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Enbridge Gas donates to public fire safety
Trees for planting offer The South Nation Conservation Agency (SNC) has a goal this year of 120,000 seedling trees planted in the South Nation River watershed region. The regional conservation agency has its own treeplanting schedule in place but it also offers a community treeplanting program for landowners and community groups to make use. This year’s orders are all booked but anyone wanting to pre-order seedlings for 2016 can call Cheyene Ramsey, SNC forestry technician, toll-free at 1-877-984-2948, extension 295. Treeplanting helps provide buffer zones between homes and fields and along roads to reduce snow drifting during winter and along streams to help filter spring runoff and also reduce bank erosion. Trees also help clean the air and pro- vide oxygen in return, and provide forest habitat cover and food sources for some wildlife and bird species. – Gregg Chamberlain Province wants you to avoid bear contact The province is warning campers that bears are scouring the forests and that they should be careful when entering a wooded area. Recommended safety precautions include making noise when moving through wooded areas, especially in areas where background noise is high, such as near streams and water- falls. People should also keep an eye out for signs of bears, such as tracks, claw marks on trees, flipped-over rocks or fresh bear drop- pings. The province also warns that strong fragrances may cause a bear to be curious. Lastly, while berry picking, it’s recommended to occasionally scan one’s surroundings in order to check for bears. – Francis Racine
Marshal’s Public Fire Safety Council to help fire departments purchase new training programs, and educate the public on fire and CO safety. The Hawkesbury Fire Department will be conducting residential inspections to ensure homes have the proper fire and CO alarms. As of April 15, it is the law to have proper fire/ CO alarms installed in homes containing fuel burning appliances, a fireplace, or attached garage. Some residents will receive combination smoke and CO alarms free of charge. Project Zero provides combination smoke and carbon monoxide alarms to residents in 15 municipalities in Ontario in order to reduce the number of deaths caused by fire and carbon monoxide. Project Assist provides 20 fire departments inOntariowith $100,000 in funds to purchase educational materials for enhancements in life-saving firefighting techniques. Carbonmonoxide has no smell, no taste, and no colour, but is extremely toxic. The symptoms of carbon monoxide poisoning are similar to the flu, but without the fever. Carbonmonoxide stops oxygen absorption in the blood, and at high levels, could cause brain damage or death.
Fire Chief Ghislain Pigeon thanked Rick Sabourin fromEnbridge Gas Distribution, at the Hawkesbury town council meeting June 29, for donations to educate the public and prevent fire and carbon monoxide related deaths. The Hawkesbury Fire department will be conducting door-to-door inspections, giving some residents fire/CO alarms free of charge.
DIANE HUNTER diane.hunter@eap.on.ca
education campaign aimed at reducing the number of residential fire and carbon monoxide (CO) related deaths to zero. Enbridge Gas has a long tradition of supporting the communities they serve by promoting natural gas safety. Each year, the company combines forces with the Fire
More information regarding carbon monoxide poisoning can be found on the Enbridge Gas Distribution website (www. enbridgegas.com), or on the Canada Safety Council website (canadasafetycouncil.org/ workplace-safety/carbon-monoxide). Summer Saving
Rick Sabourin from Enbridge Gas Distribution Company presented Fire Chief Ghislain Pigeon with a donation toward Project Zero and Project Assist, a public
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