Cape Breton fire department in Tower Road closing amid lack of certified firefighters

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Barley Risotto and Kimchi: A Culinary Crossroads| SaltWire #food #cookingshorts #kimchiThe department, which serves the Tower Road community just south of Glace Bay, held a meeting earlier this week where it chose to suspend its fire services and rescind its certificate of registration with Cape Breton Regional Municipality. The department has existed since 1955.

“By the end of the meeting through guidance of and Mark , Terry the Chief decided that the Tower Road Fire Department should be closed due to safety concerns.”CBRM fire services shows its support for volunteer firefighters doing high-angle rescues A statement from CBRM released on Friday afternoon said CBRM Fire and Emergency Services is “confident the level of service in the community will not be adversely affected.” In fact, it stated the Glace Bay station’s assembly and response time to the community is faster than Tower Road’s.

The biggest concern coming out of the fire department’s end of operations was the safety of local residents, said the area’s councillor James Edwards. He said CBRM was satisfied the change wouldn’t jeopardize that.

 

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