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Election
Result is Great News for
IAFF’s Canadian Legislative
Agenda
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June
29, 2004 – The central role
that the New Democratic Party is
expected to play in a Liberal
minority government is a big win
for Canada’s professional fire
fighters, and bodes well for the
IAFF’s federal legislative
agenda when the 38th Parliament
convenes.
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June
29, 2004
A
Hero’s Farewell To Mattie-
An IAFF hero, renowned poet, champion
of peace and spirited teen, Mattie J.T.
Stepanek was laid to rest at the
Interment Gate of Heaven Cemetery in
Silver Spring, Maryland.
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EDMONTON
- House
fire kills woman
A 40-year-old hairdresser who
ran a salon out of her north-side
home died in an early morning
house fire after a failed attempt
to escape. Firefighters found
Jackie Bouma in the basement rumpus
room of a home at 11725 126 St.
shortly after the 6 a.m. blaze was
reported.
MORE
An
unidentified man walks with an
investigator yesterday at the
scene of a fatal house fire at
11725 126 St. (Photo: WALTER
TYCHNOWICZ, Sun |
Overtime
straining RM fire crews
Scottsdale,
Arizona - Rural/Metro
hurt as staff departs.
Rural/Metro's
firefighters are being forced to work more
overtime shifts - sometimes 72 hours
straight - as more firefighters leave their
ranks, a firefighter union leader said. The
increased workloads come as Scottsdale is
trying to manage the transition from a
private department to a municipal one.
Firefighters are leaving because of career
uncertainty, said Steve Springborn, IAFF
local president. 
REVISED
ALBERTA
HEALTH AND SAFETY RULES NOW IN EFFECT
Alberta’s
new Occupational
Health and Safety Code, which replaces
11 regulations under the Occupational
Health and Safety Act, came into effect
on
April 30,
2004
. The Code
includes a number of newly enacted
provisions, including requirements aimed
at minimizing the danger from workplace
violence, providing biohazard protection,
incorporating specific standards for safe
lifting, and addressing the use of robots
in the workplace. In addition, the legislation
requires that all employers prepare a
written hazard assessment, and advise
employees of any hazards in the workplace.
The
Code was
enacted last year following a review of the
existing regulations by the Minister’s Council
on Workplace Safety.
View
an
Alberta
government
press
release and the full text of
the
Code.
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