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Smoke from the fires caused air quality in Ottawa, Toronto, [98] as well as most of Southern Ontario on June 5–7 to hit the highest level on Environment Canada's Air Quality Health Index, the worst in the province of Ontario. [99] [100] Air quality also hit the highest level in Kingston and Belleville, Ontario. [101] Smoke from the fires ...
There are 45 fire stations located across Ottawa, including 16 Paid On-Call stations and 5 composite stations. The stations are assigned to 9 district operations units. On Friday September 3, 2010, Chief deHooge announced that a three-year trial testing the use of 24-hour shift rotations would begin in January 2011.
Rapidly-spreading fires are threatening to burn through Canadian towns and degrading air quality Mary Gilbert, Eric Zerkel and Joe Sutton, CNN May 14, 2024 at 6:22 PM
largest fire in Alberta since the 1950 Chinchaga fire. Timmins Fire 9 Timmins Ontario: May–Nov 2012: 0: 39,540 hectares (97,700 acres) [21] Starting North of Gogama, Timmins 9 was the largest fire the area had seen in nearly a 100 years since the 1911 Great Porcupine Fire. L'Isle-Verte nursing home fire: L'Isle-Verte Quebec: Dec 2014: 32 [22]
The fire eventually consumed over 32,000 hectares and destroyed 358 of Jasper's 1,113 structures. [24] [25] Smoke from the fire combined with that from Park Fire in California and reduced air quality as far as New England and Mexico [26] The Jasper fire continued to grow through August along its southern border. [27]
Starting in Hull, Quebec, the fire crossed the river to Ottawa, Ontario, and destroyed large areas of both cities. 1900 – Sandon, British Columbia , Canada, destroyed by fire. 1901 – Great Jacksonville Fire of 1901 in Jacksonville, Florida , destroyed the downtown area with flames seen for hundreds of miles.
The ByWard Market (French: Marché By), is a retail and entertainment district in the downtown core of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It is located east of the government and business district. The Market district includes the market buildings and open-air market along George, York, ByWard, and William street.
6.1 Open air fire. 6.2 Closed volume ... 1930s Ottawa Fire Department motor pump, Ottawa, Ontario, ... to have a certain number of Fire Wardens. For example, the city ...