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Halifax spent more than $160,000 on the wrong type of wildfire protective gear, and the union for municipal firefighters says ...
Police say a man who had been barricaded inside a home on Arlington Avenue pointed a firearm at police on Thursday morning.
A long-vacant former Halifax school in the city's north end is being demolished after years of safety complaints from ...
There were audible cheers in the community near Ostrea Lake in Halifax Regional Municipality on Monday afternoon after an evacuation order was lifted for the remaining homes impacted by a wildfire ...
While Halifax Regional Fire & Emergency firefighters do complete a curriculum on wildfires in their training, most of their focus and continuing practice is in structural firefighting, it added.
A new report looking at Halifax Regional Fire and Emergency’s response to the “unprecedented” 2023 wildfire in a Halifax suburb says the rapidly growing blaze was beyond the department’s capabilities.
Firefighters are back on the scene of a forest fire burning on Nova Scotia's Eastern Shore this morning, as some homes in the ...
Halifax officials say some people who had to flee a forest fire on Sunday afternoon were being allowed back home, with provincial officials noting rain was falling and the blaze was being held.
A new report looking at Halifax Regional Fire and Emergency’s response to the “unprecedented” 2023 wildfire in a Halifax suburb says the rapidly growing blaze was beyond the department’s ...