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It was the acrid stench of smoke that replaced the sweet smell of lavender Monday as officials picked their way through a burned hay field that had doubled as a parking area for the Niagara Lavender Festival.

At a recent Hawkesbury council meeting, held on Monday, June 25, 2018, Fire Chief Roger Champagne was awarded the Fire Services Exemplary Service Medal by Hawkesbury Mayor Jeanne Charlebois.

London has a new fire chief and she is one of only a handful of women in Canada to hold the job. 

One person is dead and another injured after an early morning fire in Dundas.

GRAVENHURST — The Gravenhurst Fire Department is continuing to monitor a July 7 brush fire, according to a tweet Sunday, July 8 morning.

A large, fast-moving grass fire sparked in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ont., Sunday scorched dozens of vehicles, causing more than $1 million in damage.

A group of dedicated St. Thomas firefighters braved the sweltering heat Thursday afternoon to take part in confined space training – just one example of the commitment and devotion it takes to be a member of the fire service.

Timmins municipal firefighters might become television stars. It all depends on whether city council agrees to sign on to a Discovery Channel reality program called Hellfire Heroes Season 2.

They ride IN their vehicles day and night, but Huron County emergency services personnel have discovered it’s not that easy to PULL one of them.

"The Township of South Stormont Fire and Emergency Services has instituted a burn ban, effective immediately, throughout the entire Township due to dangerous burning conditions from the recent hot, dry weather," the Township said in an emailed sta