Po ee te Mtoe Re a EN Cobre eRe ark ee me ee ye AS - The Terrace Standard, Wednesday, August 17, 2005 - College roof fire’ - quickly put out with little damage a - ByK KAT LEE Fire’ Department, RCMP, ‘rain water away. A FIRE on the roof of the and ambulance also attend- “ Only the new preliminary administration - building in ed the scene. No one - was _ layer of the roof burned and ‘the Northwest. Community injured. needs replacing. — . College ‘Aug: 11 was put out ~~ The college. was‘in’the . “The © fire department ec _|.. with enough speed that there: midst of _ re-roofing the. responded in a quick fash- 2° | 4 2005 Bulkley valley Fall Fair THE SHOW OF THE NORTH FREE FOOT CARE CLINIC Why suffer needlessly! « " If you're experiencing discomfort in any of these locations, sore, tired feet or leg pain . "° © back or neck pain © shin splints « fatigue in - _-ankles © heel pain, heel spurs © sclaticia * abnormal shoe wear ® poor posture e orthotic therapy may be the answer. We've helped thousands, maybe we can help you! - how the west was. ee - “4 days of fun & excitement | . Aug. 25-28, Smithers Livestock Shows . was minimal’ damage to the much-used building. The Terrace Fire Depart- ment: received .a call from ‘the general: public’ shortly, after 6 p.m. August 11, with reports of a clear column of smoke coming from the col- lege area... . “When. we. arrived _ on scene, there were. 30-foot . flames coming off the top of the roof on the west side of ; the administration building,” . building’ and. the old roof had already been taken off. Workers from Eby and Sons, a roofing company from Prince . Rupert, had. been working on the roof that day and left a little after 2 p.m. . ’ The firé didn’t start until’ - after 6 p.m. and the exact " cause is unknown. The fire burned roofing materials like wood, shovels and a gas-powered sweeper, which will cost. less than ion, and: because of their quick response time’ the damage wasn’t as. bad as it would have been,” Harmel said. “The college was very lucky.”” Weeber also credits fast” response time, good train- ing, and luck‘to the success © ‘of stopping the fire quickly. _“Everything’s ~combus- tible up there, and with the - temperature rising about 30 . Have your children checked - 90% of foot problems if found early at ages 8- 14 yrs, can be completely corrected. _ FREEFOOT CARE CLINIC will be held at the . 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Orthotic Technician said fire chief Peter Weeber. $1,000 to replace. _ degrees....any thing could g0 ‘Firefighters ‘ immediately - Cindy ‘Harmel, the cok up quickly.” sprayed the area, which put lege’s facilities and mainte- _ The roofers also arrived, the’ flames down right away *: nance manager, said that the on site at the fire and helped. - ‘and stopped the: fire from“ loss-was minimal ‘given'the With. what they could, Harm-— spreading through the build- ~ size of the project. " - él said the roofing company ing. © ; The fire. was contained is doing an excellent job— Six firefighters then went to asmall section of the “cleaning'up the roof. on the roof to mop up the hot roof and there was no.water _ ee a spots. oe damage because the fire was. 7 ‘The: Thornhill Volunteer - Close toa vent that carries Fire crews - head to south . to fight blazes Te: By KAT LEE. : ; ALTHOUGH THE fire danger rating’ throughout the north- ; "- __<- west is moderate to high, local fire crews have been working > in fires in the southern part of the province. ©. OA three-person initial attack crew left for Castlegar ‘Au -gust 10 to help’ dampen the constant lightning-caused. fires ” _.. down there. 0” > Mike :Talstra, Phillipe Grant, and Adrian Griffith will 7 most likely stay in the Castlegar area for the full 14- “day de=: “ployment unless the fire situation improves. 1 “The fire danger rating in the south east region of the prov- ince is moderate to high, with areas of extreme fire danger E. Bulkley Valley Agricultural www.bvfair.ca |: E. & industrial Association . 250 847-3816. 7 years experience in foot cate & custom-made b orthotics. NOTE: Your medical may pay for - your orthatics (check your plan) ta | ee DOUBLE YOUR ° REWARDS i with The GM Card. ficer for the. Northwest Fire Centre based in Smithers. Forty firefighters and several management personnel are working out of the fire base in Castlegar. . Initial attack crews from Telkwa and Houston have: gone to Castlegar to help as well. Other crews from the northwest have been deployed to the south to help with the Spences Bridge fire in the Fraser Canyon area. The Houston and Burns Lake 20-person unit crew left August 9 for the Sleetsis Creek fire near Spences Bridge to replace crews there. : Local fire officers Kaz Kopec and Rich Forget: left for e Spences Bridge August 11 to help with fire suppression, ' management. ; More than 170 firefighters are working on the Spences . , Bridge fire, which grew to approximately 4,270 hectares i in size. last week. oo eS Me yee te me atin te Serie eee neermre th We I Blo The Kitimat unit crew y and local fire officer Tony Falco, - who left for Spences Bridge J uly 31, returned a few days ago © after maxing out their 14-day deployment time. _—- ; -They could be redeployed to the. south, but they may. also . stay here. “If we continue to have hot dry weather, we may decide . to keep the crew here,” ‘Wiles said.. 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