Matthew Pegg
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Toronto fire chief who played key role in COVID-19 response announces retirementToronto Fire Chief Matthew Pegg, who was a key figure in the city's COVID-19 response, has announced his retirement.CanadaMay 10, 2024
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Officials investigating after explosion at Toronto homeIn a tweet Saturday at around 9:50 a.m., Toronto fire chief Matthew Pegg said the service's investigations team was on the scene at a home on Cedric Avenue.FireDec 24, 2022
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TDSB files $90M lawsuit against Toronto Fire Services, police, province over York Memorial CI fire"The consequences of the fire have been devastating for the TDSB as well as its staff and its students," the 27-page statement of claim dated on May 5 said.CanadaMay 6, 2021
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Coronavirus: Toronto’s emergency operations centre upgraded to Level 3, its highest levelThe City of Toronto's emergency operations centre is now operating at its highest level after the province declared a state of emergency due to the novel coronavirus outbreak.CanadaMar 18, 2020
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City of Toronto activates ’emergency operations centre’ in response to coronavirusThe City of Toronto says it has begun the next phase of managing COVID-19 activating its "Emergency Operations Centre (EOC)" in response to the global pandemic of coronavirus.HealthMar 12, 2020
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Toronto firefighter charged after fire truck hits 11-year-old girl while responding to callThe firefighter, whose name was not released, was charged with careless driving causing bodily harm and passing a stopped vehicle at a crossover.CanadaJan 17, 2020
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Homicide detectives investigating fatal Scarborough apartment fireToronto Fire Services Chief Matthew Pegg said crews were called to the building on Bay Mills Boulevard, near Warden and Sheppard avenues, shortly after 3 a.m.CanadaJan 13, 2020
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Toronto fire chief reflects on busy 2019, high-profile investigationsChief Matthew Pegg said that over the course of the year, Toronto Fire Services responded more than 300,000 times to approximately 132,000 incidents.CanadaDec 31, 2019
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3-alarm fire breaks out at Queen Street West restaurant in TorontoEmergency crews were called to a restaurant on Queen Street West, just west of Dufferin Street, shortly after 5 a.m. on Tuesday for reports of a fire.CanadaNov 19, 2019
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Person found dead after 5-alarm fire at Toronto apartment building, hundreds displaced"Some secondary searches were conducted and some investigations, at which point a body was located on one of the balconies."CanadaNov 16, 2019
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