forum: Showing leadership from ‘within’ the box.
• Leadership Forum: The art of shifting gears - a team effort.
• Leadership Forum: The power of value-based leadership.
• Leadership Forum: Thinking outside the box:I magine the possibilities.
• Leadership Forum: Walking the talk to effective communication.
• Leadership: Bridging communication barriers.
• Leadership: Fireground command and safety: effective management of the scene.
• Leadership: Labour-management co-operation helps Surrey Fire Service reduce absenteeism.
• Leadership: Leadership and the art of communicating.
• Leadership: Leading by example - when to wear your SCBA.
• Leadership: Leading vs. managing.
• Leadership: Motivation and executive ability .
• Leadership: The four stages of fundamental leadership.
• Leadership: The point of no return.
• Leadership: The right tool for the right job.
• Legal Issues.
• Legal Issues: Consequences can be serious in crossing boundaries.
• Lessons learned: On-the-job training, experience necessary to become well-rounded firefighter.
• Letter to the Editor: November 2008.
• Letters to the Editor: February 2008.
• Letters to the Editor: November 2009.
• Life in the fast lane.
• Life saved: Firefighters recognized for reviving man after heart attack.
• Looking toward Vision 2014.
• Major changes to NFPA codes approved by membership.
• MAKING RAIN.
• Making the grade.
• Managing disaster.
• Manual labour: Nova Scotia develops guide for first responders .
• Meeting the Enemy: Rookie volunteers face smoke and flames in live-fire exercise.
• Minimizing risks for ourselves and others.
• Model behaviour: Managing change in the fire hall .
• Montreal fire fighter killed.
• Montreal firefighter laid to rest.
• Multiple collision requires medivac: Two patients had to be extricated from two separate vehicles.
• Negligence 101.
• Negligence 101: part 2.
• Never Forgotten.
• NEW APPROACH FOR GROW OPS.
• New challenges: Responding today, planning for tomorrow .
• New vehicle technology.
• Newfoundland & Labrador find partner for fire investigation training.
• Newfoundland swamped: Storm dumps 200 millimetres of rain in 12 hours.
• NFPA Impact: A modest proposal for reporting fire losses.
• NFPA Impact: An update on standards for fire fighting apparatus.
• NFPA Impact: Apparatus standard aimed at saving lives.
• NFPA Impact: August 2009.
• NFPA Impact: Canada needs to get tough on cigarette manufacturers.
• NFPA Impact: December 2009.
• NFPA Impact: Do we need a national fire services advisor?.
• NFPA Impact: Embracing innovation: Changing tactics and tools.
• NFPA Impact: February 2010.
• NFPA Impact: Fire service must respond to lack of statistics.
• NFPA Impact: Industrial fire brigades operating under the radar.
• NFPA Impact: March 2010.
• NFPA Impact: May 2009.
• NFPA Impact: New objective-based codes have failed the service.
• NFPA Impact: November 2009.
• NFPA Impact: Pandemic preparations and the fire service.
• NFPA Impact: Prevention still the key to reducing fire losses.
• NFPA Impact: SCBA and PASS changes protect hazmat responders.
• NFPA Impact: September 2009.
• NFPA Impact: The fire service in Canada needs to get behind residential fire sprinklers.
• NFPA Impact: The need to embrace defensible housing.
• NFPA Impact: Threats from new fuels boost need for advisor.
• NFPA Impact: Warnings needed for lightweight construction.
• NFPA Impact: Who is managing your water supply?.
• No more bread and butter: Kitchener-Waterloo study proves new materials burn differently.
• Not a drill.
• Nuclear management: Unique Point Lepreau ICS combines plant personnel; local, regional departments.
• Olympic feat.
• Online Training.
• Ontario honours heroic firefighters.
• Opening doors; Airbags, rollover protection challenge rescuers.
• Origin, cause, circumstances.
• Pandemic prep.
• Partnering for education.
• PLANT RAZED.
• Plunging into Water Rescue.
• Pre-plan thwarts disaster: N.B. flood management focuses on local responders.
• Propane aftermath.
• Propane blast.
• Pumper Hit at Highway Scene:Apparatus struck by impatient trucker while positioning at highway scene.
• Q-and-A with Chief Tremblay.
• QUICK KNOCKDOWN.
• Rapid fire.
• Recruitment trends.
• Rehab on a Budget .
• Rescue from the Bush: Multi-agency resources utilized in operation to extract injured hiker.
• RESCUING THE RESCUER.
• RIT training: How to develop your department’s rapid intervention team.
• Rock on: Canadian Firefighters Curling Association celebrates 50 years .
• Routine spring grass fire spawns surprise missile.
• Rowhouse fire challenges.
• SAFC REPORT - Aug. 06.
• SAFC REPORT - June 06.
• SAFC REPORT - Sept. 06.
• SASKATCHEWAN REPORT.
• Saskatchewan Report: New PA ‘station’ donated.
• Saskatchewan Report: Harassment in the fire service.
• Saskatchewan Report: Wildfire loss prevention in the interface.
• Saskatchewan Report: Zolmer shows off 'Mr. Clean' look.
• Selecting and buying fire apparatus: Getting the best equipment for the best price .
• SHIPBOARD AMMONIA LEAK.
• Silo explosion rocks first responders.
• Simultaneous response.
• Six alarms: Toronto battles historic blaze.
• Small city, big challenges: Mix of industry, old neighbourhoods in Saint John yields co-operation.
• Smoke alarms: evaluating effectiveness.
• Solving management dilemmas.
• Sparky hits the ice .
• Specialized skills.
• Spectacular nationals: Sherbooke hosts ‘best ever’ 2004 FireFit National Combat Challenge .
• Spontaneous Combustion: July 2009.
• Spontaneous Combustion: October 2009.
• Spontaneous Combustion: The best bet.
• Standard operating procedure.
• State of emergency?.
• Station to Station: December 2007.
• Station to Station: February 2008.
• Station to Station: November 2007.
• Staying Alive .
• Step by step.
• Straight talk.
• Straight Talk: February 2010.
• Strengths and weaknesses.
• Structure lost after delayed alarm.
• Surrey firefighters help tackle meth problem: Awareness campaign, funding aid anti-drug program.
• Table.
• TERC challenge tests extrication specialists: Teams encouraged to compete in regional events.
• Terrorism at home: Firefighters key to preventing, identifying terrorist activities, say RCMP.
• Testing the Limits: ‘Career' fire challenges Fort St. John.
• The 2010 dilemma: Fire services for Vancouver Olympics among issues yet to be solved .
• The Brass Pole: June 2008.
• The Brass Pole: May 2008.
• The Fire Within.
• THE HIGHEST STANDARD.
• The politics of platooning.
• The residential fire safety problem: We have made great strides.
• The Strength of the Community .
• The Trainer's Corner: The fire extinguisher, an overlooked tool.
• The Trainer's Corner: Understanding 'structural triage'.
• Thousands gather in tribute.
• Tips for new recruits: Fire departments constantly upgrade their hiring programs .
• Tools of the Trade: Technical advances boost safety.
• Top-notch training: State-of-the-art training institute opens doors to all departments.
• Toronto firefighters added to memorial: New legislation allows addition of 24 fallen personnel .
• Trailer outfitted for haz-mat response: Public-private partnership gets equipment online.
• Trainer's Corner: A challenging drill that's fun.
• Trainer's Corner: A haz-mat incident scenario.
• Trainer's Corner: Airbag awareness is crucial.
• Trainer's Corner: August 2009.
• Trainer's Corner: Cold-weather reminders.
• Trainer's Corner: Compressed-air foam here to stay.
• Trainer's Corner: Containing the fire spread.
• Trainer's Corner: Dealing with the dangers of meth labs.
• Trainer's Corner: December 2009.
• Trainer's Corner: February 2010.
• Trainer's Corner: Fire protection and the shape of cities.
• Trainer's Corner: Hydro guide for first responders.
• Trainer's Corner: Interface decision making.
• Trainer's Corner: March 2010.
• Trainer's Corner: Mass casualty incident triage.
• Trainer's Corner: May 2009.
• Trainer's Corner: November 2009.
• Trainer's Corner: Placing apparatus on scene.
• Trainer's Corner: Planning for the mayday incident.
• Trainer's Corner: Saving our own through RIT.
• Trainer's Corner: Sizeup key to fighting interface fires.
• Trainer's Corner: Stress debriefing is critical for first responders following trauma.
• Trainer's Corner: The dangers of the front wall.
• Trainer's Corner: The need to practise mayday .
• Trainer's Corner: The science of reading smoke.
• Trainer's Corner: What are your rules for calling mayday?.
• Trainer's Corner: Wildland fire behaviour for structural fire fighters (1st of a series).
• Trainer's Corner: Wildland fire behaviour for structural fire fighters (2nd of a 2-part series).
• Trainer’s Corner: A study of dangerous tactics.
• Trainer’s Corner: Assessing variables is crucial to wildland-urban size up.
• Trainer’s Corner: Wildland fire preparedness .
• Training advice for the 2005 season: The 2005 FireFit season is fast approaching.
• Training days.
• Training pays dividends: Toronto firefighters use rapid ladder escape to flee burning structure.
• TRAINING SAFELY.
• TRAINING SAFELY.
• Training Safely.
• Training Safely: Driver operator training needed for a safe and responsible response.
• Training Safely: Labour inspectors can ticket fire service for OH&S offences.
• TRAINING SAFELY: Oct. 06.
• TRAINING SAFELY:Oct. 05.
• Trapped in icy waters: rescue highlights importance of multi-agency response, woman's will to live.
• Trapped: Successful silo rescue highlights value of mutual aid and need for ongoing training.
• Truck Checks: ABS for the fire service.
• Truck Checks: Air-brake maintenance.
• Truck Checks: Air-brake maintenance – part two.
• Truck Checks: Annual pump testing - Part two.
• Truck Checks: Apparatus 101 – part 2.
• Truck Checks: Apparatus 101: Test your skills.
• Truck Checks: August 2009.
• Truck Checks: Batteries for the bewildered.
• Truck Checks: Bio diesel for the fire service?.
• Truck Checks: Choosing the right motor oil.
• Truck Checks: Coolant problems in fire apparatus.
• Truck Checks: Diagnosing starter condition.
• Truck Checks: February 2010.
• Truck Checks: Grease: A brief introduction.
• Truck Checks: March 2010.
• Truck Checks: May 2009.
• Truck Checks: Measuring a filter’s performance.
• Truck Checks: More transmission tips.
• Truck Checks: November 2009.
• Truck Checks: September 2009.
• Truck Checks: Sustainable apparatus.
• Truck Checks: Total connected load.
• Truck Checks: Transmission tips for fire apparatus.
• Truck Checks: Transmission Tips – Part 3.
• Truck Checks: Transmission tips – part 4.
• Truck Checks: Why can’t I get my fire truck fixed?.
• Up in the air: Autobody shop fire illustrates issues with monitoring equipment .
• Up to standard.
• Volunteer competes at Worlds: He trains on his own, and does it for his health, fun and camaraderie.
• Volunteer Vision: 100 years of service unimpeded by change.
• Volunteer Vision: August 2009.
• Volunteer Vision: Canadians in need of a fire service hero .
• Volunteer Vision: February 2010.
• Volunteer Vision: Getting our training priorities straight.
• Volunteer Vision: Management tactics for instilling value.
• Volunteer Vision: March 2010.
• Volunteer Vision: May 2009.
• Volunteer Vision: November 2009.
• Volunteer Vision: Obstacles in maintaining a volunteer department.
• Volunteer Vision: Platooning – a wild and crazy idea.
• Volunteer Vision: September 2009.
• Volunteer Vision: The voice of experience hushes up and listens.
• Warehouse Inferno:Use of foam was key to containing the fire and saving a second, exposed warehouse.
• Water/ice rescue: Ontario Fire College brings mobile training camp to department.
• Welcome to the future: From fire to rescue.
• Wild Fire.
• Wind wreaks havoc: Massive storm that damaged Stanley Park takes toll on Sooke, B.C., firefighters a.
• Window of opportunity: Johari leadership system builds trust, fosters teamwork .
• Working Fire: A solemn moment.
• Working Fire: Class A foam: Myth v. Reality.
• Working Fire: PASS - an important safety device.
• Working Fire: Preventing the red stuff.
• Working Fire: Reflections on One Hundred Columns .
• Working Fire: The big one.
• Working Fire: The numbers game.
• Working Fire: Thoughts on building, operating water tankers.
• Working Fire: TIC is now accepted tool for all occasions.
• Working Fire: Variations on a theme - building the pumper.
• Working Fire: Witnessing the evoluntion of the fire service .
• Working in hazardous atmospheres.
• Wrong address, right tactics.
• WSIB policy revised to maintain volunteer fire fighter coverage.
• Yellowknife firefighters lost: Line-of-duty deaths.
• Your Call: Attitude adjustments require deft handling.
• Your Call: Discipline 101 for officers.
• Your Call: Goldfeder gets last word on seatbelt issue.
• Your Call: Help us solve management dilemmas.
• Your Call: Managing the messages among your crew members.
• Your Call: Plenty of techniques for handling slacker issue .
• Your Call: Slacking off may be symptom of larger issue.

Blog

April2009

• Flashpoint blog.

August 2008

• Secret list honours fallen DC .
• The fine print behind N.S. lawsuit.

December 2009

• Flashpoint blog.

December2008

• Flashpoint blog: December 2008.

February2009

• Flashpoint blog.
• Observations on a February day.
• Smoke, fire and coincidence.

January2009

• Flashpoint blog: Generalization X.
• Frustrated fire chiefs in good company.
• Leaders need support on sprinklers.
• Managing the sprinkler message.
• Sprinkler issue gets attention.
• Tragedy in Orillia.

July 2009

• Flashpoint blog.

June 2009

• Editor's blog.
• Flashpoint blog.

Main Blog

• A prayer for rain where the wildfires burn.
• Alarming stats on smoke detectors.
• ALF in Chapter 11.
• Blog catch up.
• CFF cover photo.
• Cold spell keeps firefighters busy.
• Developer hooks buyers with sprinklers.
• Developers see value in sprinklers.
• Feedback on sprinklers.
• Fire marshal replies to sprinkler story.
• Firefighter bravery awards.
• FlashPoint blog.
• Flashpoint blog.
• FlashPoint Blog.
• FlashPoint generates feedback.
• Fund for injured firefighter draws criticism.
• Funding priorities skewed by 9-11.
• Highway 400 pile up.
• IAFC working to reduce LODDs.
• Lessons in cold-weather management.
• Looking for fire/rescue stories and photos.
• Manitoba sways cover vote.
• Marketing the Warrior.
• More alarming smoke-detector news.
• More notes from the MFCA.
• Notes from the MFCA.
• OAFC highlights and VOIP misstep.
• Oakville FD-Sperian photos arrive.
• Poll results favour sprinklers in all homes.
• Poll, RIT challenge and floodwaters.
• Quebec's volunteer LODDs .
• Recalling a Canadian natural disaster.
• Rope saves firefighter's life.
• Seatbelts save – ’nuff said.
• Secret List details injuries, deaths.
• Small world, small talk, big fire.
• Sperian road show.
• Spring brings trade show season.
• Sprinklers issue gaining ground.
• Support for sprinklers.
• The H1N1 conundrum.
• The tricky issue of negligence .
• The tricky issue of negligence - part two.
• Tornado surprises fire chief .
• Toronto blaze coverage.
• Toronto fire photos on view.
• Traffic fatalaties fall with rising gas proces.
• U.S. LODD report released.
• View ice-storm video .
• Welcome.
• Winnipeg LODD anniversary today.

Main Blog 2010

• Back to blogging.
• Benefits of blogging.
• Concerned about drinking.
• Flashpoint blog.
• Getting the message out.
• In the news . . . .
• Monday, Monday . . . .
• Movin' on up can present new challenges.
• On Scene.
• On Scene.
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• Success in Lethbridge.

March2009

• Flashpoint blog.

November 2009

• Flashpoint blog.

November2008

• Back to blogging.
• Flashpoint blog.
• Leaping into the 21st century.
• Of black boxes and other things.
• Seatbelts and more.

October2008

• Flashpoint blog - Oct 22.

Sell\'s Blog

• Flashpoint blog.
• Flashpoint blog.
• Flashpoint blog.
• FlashPoint blog.
• Flashpoint blog.
• Flashpoint blog: Incensed over defaced memorial.
• Remembering a fallen colleague.
• The value of online learning.

September 2009

• Flashpoint blog: Sept. 2009.

September2008

• Storm watch.

Brigade News

April-2009

• The Gabriola Fire Department.
• The North Sydney Fire Department.
• The Osoyoos Fire Department.
• The Victoria Fire Department.

August 2009

• The Mirabel Fire Department.
• The Rural Municipality of Rockwood.
• The Village of Innisfree Fire Rescue.

December 2009

• Altona/Rhineland Emergency Services.
• CFB Borden Fire Department.
• CFB Esquimalt Fleet Dive Unit.
• CFB Gagetown Fire Department.
• CFB Petawawa Fire Department.
• CFB Shilo Fire Department.
• CFB Suffield Fire Department.
• CFB Wainwright Fire Department.
• County of St. Paul Fire Department.
• Gimli Fire & Rescue.
• Halifax Regional Fire & Emergency.
• Mississauga Fire and Emergency Services.
• Sproat Lake Volunteer Fire Department.
• The Clarington Fire Department.
• The Cochrane Fire Department.
• The Cranbrook Search and Rescue Society.
• The Fairmont Fire Department.
• The Grand-St-Esprit/Ste-Monique Fire Department.
• The R.M. of Rosser Fire Department.
• The Slate Falls First Nation Fire Department.
• The Township of Wilmont Fire Department.
• Truro Fire Service.

February 2010

• 100 Mile House Fire Rescue.
• Nelson Fire Rescue.
• Salt Spring Island Fire Department.
• The Gore Bay Fire Department.
• The Passmore Fire Department.
• The St. Albert Fire Department.

February-2009

• BA Energy .
• Enderby & District Fire Department.
• The Saskatoon Fire Department .
• Tsiigehtchic Charter Community Fire Department .

January 2010

• Englehart & Area Fire Department.
• Port McNeill Volunteer Fire Department.
• The Kaleden Fire Department.

June-2009

• Cartier Fire Department.
• Chatham Kent Fire Services.
• East Beaches Fire & Rescue.
• Red Lake Fire & Rescue Service.
• Saint Francoise Xavier Fire Department.
• The Kaslo Volunteer Fire Department.
• The Orangeville Fire Department.

March-2009

• Fort McMurray Airport (YYM) .
• Lions Bay Fire Department.
• Niverville Fire and Emergency Services .
• Nokomis and District Fire Co-op .
• Quesnel Fire Deparment.
• The Cornwall Fire Service.
• The Mount Lorne Fire Department.

November 2009

• Barrie Fire & Emergency Service.
• Caledon Fire & Emergency Services.
• Coteau-du-lac Fire Department.
• Delta Fire & Emergency Services.
• Edmonton Fire Rescue.
• Edmonton Fire Rescue.
• La Ville de Brownsburg-Chatham.
• Lac Saint-Francois Fire Department.
• Lincoln Fire Rescue.
• Longue-Pointe-de-Mingan.
• Mayne Island Fire Rescue.
• Merritt Fire & Rescue.
• Ottawa Fire Services.
• Port Moody Fire Rescue.
• Richmond Fire Rescue.
• Rideau Lakes Fire Service.
• Sarnia Fire Rescue Services.
• Stoneham-Tewkesbury Fire Department.
• The Alberton Fire Department.
• The Burnaby Fire Department.
• The Campbellton Fire Department.
• The City of Thorold Fire Department.
• The Edson Fire Department.
• The Fort Saskatchewan Fire Department.
• The Hosmer Fire Department.
• The Kedgwick Fire Department.
• The North Bay Fire Department.
• The Port Hope Fire Department.
• The Township of Mapleton Fire Department.
• Toronto Fire Services.
• Vaughn Fire & Rescue Service.
• Ville de Waterloo Fire Department.
• West Kelowna Fire & Rescue.
• West Kelowna Fire & Rescue.
• West Vancouver Fire & Rescue.

October 2009

• 108 Mile Ranch Fire Department.
• Leduc County Fire Services.
• The Haldimand County Fire Department.
• The Rural Municipality of Cartier.
• The St. Albert Fire Department.

September 2009

• The Killarney-Turtle Mountain Fire Department.

Current Issue

Editorial

• From the editor: January 2010.

Features

• Anatomy of a wildfire.
• Back to Basics: January 2010.
• Back to work.
• Between Alarms: January 2010.
• Extrication Tips: January 2010.
• Fire IQ: January 2010.
• FitSmart: January 2010.
• In the land of wood and water.
• In the navy.
• Olympic challenge.
• Spontaneous Combustion: January 2010.
• The fast track.
• The public education conundrum.
• Top of the world.
• Truck Checks: December 2009.
• Volunteer Vision: December 2009.
• Weather woes.

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• Hero Pipe fights high-rise fires safely .
• High visibility caution tape.
• Hydrant wrench needs backers .
• Hydratrek amphibious vehicle comes to market.
• Imaging Source unveils LED modules.
• Improved handheld CWA and TIC detector.
• In the Watchroom: August 2007.
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• Industrial Scientific introduces MX6 iBrid gas monitor .
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• Modules allow for more focused response.
• Monitor receives CSA approval.
• MSA announces new TIC .
• MSA launches new air masks.
• New Cole Hersee ignition switch available.
• New device alerts deaf .
• New MSA gas detector .
• Notifier launches video smoke detection.
• NOTIFIER releases Mass Notification systems.
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• OGSI releases MOGS-50/100 .
• Onspot tire chains receive ULC approval.
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• RAE introduces controller.
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• Scott facepiece approved.
• Scott Health & Safety introduces BioPak 240 .
• Scott introduces Eagle Imager.
• Sigma switch available.
• Signaling system activates alarms.
• Skid unit turns UTVs into mini-ambulance.
• Smiths launches chemical identifier.
• Sperian Fire showcases the Warrior.
• System eliminates reversing accidents.
• Tool benefits wildland firefighters .
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• Turnout ensemble meets standards.
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• Toronto hotdog vendor seriously burned after falling asleep against heater.
• 10-year-old accused of setting fires.
• 2009 World Police & Fire Games Day 5.
• 2009 World Police & Fire Games, Day 3.
• 500 evacuated after fire at Fort Erie plant.
• 9/11 families still hold memories .
• ACCP: Chefs de pompiers honorés.
• Akron Brass Appoints Hudak as President.
• Alarm bells ringing over B.C. forest fires.
• Alarm raised over lodging house safety.
• Alarms a major issue, prevention officer says.
• Alberta blazes under control.
• Alberta chiefs call for ban on family fireworks.
• Alberta chiefs push tax incentives for volunteers.
• Alberta firefighters contain massive blaze.
• Alberta halts plan to centralize dispatch.
• Alberta tightens building code.
• Alberta to strengthen building, fire codes.
• Alberta transfers ambulance responsibility.
• Albertans 'misleading themselves' about the risks of house fires.
• ALF exits bankruptcy protection.
• Ambulances on red alert after fire.
• American LaFrance celebrates 175 years.
• American LaFrance files for Chapter 11.
• Annex bookstore announces FireCon prize winner.
• Apartment block fire causes $200,000 in damage.
• Apartment building fire forces evacuation .
• Apartment could have been saved: union.
• Apparatus rear-ended during blaze.
• Arbitration could lead to firefighter shortage.
• Arbitrator denies 'two-hatter' grievance.
• Arbitrator settles dispute in St. Catharines.
• Arson destroys house in Sooke.
• Arson probe in Toronto fire.
• Arson suspected in apartment fires.
• Arson suspected in auto-plant blazes.
• Arson, homicide units investigating after Winnipeg teen dies in house fire.
• Association launches drive for memorial.
• Association to launch probe into response.
• B.C. court says it can’t hear Richmond fire fighter’s harassment claim .
• B.C. fire grows to 160 hectares.
• B.C. heat wave increases wildfire threat.
• B.C. orders paramedics back to work.
• B.C. wildfire centre moving to Kamloops .
• B.C. wildfire forces 75 to evacuate.
• Bandido house fire accidental.
• Barn fire kills 10 horses.
• Barn fire kills 5,000 pigs.
• Bathhouse owner admits fire code violations.
• Better communication key for first responders.
• Bill pushes for mandatory dectors.
• Blackstrap ski chalet destroyed by fire.
• Blast sends elderly woman to hospital.
• Blaze at Canfor mill causes damage.
• Blaze destroys golf course storage shed.
• Boatworks blaze destroys multi-million dollar yacht.
• Boatyard blaze baffles fire marshal.
• Body ID’d as missing firefighter .
• Botched call blamed on Internet phone failure.
• Boy, 14, sleeping over friend's house dies in "suspicious'' house fire in Winnipeg.
• Boy, dog rescued from high rise.
• Boys playing with lighter cause fire.
• Burlington chief to retire after 35 years .
• Bush's childhood home torched.
• Busy Sunday for Winnipeg firefighters.
• Cabin fire claims life.
• CAFC 2009 fire chiefs of the year.
• CAFC backs memorial for fallen firefighters.
• CAFC blasts federal budget.
• CAFC campaign targets kids who play with lighters.
• CAFC chooses its ‘fire chiefs of the year’.
• CAFC Fire Rescue Canada 2009.
• CAFC lauches voice-mail campaign.
• CAFC names award recipients.
• CAFC presses for more JEPP funding.
• CAFC urges better fire safety plans.
• CAFC wants action on AG's report.
• Calgary chief elected CAFC president.
• Calgary Fire Department teams with Roughnecks.
• Calgary firefighters pull body from river.
• Calgary Firefighters pull comrade from blaze.
• Calgary joint arson team missing firefighters.
• Calgary man dies in house fire.
• Calgary needs $44 million for fleet.
• Calgary residents back home.
• Campers may have caused blaze near Kelowna.
• Canadian Ken Richardson receives NFPA award.
• Car fire suspicious .
• Cardiac survival rates up 20 per cent.
• Careless smoking blamed for fire.
• Cause of garage fire under investigation.
• Centre for disabled safe: fire marshal.
• CFF writer receives award.
• Chad memorial park honours fallen firefighter.
• Charges against Yellowknife fire chief stayed.
• Charges laid in historic hotel fire.
• Charleston FD releases progress report.
• Chiefs should review requirements for handling E85 fuel.
• Chiefs want emergency response rules lifted.
• Church fire was intentionally set.
• Cigarette butt sparked house fire.
• City ordered to pay firefighters $6 million.
• Claims against propane firm total $900-million.
• Classroom explosion sends five to hospital.
• Cleaning company gutted by fire.
• Coffee, firefighting don't mix: study .
• Cold challenges Saskatoon firefighters.
• Community supports burned-out family.
• Comox fire hall goes green.
• Condo complex damaged in morning blaze.
• Confined-space rescue team called in.
• Council seeks chiefs input for new radio system.
• Councillors lukewarm on sprinklers.
• Couple homeless after fire destroys bungalow.
• Court orders fraudster to pay fire department.
• Crash claims life of firefighting paramedic.
• Crews prepare for early start to forest fire season.
• Crews tackle brush fire near Sheet Harbour .
• CVFSA, Medteq offer training grant.
• Dalhousie residence damaged by fire.
• Dartmouth apartment fire investigated.
• Day 3 action at World Police & Fire Games.
• Death toll from warehouse fire reaches 22.
• Deaths deemed murder/suicide.
• Defibrillator training program debuts in Canada.
• Department denies it was unprepared.
• District chief remembered by former student.
• Doctor, 79, dies after re entering burning home in Windsor, Ont..
• Dog wakes man, saves neighbours from blaze.
• Donations sought for injured Windsor firefighter.
• Draeger counters patent allegations.
• Dryness not adding to fire risk.
• Duplex fire caused by short circuit.
• Edmonton firefighters camp out for charity.
• Eight homeless after fire.
• Elderly man found dead after house fire.
• Elderly man in critical condition following house fire.
• Elderly man taken to hospital after suspicious fire.
• Emergency response times don't alarm fire chief.
• Environment officials notified of fire late.
• Equipment brought in to protect community.
• Esquimalt Fire Department deemed 'toxic'.
• Event raises $4,600 for charities.
• Explosion forces evacuation of homes.
• Explosion, blaze rips through Montreal building.
• Fallen firefighters memorial service.
• Families flee apartment fire.
• Family escapes burning home.
• Family homeless after Christmas Day fire .
• Family loses cats in blaze.
• Farm house destroyed in morning blaze.
• FDNY versus Vancouver police.
• Fear still fresh after fire.
• Fifth anniversary of nightclub fire marked.
• Fire at a seniors' home claims one life .
• Fire chief encourages flood precautions.
• Fire chief paid less than police service head.
• Fire chief, union spar over staffing.
• Fire chiefs warn Industry Canada not to allocate emergency airwaves to public.
• Fire claims four lives in northern Ontario.
• Fire commish is first student registered in JIBC’s bachelor of fire and safety studies.
• Fire crew unawre of poison: report.
• Fire crews battle battery plant blaze.
• Fire crews set for G8 summit.
• Fire damages Simcoe apartment, businesses.
• Fire damages Springfield crematorium.
• Fire damages Winnipeg mint.
• Fire department disbanded.
• Fire department looking for lost air cylinder.
• Fire dept. honoured by SPCA for dog rescue.
• Fire destroys aprtment complex.
• Fire destroys farmer's hay shed.
• Fire destroys historic grain elevator.
• Fire destroys Lac La Biche hotel.
• Fire destroys landmark hotel.
• Fire dispatcher wins communicator award.
• Fire doused at Toronto scrap yard.
• Fire fatalities up over 2007 .
• Fire fighter killed in chopper crash in northern Alta..
• Fire fighters advocate annual memorial parade.
• Fire fighters from across North America pay tribute to two Winnipeg colleagues .
• Fire guts 100-year-old building.
• Fire guts house, woman sent to hospital.
• Fire guts two homes.
• Fire hits pizza store near Chatham, Ont.
• Fire leaves eight families homeless.
• Fire marshal targets cooking fires.
• Fire marshal worried about numbers of deaths.
• Fire officials investigate explosion, fire .
• Fire rips through flower shop.
• Fire service honoured for innovation.
• Fire service leaders tackle diversity issues.
• Fire strikes concrete plant.
• Fire sweeps through 14 buildings in Massachusetts.
• Fire truck seized for street racing.
• Fire-hall crests become hot issue.
• Firefighter delay may have fanned wildfire.
• Firefighter honoured for rescue.
• Firefighter injured battling apartment blaze.
• Firefighter memorial defaced by vandal.
• Firefighter monument unveiled in Peterborough.
• Firefighter remembered as modern-day knight.
• Firefighter succumbs to battle with brain cancer.
• Firefighter's death a result of poor supervision.
• Firefighters battle Copper Meadows blaze .
• Firefighters cancer bill a major step forward.
• Firefighters douse blaze at vacant building.
• Firefighters gather for memorial.
• Firefighters pay tribute to fallen.
• Firefighters quit over personnel issues.
• Firefighters remember colleague killed in crash.
• Firefighters rescue girl pinned under van.
• Firefighters rescue helper dog.
• Firefighters rescue parasailer.
• Firefighters rescue trapped woman.
• Firefighters respond to 43 storm-related calls.
• Firefighters vow to fight cuts.
• Firefighters work overnight at house blaze.
• Firefighters' union appeals Habs' fan's demotion.
• Fireforce Apparatus picks up Fort Garry in B.C..
• Firepit policy under review.
• Fireplace wood sparks blaze.
• Fires erupt in several Alberta locations.
• Five believed dead in house fire.
• Five-alarm blaze in Toronto.
• Forest fire forces evacutation.
• Former Esquimalt chief receives payout.
• Former firefighter gets apology.
• Four-man crews to remain in Campbell River.
• Fredericton firefighters ratify contract.
• Fredericton station official oppening next month.
• Funeral set for Mississauga chief.
• Gas leak causes explosion, fire.
• Gas station fire causes $500,00 in damages.
• Gasoline tanker truck bursts into flames north of Boston, ignites homes, cars.
• Gatineau union president suspended.
• Girl, 15, charged with arson.
• Graduating recruits bolster Oakville ranks.
• Grass fire spreads to house.
• Grass fires keep department busy.
• Grow op discovered in trailer.
• Grow-ops on the rise, fire marshal says.
• Halifax family flees burning home.
• Halifax in deadlock over health and safety.
• Halloween keeps Vancouver departments busy.
• Hanging up his helmet.
• Hazards found in fatal blaze.
• Health Canada issues fire warning.
• Heating system malfunctions forces residents out .
• Helicopter crash kills four.
• Historic buildings destroyed by fire .
• Hollywood screenwriter makes public education DVDs.
• Home heating remains second highest cause of fire in the American home .
• Honoring fallen firefighters.
• Hospital faces fire safety charge.
• Hot spots remain in N.S. brush fire.
• House fire claims lives of elderly couple.
• House fire claims woman, injures husband.
• House fire kills three.
• House fire linked to marijuana grow op .
• House fire sends six to hospital.
• House fire sends two to hospital.
• Hydrants shut off at "odd" blaze.
• IAFC joins call for sprinklers.
• Iconic hotel gutted in blaze.
• Illegal suits headache for fire department.
• Inadequate planning blamed for Quebec firefighter's death.
• Industrial fire tears through Leduc shop.
• Investigation continues in fatal fire .
• Investigators deem restaurant blaze accidental.
• Investigators piece together last moments.
• Investigators recover remains of two from fire.
• Kitchener area firefighters remembered.
• Lack of smoke alarms frustrates fire officials.
• Lakehead University fire cause unknown.
• Landfill fire under watch.
• Laroche new fire marshal.
• Laval restaurant destroyed by fire.
• Lax sprinklers laws put lives at risk.
• Liberals push for school alarm checks.
• Lightning causes several B.C. blazes.
• Lillooet fire growing.
• Machinery set on fire in Quebec.
• Major contracts awarded to Safetek.
• Man badly burned in apartment fire.
• Man dies in house fire.
• Man dies in Richmond Hill blaze.
• Man suffers critical injuries in apartment fire.
• Manitoba changes building code .
• Massive blaze razes Toronto buildings.
• Massive condo fire leaves hundreds homeless.
• Massive fire destroys historic buildings in downtown Barrie, Ont. .
• Mayor asks PM to ensure armoury is rebuilt.
• Maytag recalls fridges over fire hazard.
• Mediator finds women fire fighters in Richmond endured harassment at work.
• Meth Training for first responders expanded in Rural Manitoba .
• Milton fire fighters bring home the bronze.
• Ministry braces for fire season.
• Mom recounts tossing children to safety.
• Mom tosses kids out window during blaze.
• Moncton team wins world combat challenge.
• Moncton tops in Atlantic MDC fundraising.
• More animals found in burned house.
• More families set to evacuate.
• Morning fire destroys businesses.
• Morning house fire kills one.
• Most seniors homes comply with sprinkler order.
• Mother, children jump from window.
• Mountie pulls senior from fire.
• Mourners remember Quebec volunteer firefighter.
• MPPs go to bat for volunteer firefighters.
• Mushroom-plant fire may cause job losses.
• N.B. acts to fix presumtive legislation.
• N.B. chief re-elected as CVFSA president.
• N.B. family of seven feels blessed despite losing everything in fire.
• N.B. forest fire contained.
• N.S. fire cost reaches $800,000.
• N.S. firefighters gear up for challenge.
• N.S. firefighters respond to blaze .
• N.S. man dies in house fire.
• N.S. residents flee brush fire.
• Nanaimo looks at standardized training.
• NASA monitoring Saskatchewan wildfires.
• Neighbour leads fight against fire.
• Neighbours called heroes.
• New B.C. fire commissioner named.
• New Bamfield Volunteer Fire Department’s East Hall .
• New contract for Moose Jaw firefighters.
• New fire hall to mean faster response times.
• New legislation to help in emergencies.
• Newfoundland buys new waterbombers.
• Newfoundland fire index low.
• Niagara Falls landmark gutted by fire.
• Nightclub Fire in China Kills 43.
• No cause yet in seniors' home blaze.
• No smoke alarms, no lienency: fire department.
• No working smoke detectors in fatal fire .
• Nova Scotia firefighters lend a hand in Newfoundland.
• Nova Scotia Forest Fire under control.
• Nova Scotia grass fire season starts early.
• Nursing homes without sprinklers ordered closed.
• OAFC calls for residential sprinkler systems.
• OAFC president addresses memorial service.
• Occupants, firefighter treated for smoke inhalation.
• Off duty firefighters rescue man.
• Off-duty fire fighters honoured by the Toronto Professional Fire Fighters’ Association.
• Officers save retirement home residents.
• Officials busy in Saint John as fire bug hits dumpsters.
• Officials concerned about rash of fires.
• Officials investigate two suspicious fires.
• OFM releases Orillia fire scene.
• Olympian’s sister rescued by firefighter.
• One dead after apartment fire.
• One dead in apartment fire.
• One dead in Toronto fire.
• One dead in Toronto fire.
• One dead, eight homeless after N.S. blaze.
• One missing, another burned in B.C. fire.
• One person dead in fire early Thursday in Windsor, Ont. .
• Ontario approves high rise sprinklers.
• Ontario firefighters honour fallen comrades.
• Ontario memorial service set for Sunday.
• Ontario premier expresses condolences.
• Ontario volunteers get parity with full timers.
• OPP, fire marshal to fight drug labs.
• Orillia firefighters commended for saving lives.
• Ottawa ceremony to honour fallen Calgary firefighter.
• Ottawa chief calls for sprinklers in homes.
• Ottawa lays out national emergency plan .
• Overnight fire at Syncrude oilsands is under investigation .
• Owner of fire-bombed restaurant dies .
• Pair charged with throwing Molotov cocktail.
• Paramedics say hospital delays causing deaths.
• Parents of fallen firefighter speak out.
• Person seen running from fire.
• Petawawa considers sites for fire hall.
• Peterborough switches to 24-hour shifts.
• Peterborough-area blaze under investigation.
• Pickup carrying fireworks causes blaze.
• Playground provides fire-safety message.
• Police arrest two in Winnipeg house fire that killed 14 year old boy.
• Police rule house fire that killed four in Knightville, N.B., accidental.
• Poverty contributing to fire-lighting culture.
• Presumptive legislation announced.
• Presumptive legislation extends to volunteers.
• Propane facility explosion forces mass evacuation.
• Province adopts NFPA life safety code.
• Quebec firefigher mourned.
• Raging blazes fuel precautions.
• RCMP investigate fatal fire.
• Red Cross okays chest-compression CPR.
• Regiment salvages history from armoury .
• Remains found after explosion.
• Rendering plant fire forces evacuation.
• Report on amalgamating fire stations delayed.
• Report reveals details of Kingston accident.
• Rescue boat sinks in Lake Simcoe.
• Resident treated following apartment fire.
• Residential fire in Barrie claims life .
• Residents defy evacuation order.
• Residents return home.
• Response vehicles raise questions.
• Richmond Hill names new deupty chief.
• Richmond, B.C., firefighters to favour women and minorities while hiring.
• Sackville, N.B. chief resigns.
• SAFC delegates enjoy new format.
• Safety concerns continue to delay CTV fire investigation.
• Safety not gender drives protective gear adjustments.
• Salvage yard tire fire under investigation.
• Saskatchewan farm dealership destroyed .
• Sawdust suspected in lumber-yard fire.
• School fire caused by floor polisher.
• School fire sparks memories of 1996 blaze.
• School fire started by kids with matches.
• School roof among 11 fires in Halifax area.
• Second hog barn fire kills animals.
• Second major blaze in Barrie in five months.
• Second woman in Ottawa apartment fire dies.
• Security measures hinder entry for firefighters .
• Seniors evacuated after fire .
• Smoke alarm removed.
• Smoke alarm saves life.
• Smoke pours from Executive Office at White House compound.
• Smoking likely cause of fatal weekend fire.
• Smouldering cigarette caused blaze .
• Sparky is Smart ... and he's got the car to prove it.
• Spectacular blaze guts Pickering home.
• Sprinkler does its job to protect Regina hospital.
• Storied tavern burns down.
• Strathcona County (Alta.) fire fighters’ strategic plan .
• Sunday no day of rest for firefighters .
• Surrey Fire Service to dispatch for Shuswap.
• Suspect caught on video lighting night club fire.
• Suspicious Cape Breton fire under investigation.
• Suspicious fire strikes construction site.
• Syncrude Fire Update.
• Tanker trucks explode at Quebec gas station.
• Tater Tots start blaze in Idaho firehouse .
• Tecumseh deputy chief defends response.
• Teen faces charges after vehicle fires.
• Teen rescued by firefighters' brute force.
• Teens arrested in landmark blaze.
• Teens charged in thefts from apartments.
• Teens missing after house fire.
• Teens rescued from partially frozen pond .
• Tenant fined $45,000 and given jail sentence.
• The city to start cleaning blast site.
• Thieves swipe gear from fire hall.
• Thirty left homeless as fire strikes five triplexes.
• Thirty-three per cent of fires linked to electricity.
• Three businesses fined for fire code violations.
• Three dead after Waterloo fire.
• Three dead in apartment building blaze.
• Three dead in Manitoba house fire.
• Three dead in trailer park fire.
• Three homes damaged in fire.
• Three killed in Toronto house fire.
• Three Ottawa firefighters injured in weekend blazes.
• Three taken to hospital after townhouse fire.
• Three-alarm blaze causes $4 million in damage.
• Tires catch fire at garage.
• Toasters recalled due to fire hazard.
• Toronto fire photos on view.
• Toronto Fire Services accepting applications.
• Toronto honours fallen firefighers.
• Toughest competitor event a test of endurance.
• Town benefits from provincial fire fund.
• Townhouse fire claims life.
• Townhouse fire spreads to adjacent homes.
• Trailers vulnerable to fire.
• Train accident site deemed safe.
• Transport Canada investigating engine fire.
• Truck fire closes Trans-Canada.
• Two charged in Barrie fire.
• Two dead in cabin fire .
• Two die in N.S. house fire.
• Two injured in house fire in Winnipeg.
• Two-alarm fire strikes deli.
• U.S. line-of-duty deaths reach 115 in 2007.
• U.S. safety board can't rule out laptop batteries as cause of UPS plane fire.
• Underground fire paralyzes Vancouver.
• Union wants to organize volunteer firefighters .
• Utah company coins fire-resistant fabric.
• Vancouver explosion deliberately set.
• Vancouver FD expands fleet.
• Vancouver hosts World Police & Fire Games.
• Vancouver park board raises hazard rating.
• Vehicle arson investigated.
• Veteran district chief worked through the ranks.
• Victims of Vancouver blaze identified.
• Volunteer fire chief loses business in fire.
• Warehouse fire damage pegged at $1 million.
• Waterloo's Dwayne Drover wins world title.
• Waterloo's move not to raise taxes may hike fire insurance rates .
• Whitehorse crews extinguish fourth wildfire.
• Wildfire smoke blankets much of Yukon.
• Windsor firefighters mourn 'sweet kid'.
• Winnipeg firefighter among finalists for prestigious IAFC Award .
• Winnipeg firefighters rescue woman.
• Winnipeg officers help save 10 people from home deliberately set ablaze.
• Winnipeg stockpiles flu supplies.
• Woman charged with arson.
• Woman dies after house fire.
• Woman dies in Toronto apartment fire.
• Woman injured in trailer park fire.
• Woman rescued after falling through ice.
• Woman suffers burns in N.B. fire.
• Wood burning stove sparks fire.
• Wood stove blamed for fatal fire.
• Workers back after fire at Chrysler.
• Workers' torch started casino fire.
• World Police & Fire Games.
• World Police & Fire Games Day 5.
• World Police & Fire Games, Grouse Grind.
• Young girl dies after fire that killed father.
• Youths charged in fire at park.

Newsflash

• Fire marshal concerned about number of deaths.

Newsletter

April2009

• Alberta fire department disbanded.
• CVFSA announces training grant.
• FFIC 2010 golf tourney.
• Flashpoint blog.
• Propane aftermath.
• Q and A with author Dave Hugelschaffer.
• Recruitment trends.
• Shows must go on.

August 2008

• Fallout from Toronto propane explosion .
• Akron Brass Appoints Hudak as president.
• Coffee, firefighting don't mix: study .
• Remembering a fallen colleague.
• Remembering a fallen colleague.
• Smiths launches chemical identifier.
• The fine print behind N.S. lawsuit.

August2009

• New vehicle technology.
• Toughest competitor event a test of endurance.

December2008

• Apparatus Issues.
• Cornerstone: Embracing, and selling, change .
• Dalhousie residence damaged by fire.
• FitSmart: Heart rates and results.
• Flashpoint blog.
• Leadership Forum: Committing to leadership training.
• Truck Checks: Apparatus 101: Test your skills.
• Volunteer Vision: Taking the volunteer out of the department? .

December2009

• Anatomy of a wildfire.
• Department deemed toxic.
• Flashpoint blog.
• NFPA Impact.

Febraury2010

• FFIC at the Olympics.
• Olympic feat.
• On Scene.
• On Scene blog.
• Straight Talk: February 2010.

February2009

• CAFC blasts federal budget.
• City ordered to pay firefighters six million dollars.
• Flashpoint blog.
• Meet our editorial advisory board.
• OFM releases Orillia fire scene.
• The Fire Within.
• Trainer's Corner.
• Training days.

January2009

• Being prepared.
• Flashpoint blog.
• Flashpoint blog: Generalization X.
• Keep it simple and entertaining .
• Lax sprinklers laws put lives at risk.
• Leaders need support on sprinklers.
• Managing disaster.
• No cause yet in seniors' home blaze.
• Rapid fire: Tackling the dangers of lightweight construction.
• Union wants to organize volunteer firefighters .

January2010

• Canadians excel at world combat challenge.
• Gatineau union president suspended.
• Union questions response time.
• Weather woes.

July2009

• Construction starts on B.C. wildfire centre.
• Flashpoint blog.

June2009

• Flashpoint.
• Grow-ops on the rise, fire marshal says.
• New Brunswick acts to fix presumptive legislation.
• OPP, fire marshal to fight drug labs.
• Simultaneous response.
• Windsor firefighters, city square off in arbitration.

March2009

• National survey results.
• Best practice.
• Fire ground communication.
• Flashpoint blog.
• Playing catch up on cables .
• Registration is now open for the FFIC 2009 Provinical Open.
• State of emergency?.
• Survey winners.

March2010

• Arbitrator denies 'two-hatter' grievance.
• BLOGS.
• Crews prepare for early start to forest fire season.
• Former Esquimalt chief receives payout.
• Movin' on up can present new challenges.
• Nova Scotia firefighters lend a hand in Newfoundland.
• Ottawa lays out national emergency plan .

May2009

• Brigade News now online.
• FFIC wants to tell your story.
• Flashpoint blog.
• OAFC photo gallery.

Newsletter

• 10-year-old accused of setting fires.
• 500 evacuated after fire at Fort Erie plant.
• Alarming stats on smoke detectors.
• Alberta blazes under control.
• Alberta tightens building code.
• ALF exits bankruptcy protection.
• Answering the call: Training for industrial response.
• Apparatus issues.
• Association to launch probe into response.
• At your service.
• Banding together: New Brunswick consolidates ambulance service.
• Burlington chief to retire after 35 years .
• Calgary firefighters pull comrade from blaze.
• Captain Boomer and the Company of Ys .
• City to start cleaning blast site.
• Digital Magazine .
• Education and training listings.
• Feedback on sprinklers.
• Fire chief, union spar over staffing.
• Fire guts 100-year-old building.
• Fire IQ.
• Fire IQ: Promoting consistency in fire-service terminology.
• Firefighter memorial defaced by vandal.
• Firefighter remembered as modern-day knight.
• Fires raze landmarks: Winter blazes challenge firefighters .
• FitSmart.
• FitSmart.
• FitSmart.
• Flashpoint blog.
• Flashpoint blog.
• Flashpoint blog: Incensed over defaced memorial.
• Flashpoint blog: Leaders you may not know.
• Flashpoint: Is fire fighting a profession or a skilled trade?.
• Halifax in deadlock over health and safety.
• Have your say.
• Have your say.
• Have your say in our new online poll.
• Have your say on residential sprinklers.
• Letters to the Editor: February 2008.
• New Brunswick consolidates ambulance service.
• New Products.
• NFPA Impact: Canada needs to get tough on cigarette manufacturers.
• Notes from the MFCA.
• OAFC highlights and VOIP misstep.
• Ontario approves high-rise sprinklers.
• Personnel Peeve.
• Photo of Week.
• Pictures from the OAFC.
• Poll.
• Poll results favour sprinklers in all homes.
• Poverty contributing to fire-lighting culture.
• Pre-plan thwarts disaster: N.B. flood management focuses on local responders.
• Public education needs overhaul.
• Qualified firefighters or just volunteers?.
• Raging blazes fuel precautions.
• Report reveals details of Kingston accident.
• Second major blaze in Barrie in five months.
• Six alarms: Toronto battles historic blaze.
• Small world, small talk, big fire.
• Smiths launches chemical identifier.
• Solving management dilemmas.
• Sperian Fire showcases the Warrior.
• Spontaneous Combustion.
• Spontaneous Combustion.
• The tricky issue of negligence .
• The tricky issue of negligence - part two.
• The value of online learning.
• Three dead in apartment building blaze.
• Top-notch training: State-of-the-art training institute opens doors to all departments.
• Toronto honours fallen firefighers.
• Truck Checks: Transmission tips for fire apparatus.
• Your Call: Slacking off may be symptom of larger issue.

November2008

• Apparatus Issues.
• Association launches drive for memorial.
• Building a better, safer home.
• FitSmart.
• Flashpoint blog.
• Leaping into the 21st century.
• POLL.
• Poll.
• Survey of Canadian Fire Services.
• Volunteer Vision: Canadians in need of a fire service hero .

November2009

• B.C. orders paramedics back to work.
• CAFC wants action on AG's report.
• Emissions issues.
• Flashpoint blog.
• Moncton team clinches world combat challenge.
• Ontario volunteers get parity.
• Pandemic preparedness.
• Waterloo's Dwayne Drover wins world title.
• Windsor firefighters vow to fight cuts.

October2008

• 2008 Canadian fire services survey.
• Association launches drive for memorial.
• Canadian Firefighter and EMS Quarterly.
• Fire truck seized for street racing.
• FitSmart.
• Flashpoint blog.
• Former firefighter gets apology.
• New poll.
• NFPA Impact: Do we need a national fire services advisor? .
• Propane blast rocks Toronto.
• Spontaneous Combustion.

October2009

• CAFC photo gallery.
• Closing the gap.
• Fire IQ.
• Flashpoint blog.
• In the navy.
• Incident report.
• Niagara Falls landmark gutted by fire.
• Winnipeg stockpiles flu supplies.

September2008

• Firefighters remember colleague killed in crash.
• Hardwood Artisans develops new line of space-saving beds for Firefighters.
• ON OUR HOME PAGE.
• Storm watch.
• Survey of Canadian Fire Services.
• The spice of life.

September2009

• CAFC campaign targets kids who play with lighters.
• CAFC names fire chiefs of the year.
• CAFC urges better fire safety plans.
• Flashpoint blog.
• Thieves swipe gear from fire hall.
• Winnipeg union, management forge new relationship.

Web Exclusives

April2009

• Flashpoint blog.
• Q and A with author Dave Hugelschaffer.

August 2008

• At your service.
• Captain Boomer and the Company of Ys .

August 2009

• Flashpoint blog: September 2009.

December 2009

• Flashpoint blog.

December2008

• Committing to leadership training.
• Embracing, and selling, change.
• FitSmart: Heart rates and results.
• Flashpoint blog.
• Taking the volunteer out of the department?.

February2009

• 2008 Canadian fire department survey.
• Flashpoint blog.
• Trainer's Corner: Advancing the attack hose.

January

• FitSmart.
• FitSmart.
• FitSmart.
• FitSmart.
• FitSmart.
• FitSmart.
• Flashpoint blog.
• FlashPoint blog.
• Flashpoint blog.
• FlashPoint Blog.
• Flashpoint blog.
• FlashPoint blog.
• It's not my problem?.
• Personnel Peeve.
• Qualified or volunteer?.
• Spontaneous Combustion.
• Spontaneous Combustion.
• Superstars or suckers? .
• The Accidental Champion.

January2009

• Extrication Tips: Vehicle lockout guide.
• Flashpoint blog: Generalization X.

July 2009

• Flashpoint blog.

June 2009

• Flashpoint.

March2009

• Flashpoint blog.
• Playing catch up on cables .

November 2009

• Flashpoint blog.

November2008

• FitSmart: Compound movements.

October2008

• FitSmart: Want to bulk up? .
• Flashpoint blog.

September2008

• The Spice of life.

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