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Phone chargers recalled over fire and electric shock risk

Phone chargers recalled over fire and electric shock risk

Mar 30, 2018

Health Canada has issued a recall for several brands of uncertified cell phone chargers that pose an "unacceptable risk of electric shock or a fire if used". More than 1.5 million chargers are included in the recall. Click here to read more.  

Calgary upholds seven minute fire response target

Calgary upholds seven minute fire response target

Mar 30, 2018

Calgary's city  council has decided against increasing its fire response target from seven minutes to ten. Calgary's fire chief was concerned the longer response time could result in a higher risk for people and property. Click here to read more.

Calgary contractor calls for mandatory boiler inspections

Calgary contractor calls for mandatory boiler inspections

Mar 30, 2018

After being called in to inspect the boilers at an Airdrie apartment building where a young boy died after being exposed to high levels of carbon monoxide a Calgary contractor is calling on municipal and provincial authorities to make boiler inspections mandatory....

Fire Chief suggests innovative way to create more parking spaces

Fire Chief suggests innovative way to create more parking spaces

Mar 30, 2018

Surrey's Fire Chief, Len Garis, has suggested reducing the size of fire hydrant no parking spaces by half would allow firefighters appropriate access while dramatically increasing the number of street parking spaces in Metro Vancouver. Click here to read more.

Up to Code makes life easier for Medicine Hat landlords

Up to Code makes life easier for Medicine Hat landlords

Mar 30, 2018

The city of Medicine Hat has introduced a publicly available registry of secondary suites that have been inspected by fire officials who ensure the suites comply with building codes. Thirty-five landlords have applied to the program and another 50 applications are...

March in fire history – the Happy Land fire

March in fire history – the Happy Land fire

Mar 6, 2018

On March 25, 1990 an arson fire killed 87 people trapped in the unlicensed Happy Land Social Club in the Bronx, New York City, seventy-nine years to the day after the infamous Triangle Shirtwaist fire. Click here to read more.

Side by side sprinkler demonstration, Langley

Mar 6, 2018

At the Home and Family Sprinkler Summit in Langley presenters carried out a live burn demonstration of side by side structures - one equipped with sprinklers and one not. The results were dramatic. Click here to read more.

Ontario coroner’s panel to look at 58 indigenous fire deaths

Ontario coroner’s panel to look at 58 indigenous fire deaths

Mar 5, 2018

An Ontario coroner's panel will be looking into nearly 60 indigenous fire deaths in that province in the last decade. The panel will include coroners, forensic pathologists, fire investigators and members of Ontario's indigenous communities. Click here to read more.

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