All Clear: VIA train drags car 1,500 metres in Ottawa, no injuries reported
Ottawa firefighters inspecting battery and hose lines before checking for leaks. (Jean Lalonde/Ottawa Fire Services) Ottawa, Ontario — Firefighters responding to a train versus car collision are proud to report that the vehicle’s single occupant and the 117 passengers and staff on a VIA Rail train headed for Montreal are safe and uninjured. The same […]
A Cut Above: Firefighters compete in annual Auto-Ex competition at Standard Auto Wreckers
Scarborough, Ontario — It may have been one of October’s chilliest mornings yet, but that did nothing to dampen the vigour of Markham, Ont. and Oakville, Ont.’s firefighter crews, who competed in the annual Auto-Ex Competition at Standard Auto Wreckers last Friday, October 22. David Gold, the owner of Standard Auto Wreckers, was generous enough […]
