Tag: fire & rescue
Kingston Fire & Rescue Issues Open Air Burning Ban
Kingston Fire & Rescue has issued the first ban on open air burning this year. The ban comes into effect immediately and applies to all a properties within the City of Kingston until further notice. Assistant Chief Robb Kidd advises that, “This is the earliest ban that has been instituted in recent memory. Last year [...]
Kingston Fire & Rescue To Hold Open Houses for Fire Prevention Week
Kingston Fire & Rescue is hosting two open houses featuring pancake breakfasts, station tours, and public education displays to celebrate Fire Prevention Week, October 9 to 15: – Saturday, Oct. 8 at Station #8 in Glenburnie from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. – Saturday, Oct.15 at Station #7 on Woodbine Road from 10 a.m.to 2 [...]
Norman Rogers Airport Emergency Exercise to Involve 250 Participants
Kingston’s Norman Rogers Airport will be hosting a full-scale live emergency exercise – Exercise “Hot Bird” – to provide first responders, first receivers, and airline and airport personnel with the opportunity to practice their emergency response plans and procedures in the event of an emergency at the City of Kingston’s Norman Rogers Airport. This exercise [...]
Kingston Firefighters Fundraising Car Wash this Friday
Kingston Fire & Rescue’s Firefighter Combat Challenge Team is holding a car wash to raise funds for FACE (Firefighters Against Cancer’s Existence and the Combat Challenge Team) from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 26, at the Kingston Centre parking lot. Team t-shirts will be on sale for $15 with kids and adult [...]
Work to Begin on Fire Department’s Training Tower
Work begins next week to prepare the site of the six-storey training tower that will be a key part of the state-of-the-art Fire Training Centre for Kingston Fire & Rescue being built on Terry Fox Drive. The tower, to be constructed by Wemp & Smith Construction Ltd., is expected to be completed in late fall. [...]
Kingston Fire Department Recommends BBQ Safety Tips
Kingston Fire & Rescue recommends taking a few safety precautions to ensure safe grilling on your barbecue. “Everyone enjoys food cooked outdoors on the barbecue” says Tracey LeBlanc, Fire Inspector. “It’s important to check and clean your propane barbecue according to the manufacturer’s instructions.” Make the following three-step safety check part of your barbecue cleaning [...]
Kingston Firefighters to Hold Charity Car Wash
Kingston Fire & Rescue’s Combat Challenge Team is holding a car wash to raise funds for the Canadian Cancer Society Relay for Life and the Combat Team at 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday, May 28, 2011 at the Kingston Centre Parking Lot, at the corner of Bath Road and Sir John A. MacDonald [...]
Change Clocks & Batteries This Sunday, March 13
Kingston Fire & Rescue reminds citizens to change smoke alarm batteries and carbon monoxide (CO) alarm batteries when changing clocks back to Daylight Savings Time on Sunday, March 13, 2011. To guarantee alarms will work properly, always install new batteries in detectors and press the ‘test’ button to confirm the devices are operational. Electric (hard [...]
Kingston Firefighters to Honour Victims of 9/11 Attack
Kingston Fire & Rescue will be honoring the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attack that leveled the World Trade Centre in New York with a moment of silence. Station #4 (at 271 Brock St.) and Station #7 (at 905 Woodbine Rd.) will observe a minute of silence on Saturday, Sept. 11 at 9:59 [...]
Kingston Firefighters to Defend Title at FireFit Competition
The Kingston Firefighters Combat Challenge team will defend their titles this weekend at the FireFit Canadian National Championships in Brampton. Firefighters Ralph Crouse and Jamie Neadow placed first for the third year in a row in the last tournament, setting a new world record time in the Over 40 age category two person NXG2 race. [...]
