IAFF, Toronto Fire Fighters and Toronto Fire Department Host Fire-Ops 101 at Toronto Fire Academy; Prime Minister of Canada Stephen Harper, other politicians to feel the heat Friday, August 25.TORONTO -- Event begins at 9:30 a.m., scheduled to end at 2:00 p.m. Toronto Fire Academy, 895 Eastern Avenue; Media invited - must sign in Prime Minister of Canada Stephen Harper will get a first-hand feel for the heat and challenges fire fighters face each day as he and 19 other elected officials from throughout Canada participate in the International Association of Fire Fighters' Fire Ops Training, where they will feel the heat of a flashover flash·o·ver n. 1. An unintended electric arc, as between two pieces of apparatus. 2. The temperature point at which the heat in an area or region is high enough to ignite all flammable material simultaneously. , put out a raging car fire, experience the anxious moments of a confined space rescue Confined space rescue is a subset of technical rescue operations that involves the rescue and recovery of victims trapped in a confined space or in a place only accessible through confined spaces, such as underground vaults, storage silos, storage tanks, or sewers. and more. MPs, MPPs and Toronto councilors will join Prime Minister Harper in going through the Fire Ops program, held at the Toronto Fire Academy. Fire fighters from Toronto IAFF IAFF International Association of Fire Fighters IAFF Irish Amateur Fencing Federation IAFF Indo-American Friendship Foundation IAFF International Animated Film Festival IAFF International Amputee Football Federation IAFF Impairment-Aware First-Fit Local 3888 and the Toronto Fire Department will monitor and supervise the Fire Ops training, which is occurring prior to the beginning of the IAFF's 48th Biennial Convention in Toronto, which is bringing over 3,000 fire fighters from across North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. to Toronto. "There is no better way for public officials to learn firsthand the unique challenges fire fighters face and to truly feel the heat and pressure of the job than by going through a program like this," IAFF General President Harold Schaitberger said. The International Association of Fire Fighters The International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) is a labor union representing professional fire fighters in the United States and Canada. The IAFF was formed in 1918 and is affiliated with the AFL-CIO in the United States and the Canadian Labour Congress in Canada. , headquartered in Washington, DC, and Ottawa, ON, represents more than 275,000 full-time professional fire fighters and paramedics who provide emergency medical response to 80% of the population in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. and Canada. More information is available at www.iaff.org. |
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