Mental Health and Wellness Training
St. Catharines Fire with neighboring departments participating in the Group and Individual Peer Support GRIN program. Continuing to support mental health and wellness within in the entire Fire Service. Big thanks to our instructors Renee and Kelsey!
St. Catharines Fire Combat Team
St. Catharines Fire Combat Team are National Relay Champs!
Massive Greenhouse fire last night and still in progress. Great job by all. Big thanks to Lincoln, Pelham, Thorold, Niagara on the Lake and Fort Erie Fire Departments. Great job by supression and Communications. Photos courtesy of media607 #ivegotyourback911 #greenhousefire #iam911
Newest recruits with not so new members of Local 485, lead by team captain Brother Harpwood supporting the Rankin Run. A great event supported so strongly by our community that goes back to our community. Well done to every single supporter to this great day !! #RankinRun
Local 485 supporting the Rankin Run. Great job by all those that participated
Registration is open for 2019 Kids Ultimate Challenge!!
Sign up @ www.kidsultimatechallenge.com
St. Catharines Fire Department interview on 610 CKTB
Firefighter Corey Miller and Deputy Upper speak with Matt Holmes @ 610 CKTB
http://www.iheartradio.ca/…/dave-upper-and-corey-miller-st-…
St. Catharines Fire Department loan truck to Lac Seul First Nation Fire Department
A fire truck the City of St. Catharines is donating is its way to its new home in Lac Seul First Nation.
Last November, St. Catharines City Council authorized St. Catharines Fire and Emergency Services to donate a fire truck the City recently took out of service to Lac Seul First Nation. Today, two St. Catharines firefighters, Captain Kevin Beamer and Firefighter Greg Clark, who volunteered to make the 2,000-kilometre road trip to the Northern Ontario community, left early this morning to deliver the fire truck.
The City is working with Firefighters Without Borders, a non-profit organization that works with communities to address their needs relating to fire safety, to complete the donation. Read more here: https://bit.ly/2UicU0v
#STCFireServices
St. Catharines Fire Combat Team Calendar Sales
Local 485 Members of the St. Catharines Fire Combat Team donated proceeds from their 2019 Calendar sales to Pathstones.
Great job everyone...
Amazing donation of teen and senior care bundles for Christmas were brought in by the St Catharines Professional Firefighters Local 485! Great job as always by Justine & Liana and everyone else that helped...
#ourhomestc #ourcommunitycares
Congratulations 485 New Recruits
Congratulations to our newest recruits, officially start their shifts this week and organized their first community event with a boot collection at the Ice Dogs game with donations from the Ice Dog fans going to Niagara Health Hospital Childrens Ward. #CompassionateSTC
Local 485 helping out at the Civic Christmas Carol Concert
Members of Local 485 helping out. Now in its 28th year, the Civic Christmas Carol Concert has helped residents usher in the holiday season and raised about $100,000 for Community Care of St. Catharines and Thorold.
St. Catharines Professional Firefighters supporting the Superhero Fun Run/Walk in support of the Niagara Children's Centre.
Great job by the new recruits
Local 485 donated $5000 to the Hotel Dieu Shaver. The money will be used to purchase two valuable pieces of patient care equipment...
Local 485 Supports Pathstone for Mental Health Week
Local 485, St. Catharines Fire Chief teaming up with the 3 that make up “MANE” wearing “Get in the MANE lane” shirts to wear next week during Mental Health week, May 7-13. Show your support for Pathstone by buying a shirt to wear next week. #MentalHealthWeek
IAFF 100 Years - A Century of Progress through Unity (1918-2018)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_iw-PDMvA_s
Congratulations Chief of Communications Gill
On behalf of St. Catharines Communications & Local 485. I would like to congratulate Divisional Chief of Communications Donna Gill. Chief Gill received her medal for 25yrs of excellent service. Chief Gill is the 1st Uniformed Female officer for the St. Catharines Fire Department to receive this prestigious honour. #local485 #485Communications #girlpower
Coldest Night of the Year
Local 485 was proud to be a part of the "Coldest Night of the Year" Over $100k was raised for an excellent program hosted by Start Me Up Niagara.
Help celebrate the IAFF's 100th Anniversary on February 28th and our century of Unity and Progress
#IAFF100years
Coldest Night of the Year
Local 485 will be supporting Start Me Up Niagara on February 24, 2018. The Coldest Night of the Year!
There is still time to donate or sign up here: https://cnoy.org/locations/stcatharines
#cnoy18 #itscoldoutthere
Busy day for St. Catharines Communications
Multiple fire services from across Niagara Region provided mutual aid to Port Colborne Fire and Emergency Services as it battled a massive fire at Vinyl Works Canada on Barber Drive in Port Colborne Tuesday morning. The fire destroyed the plant and all seven employees safely escaped without injury
Supporting Gillian's Place
IAFF 485 proud to support @gilliansplace and the tremendous work that they do! 5km run Feb 11, we have a team in
Local 485 Supports Start Me Up!
Local 485 proud to support Start Me Up Niagara’s Coldest Night of the Year. Thank you for your great work! @SMUNiagara
Critical Incident Stress and the challenges
UNMASKED | the journey from Instillment on Vimeo.
Saving Lives, Saving Money, and Improving Emergency Care
Do you think it makes sense to continue prohibiting some certified paramedics from using their full training if they don't arrive on an ambulance?
Neither do we.
Ontario’s Fire Fighters are asking the Ontario government to change the law so that certified paramedics who are fire fighters can respond to medical emergencies as part of a fire crew.
Right now, a certified paramedic can only use their skills and training if they arrive in a paramedic vehicle.
Sign our petition.
Since roughly 10% of Ontario's full-time fire fighters are fully-trained paramedics, they are not permitted to provide the same high level of care when they arrive on-scene as part of a fire crew.
88% of Ontarians think that’s wrong and they support changing the law to fix it.
Please take a moment to sign our petition and help us convince the government to enact a change that just makes sense.
After you’ve signed the petition, please share with your friends on social media and sign up to receive periodic emails from us. Don’t worry; if you don’t have your IAFF number handy, you can still sign up.
We’ll be sharing more information with you as we move forward on this – and other – initiatives. Make sure you sign up so you can hear about them!
In Solidarity,
Ontario's Fire Fighters
http://www.ontariofirefighters.org/
FireFighters Memorial @ Queens Park
IAFF 485 with family of Captain Barry Norton who was honoured at Fallen Firefighters Memorial at Queens Park.
Fallen Workers Memorial honours those who died in the construction of the Welland Canal. IAFF485 proud to support!
Local 485 attend Labour Day Parade
A Merritton end of summer tradition. Local 485 attend the Labour day parade. Great day for a walk! #LOCAL485
Hurricane Harvey Disaster Relief
You can help #IAFF members working in the path of Hurricane #Harvey through the #IAFF Disaster Relief Fund
Local 485 supports Hospice Niagara
Supporting palliative care in the Niagara community. Thanks to the caring, devoted staff and volunteers of Hospice Niagara @HospiceNiagara
Local 485 supporting YMCA and No Fixed Address Niagara
Local 485 doing their part to help with a generous $1,000 donation towards YWCA Niagara and No fixed address Niagara. #NFA2017
Local 485 Bus Extrication Training
Local 485 Firefighters training on bus extrication with Training Officer Sherren. Working to always be ready!
Fantastic job by everyone involved in the Transport Truck rollover incident.
Ultimate Kids Challenge 2017
The Ultimate Kids Challenge was a great event yesterday...Thanks for letting us be a part of the challenge once again...
#ultimatekidschallenge
Family Fun fest was a great event with many great people. This photo is a perfect example...
You have less than 3 minutes to get out of a burning building. With working smoke alarms, it may be your only chance.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_UEtWroTbk
IAFF Recovery Center - Treatment Makes you stronger
Exclusively for IAFF members.
It’s okay to ask for help.
Treatment for successful recovery from substance abuse, PTSD and other co-occurring behavioral health issues.
http://www.iaffrecoverycenter.com/
2017 Telecommunicators Week
To all the great Fire Communicators at Local 485. Dispatching a massive area from Fort Erie to Long Point. They always remain calm and professional in all situations. #publicsafety #ivegotyourback911
Local 485 Combat Challenge Team donating
Local 485 Combat Challenge Team dropping off donations at the St. Catharines General Hospital
St. Catharines Fire Department - More Holiday Tips
Thanks to all spectators of the Grape and Wine Parade with making the Local 485 Boot Drive for Community Care a huge success!
Local 485 and the Terry Fox Foundation.
Local 485 helping out the Terry Fox Foundation.
IAFF Introduces New Cancer Awareness and Prevention Resource
Understand your cancer risk, know the exposures to carcinogens
on the job and reduce your risk of occupational cancer with the new
IAFF fire fighter cancer awareness and prevention training course.
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This new resource, developed in conjunction with the
Fire Fighter Cancer Support Network, is designed to
help members avoid and decrease individual risk
factors for cancer.
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In addition to understanding why fire fighters are at increased
risk of cancer, this new training will:
Describe the most prominent types of cancer that affect fire fighters
Identify the top carcinogens in the fire fighting environment
Review the major routes of exposure to carcinogens for fire fighters
Encourage behavior changes that can reduce the risk of developing cancer
Start the cancer awareness and prevention training course.
http://www.firefightercancersupport.org/
Busy Day for St. Catharines Fire Communications
Large Barn fire in Thorold on Saturday July 16,2016.
http://www.stcatharinesstandard.ca/2016/07/16/breaking-major-barn-fire-in-thorold
First responders are at least twice as likely to suffer from PTSD. There’s no need to suffer in silence. The help you need is here. This website offers resources and services for the First Responder community to understand the various steps of a PTSD program from managing a crisis through to implementing best practices into an existing program.
http://www.firstrespondersfirst.ca/
2016 IAFF Canada Legislative Conference
More photos available in our Photo Gallery in the album titled:
2016 23rd IAFF Canadian Legislative Conference
http://client.prod.iaff.org/#contentid=30174
Ontario passes legislation to give first responders WSIB coverage for PTSD
As you may be aware, the Ontario Legislature today passed Bill 163, which adds PTSD to our list of presumptive legislation. This is a significant step forward for the mental health of our members, and I am pleased that all three parties at Queen’s Park voted in favour of it.
I will forward a final copy of the Bill once it is published, but in the meantime, I wanted to offer my congratulations to all of us for the work we did to move this issue forward at Queen’s Park.
My thanks especially go out to Minister of Labour Kevin Flynn, Minister of Community Safety & Correctional Services Yasir Naqvi, and the staff at Queen’s Park who made this day possible.
Fraternally,
Carmen Santoro
President, OPFFA
http://www.610cktb.com/news/2016/04/05/ontario-passes-legislation-to-give-first-responders-wsib-coverage-for-ptsd
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