Fire News Headlines
Brant OKs building three new fire halls
Work is expected to begin in the fall on three new fire halls in Cainsville, Scotland and Onondaga at a cost of more than $3.5 million.
Eight livestock killed, $500K in damage from early-morning blaze at Sebringville’s Luckhart Transport
The cause is still unknown, but the early-morning blaze that destroyed part of a family-owned Sebringville livestock trucking company has inflicted $500,000 in damage.
Cancer top cause of firefighter fatal workplace claims, study finds
Cancer is a leading cause of death among Canadian firefighters, according to a University of the Fraser Valley (UFV) study, which draws on a decade of data from worker compensation boards.
Almost half of Hamilton house fires last year had no working smoke alarm
Just over half of the residences that caught fire last year in Hamilton had working smoke alarms.
Fire prevention a key to stopping the wave of house fires
North Bay Fire Chief Jason Whiteley says the rash of fires recently in North Bay is the most he has experienced since he joined the North Bay Fire Department in September of 2016.
Woman unaccounted for after fire destroys Pickering home
Officials say one woman is unaccounted for following a fire that destroyed a home in Pickering early this morning.
New firefighter regulations concern Bluewater fire chief
Bluewater fire chief Dave Renner came to council on March 19 to voice his concerns with the new firefighter regulations that have been enforced by fire departments across the province.
High-ranking Brampton firefighter hospitalized in violent crash
A Brampton district fire chief is in hospital after a violent crash in Brampton early Tuesday.
Fatal fire at Bancroft retirement home caused by ‘careless smoking’
Careless smoking caused a fire that killed an elderly woman at a retirement home in Bancroft earlier this month, the Ontario Fire Marshall’s Office said.
Seven University of Guelph students homeless after house fire
A fire that gutted a home in Guelph that has left seven University of Guelph students without a place to live just two weeks before final exams was caused by an open flame near combustible