2006 FIRE CHIEFS OF THE YEAR ANNOUNCED

Press Release date: Thursday, August 17, 2006

Fire Chief Serge Tremblay of the Montreal Fire Department has been named Canada’s Full-time Fire Chief of the Year.  Fire Chief Glen Sanders of the Shawnigan Lake Volunteer Fire Department is the Volunteer Fire Chief of the Year.

Both awards were announced last evening during the closing ceremonies at the Canadian Association of Fire Chiefs’ annual conference held in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Fire Chief Sanders is Past President of the British Columbia Association of Fire Chiefs while Fire Chief Tremblay is the current President of the Quebec provincial association. 

Fire Chief Patrick Burke, Niagara Falls Fire Services is President of the Canadian Association of Fire Chiefs.  In congratulating Fire Chiefs Tremblay and Sanders, he said that, while there are major differences between the Montreal and Shawnigan Fire Departments, their chiefs share important characteristics.

“Both of our Fire Chiefs of the Year are mandated to protect the lives and property of their citizens.  To do so effectively, they must be commited to training, public education and appropriate equipment,” CAFC’s President observed. “More than anything else,” he added, “they have equally shown themselves to be true leaders.”

There are 3,500 fire departments in Canada and 108,000 firefighting personnel.   Volunteers comprise 91 per cent of all departments and 77 per cent of total personnel.

For more information, contact:

Fire Chief Patrick Burke                                   Telephone:        905-356-1321, ext. 3   :
Niagara Falls Fire Services                              Cell phone:       905-651-2777

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