Monthly Archives: October 2009

Starting work on moving bcftoa.com here

I’ve started to move the big site to this server. This will be done over a number weeks. There will be no disruption in service, but there could be small glitches as linked objects get moved and re-linked.
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More Students needed – Electrical Safety for Firefighters Train the Trainer

The Fall 2009 Winter 2010 class schedule is available here
We have not seen the attendance that we had hoped for in the past year. We would urge you all to ensure that we get more of our people out to these sessions, as everyone involved has worked long and hard to bring this program to [...]

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NIOSH fatality report recommends marking vacant buildings

NIOSH fatality report recommends marking vacant buildings
By Ken Robinson,  FireRescue1 Staff
ATLANTA, Ga. — Fire departments, municipalities and organizations like NFPA that set standards should consider developing and implementing a system for identifying and marking unoccupied, vacant or abandoned structures to improve firefighter safety, a NIOSH report recommends.
The firefighter fatality report was released Monday almost three [...]

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Job Posting – Fort Nelson Fire Chief

 
Fire Chief
  The Northern Rockies Regional Municipality is seeking a dynamic leader to fill the position of Fire Chief.  Fort Nelson Fire Rescue is a composite department comprised of a Chief, Deputy Chief, 5 full time IAFF members and 20 Paid-on-call Firefighters.  We provide protective, investigative and inspection services for a population of about 7,000 [...]

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Squamish Fire/Rescue Hire new Deputy Chief

Squamish Fire Rescue and the District of Squamish are very pleased to announce that Mike Adams has just accepted the position of Deputy Fire Chief. Mike is leaving his post as Assistant Fire Chief, Operations and Logistics, for the District of North Vancouver and brings to Squamish 20 years of fire service experience and a talent [...]

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