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Dans le cadre du Plan directeur du service des incendies 2020-2024, les services d’incendie de Russell et d’Embrun ont fusionné et sont placés sous la responsabilité d’un seul chef pompier, Brian McBain. (Municipalité de Russell, site web)
GABRIELLE VINETTE gabrielle.vinette@eap.on.ca
fire public education programs and fire in- spections, all to ensure that we live and work in a fire safe community,” said Ian Courville, Deputy Chief of Fire Services. The merger takes the two volunteer Fire Chiefs, two volunteer Deputy Fire Chiefs and two contingents of volunteer firefighters and puts them all under the same roof. “In the near future, you will see our firefighters in one uniform and a unified fire department,” said Courville. “We have trained together in the past and will now train even more together under one train- ing schedule. We have also merged our fire public education programs so that the same programs are offered throughout the municipality.” The 2020-2024 Master Fire Plan identi- fied that with the growth in Russell and
&NCSVOTQPQVMBUJPOSFRVJSFEJNQSPWFNFOUT to the Fire Department’s efficiency, and op- erating with part-time staff at both stations would no longer be feasible, but the decision to merge the two departments was further TQVSSFECZUIFSFUJSFNFOUPG&NCSVO'JSF Department Chief Brian Duhamel in 2022 after 35 years of service. At that time, The Township of Russell appointed Chief Bruce Armstrong of the Russell Fire Department as the full-time Fire $IJFGGPSCPUIUIF&NCSVOBOE3VTTFMM'JSF Departments. Chief Armstrong continued to work on the amalgamation of the two fire departments, retiring in December 2023 following more than 32 years of service. Fire Chief Brian McBain was appointed as the new chief for both fire departments following Armstrong’s retirement, and
continued the process of merging the two EFQBSUNFOUT*O/PWFNCFS $PVSWJMMF joined as Deputy Fire Chief of Operations and Training The Township of Russell Fire Department currently has 50 volunteer firefighters who provide fire protection and public education to the citizens and businesses of the Town- ship of Russell. The by-law merging the two departments also includes expanding the firefighter’s eligibility up to 65 years old, modifications to the auxiliary program, and people 16 and older are now allowed to join as support members, contributing to the training, station maintenance and public safety education initiatives.
The Russell and Embrun fire services have now merged to become Russell Township Fire Services, combining the two centuries old fire departments. Recognized as individual stations for over a century, on January 29, the Russell Township merged the two fire departments, a strategic decision outlined in the Township’s Master Fire Plan 2020-2024. “We have had two excellent fire depart- ments serving and protecting our community over the past 100 years, and now, with the implementation of a single fire department, fire chief and central administration, we will continue to improve our organizational processes, response and service protocols,
LE FÉDÉRAL RÉDUIT L’ARGENT OCTROYÉ AUX ENTREPRISES GRÂCE À LA TARIFICATION DU CARBONE
LA PRESSE CANADIENNE Le gouvernement fédéral réduit le montant d’argent que les petites et moyennes entreprises recevront grâce aux revenus de la tarification du carbone,
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The federal government is cutting the amount of money small- and medium-sized businesses will be given from carbon pricing revenues so it can increase the amount of money rebated to rural families. A woman gasses up at a gas station in Mississauga, Ont., Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024. (Christopher Katsarov, La Presse Canadienne)
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