United Fire Fighters Of Winnipeg

• Winnipeg firefighters battle to prevent cancer

  Every year firefighters around the world die of work-related cancers, which is why January is dedicated to bringing awareness to the occupational hazard.

  Canada

  Jan 10, 2023
  
• Winnipeg firefighter union warns of staffing shortages: ‘Something’s going to snap’

  According to city data, from Monday to Sunday last week, crews were short-handed three times when overtime shifts for those who were sick, or dealing with burnout went unfilled.

  Fire

  Jun 28, 2022
  
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• Mayor decries ‘lack of communication’ by Winnipeg firefighters union around racism

  Mayor Brian Bowman released a statement to the media Friday decrying a "lack of public communication" by the firefighters' union on systemic racism.

  Canada

  Feb 5, 2021
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• Residents at site of Winnipeg fire crew stabbing say leaving during alarms ‘too dangerous’

  "Unless I actually smell smoke, if I see smoke or smell smoke, then I'll go out and look around,” a resident told Global News.

  Crime

  Jan 2, 2020
• Winnipeg firefighters not equipped to deal with violent calls: union

  Winnipeg firefighters are increasingly being put in dangerous situations when they're dispatched to calls that should be handled by police, says the president of the firefighters' union.

  Crime

  Jul 23, 2019
• Membership deadline looms for Manitoba NDP leadership race

  Tuesday is the last day NDP leadership candidates can sign up party members who will be eligible to vote March 8 for the person who will become Manitoba's premier.

  Politics

  Jan 6, 2015
• Winnipeg front-line workers unprepared for Ebola: firefighters union

  The head of Winnipeg's firefighters union says front-line workers are not prepared for an Ebola outbreak.

  Health

  Oct 14, 2014
• Watch: Firefighters camp out to raise funds for muscular dystrophy

  Derek Balcaen of the Winnipeg Fire Paramedic Service explains why firefighters would sleep outside in -20 C weather.

  Mar 12, 2014
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• Firefighters narrowly escape ‘flash over’ in Transcona blaze

  Firefighters who battled a blaze at a new home in Transcona narrowly escaped being trapped when the fire "flashed over," their union president says.

  Feb 10, 2014