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Cooking safety key to curbing Regina house fires: chief
Regina's fire chief is backing up findings from a recent study on the leading cause of house fires in the city. The study, released Tuesday, found 39 per cent of house fires were caused by cooking acc...
Oct 14, 2017 Regina City Manager Chris Holden (right) introduces media to the city's new fire Chief Layne Jackson on Sept. 12, 2017. (Kevin Martel/980 CJME)
Cooking accidents leading cause of Regina house fires: study
Cooking accidents have been the leading cause of house fires in Regina for the past decade, according to the city's fire and protective services. Regina Fire announced the results of its study with th...
Oct 10, 2017 Regina Fire and Protective Services shares the findings of its study with the University of Regina on Oct. 10, 2017. (Jessie Anton/980 CJME)
From acting to permanent, Regina names new fire chief
He's already served in the role for the past six months and now the City of Regina has officially named Layne Jackson as the new fire chief. Jackson has been acting fire chief since early March, after...
Sep 12, 2017 Regina City Manager Chris Holden (right) introduces media to the city's new fire Chief Layne Jackson on Sept. 12, 2017. (Kevin Martel/980 CJME)
Quick response by Regina Fire to Rochdale condo fire
A condominium fire in Regina's north end was put out quickly as fire crews were only a couple blocks away. "(The fire station is) over on Rink Avenue just off of McCarthy Boulevard, so we're fairly cl...
Aug 29, 2017 Regina Fire and Emergency Services were quick to respond to a condo fire on the corner of Rochdale Boulevard and Devonshire Drive on Aug 28, 2017. (Jessika Guse/980 CJME)
SaskPower meter causes fire at Walsh Acres home: neighbour
While the temperature has slightly cooled, the ground is still dry and shifting, and with that comes a risk for older Regina homes: meter fires. Marcel Bolen was taking a walk with his wife in their n...
Aug 01, 2017 Marcel Bolen was out for a walk with his wife when he noticed a home in Walsh Acres caught fire on July 31, 2017. (Marcel Bolen/Twitter)
Regina duplex fire destroys roof, sends 2 to hospital
Bright, orange flames ate away most of the roof of a duplex in Regina's north end. While nobody was home in part of the duplex, two people from the other half were sent to the Pasqua Hospital after br...
May 24, 2017
Downtown apartment fire sends one person to hospital
A woman had to be rescued from a second-floor apartment Saturday night, after a fire broke out. The apartment - located on the 2100 block of Hamilton Street - caught fire just before 7 p.m. Firefighte...
May 15, 2017
Regina employee falls 18 ft. while working on water line
The specialized technical unit of the Regina Fire & Protective Services was called out Monday afternoon as a City of Regina employee had fallen into an 18-foot trench. The man had been working on ...
Apr 10, 2017
Firefighters had early indication the Travellers Building in Regina was a loss
It was a stubborn fire that ripped through the Travellers Building on Broad Street. That's how acting fire chief Layne Jackson described it. He said a crew of about 25 men and women responded to the s...
Mar 09, 2017
Regina begins search for new fire chief
Ernie Polsom is no longer Regina's fire chief and the search is on to find a permanent replacement. The city wouldn't explain why Polsom is no longer with the city because it is a personnel matter, on...
Mar 06, 2017
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