Fire Response

• Fire Station No. 5 ready to open in west Lethbridge

  It's the first fire station added to the city of Lethbridge in decades, and now, it's ready to open. The new fire station is located in the Watermark community in west Lethbridge.

  Canada

  Jun 18, 2021
  
• 1 displaced after fire at home in Edmundston, N.B.: Red Cross

  The fire was reported shortly after 1 p.m. at a home on St. Georges Avenue. 

  Fire

  Nov 17, 2019
  
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• Grenfell Tower residents told to ‘stay put’ during deadly fire, but report says that was wrong

  Residents who called the London Fire Brigade in the early stages were advised to stay put in their apartments, in line with the standard policy for fires in high-rise residential blocks.

  World

  Jun 4, 2018
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• Concerns raised on social media over ambulance response to Eastern Passage fire

  While the Deputy Chief of Halifax Regional Fire and Emergency acknowledged there was no ambulance on stand-by while crews fought the inferno, he wasn't concerned that any lives would be endangered due to a potential medical emergency.

  Canada

  Mar 28, 2018
• Calgary city council reaffirms 7-minute citywide fire response target

  Council debated a report for hours that recommended fire response in newer areas be set back to a 10-minute target.

  Politics

  Mar 20, 2018
• Stay put and wait for instructions? London fire casts doubt on high-rise rule

  The catastrophic blaze at a London apartment tower has brought new scrutiny to a long-accepted, counter-intuitive rule for people in tall buildings

  Fire

  Jun 17, 2017