As the days get longer and the weather gets warmer, Alberta Environment and Sustainable Resource Development (ESRD) is reminding residents to get a start on the summer season by obtaining a fire permit.
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Tag Archives: fire
Calgary Fire Department watching call volumes rise with city’s growth
City growth means an increase in call volume for the Calgary Fire Department and precious seconds to get to the people who need them to help.
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Board approves $50K in fire hall renovations
Council approved $50,000 worth of renovations to the Chinook Winds Fire Hall, Nov. 18.
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Owner of rooming house fined $105,000 in fatal 2012 fire
The property owner of a Calgary rooming house has been handed $105,000 in fines after a fatal September 2012 fire.
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MD fire department adds to fleet
Firefighters in the MD of Foothills will get a little more help battling blazes in rural areas next year.
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Town moves on fire hall project
In a 4-3 vote at its last regular meeting, Town of Peace River council decided to pay $4.5 million between now and 2015 for a new regional fire hall.
The facility will be located on the west hill, comes at a total cost of $9 million which will be shared down the middle with the County of Northern Lights.
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Cremona axes its fire authority in favour of county run service
The Cremona and District Fire Authority is no more.
In an update by the village’s official administrator, Eric McGhan, residents were made privy to a decision that will make Mountain View County (MVC) responsible for fire service in Cremona.
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Fire station move is a go
City council is going ahead with the proposal to move Fire Station 2 from its current Dunmore Road location to the old Stokke Bulk Fuel Station lot on Trans-Canada Way, across from the RONA store.
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Kitchen fire highlights importance of tenant insurance
While tenants insurance is not mandatory, the $8,000 worth of damage done to a Village Green apartment suite earlier this week, following a kitchen fire prompted by the use of improper cooking supplies, makes you think it should be.
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Burning issue for council
Summer isn’t over – and neither is the backyard firepit debate. Today, city council will consider recommendations on how the city could respond to some residents’ complaints about smoke from neighbors’ bonfires.
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