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February 26, 2015 | Vol. 12 - Nº 9
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District of Taylor scrambles to get fire dept. up to par with certification BRONWYN SCOTT reporter@northeastnews.ca
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Photo Credit Bronwyn Scott The Irish Rovers performed for a sold out show at the North Peace Cultural Centre in Fort St. John on Fri., Feb. 20. The band hadn’t been to northern B.C. for 20 years, and is currently on a world tour celebrating playing music together for 50 years. Although they’ll still play at festivals and concerts, it’s their last major tour.
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Local skater takes gold BRONWYN SCOTT reporter@northeastnews.ca FORT ST. JOHN – Dawson Creek’s Jacob Graham earned gold in the men’s long track 500-meter speed skating category, despite waking up the morning of his race with
a cold. His was one of three gold medals Team B.C. earned at the Pomeroy Sport Centre over the duration of the Canada Winter Games, with Sara Spence, of Kamloops, taking gold in the women’s long track 500-meter and 3,000-meter categories.
TAYLOR – Taylor council was fired up over potentially serious problems with the Taylor Fire Department at a Committee of the Whole meeting on Tues., Feb. 17. While many of Taylor’s firefighters have sufficient training to be able to respond to fires, and enter buildings if necessary to save a life, the certification backing that training up is severely lacking. The District of Taylor is the authority having jurisdiction over the fire department, and is therefore on the hook if anything goes wrong. The issue came to light after fire chief Alan Stebbing recommended council adopt a policy saying that the Taylor Fire Department is adequately staffed, trained and certified to be able to provide an Interior Operations Service Level, which means they can enter buildings on fire. However, the department does not have the paperwork in place for even an Exterior Operations Service Level, which permits only fire suppression activities from the outside of structures. “How can we go ahead and say that we’re going to do interior when we don’t have the documentation or the proof of training that even meet the exterior yet? That’s my concern,” said Mayor Rob Fraser. “I have trouble putting my name on something that says we’re ready to go to the next level beyond, when we’re not even . . . we’re certainly not certified or documented.”
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