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  • Quebec Volunteers Quitting Amid Training Regs

    News
    Posted: November 28th, 2011

    Enforcement of re-certification regulations has led many volunteer firefighters in Chelsea, Quebec to quit.The regulations, which were created in 2006, stipulate firefighters need to complete 300 hours of training to re-certify, according to...


  • On The Job: Ontario

    Article
    Posted: May 24th, 2011

      On Sunday, Oct. 10, 2010, a four-alarm fire destroyed a vacant four-story mill on the Cornwall, Ontario, waterfront. The four-story building, part of Canada Cotton Mills, was constructed in the early 1900s of heavy timber and brick. The roof was...


  • Three People Die in Quebec, Canada Fire

    News
    Posted: September 7th, 2004

    Two young children, a boy and a girl, and their grandmother died Tuesday when a fire broke out in a four-storey residential building northeast of Montreal.


  • Quebec Firefighter Dies on Christmas Eve

    News
    Chateauguay Fire Department, Quebec
    Posted: December 27th, 2002

    Christmas Eve is normally a time filled with holiday celebration and joyful spirits, but on this day, Thursday, December 24, Châteauguay firefighters mourned deeply, as one of their brothers died in the line of duty.