Al2 - The Terrace Standard, Feds face suit over fire regs A $900 MILLION class ac- lion lawsuit is being threatened against Transport Canada over its plans to once again require airport firefighters at small airports, says a Terrace city council- lor. David Hull says the city’ 5 lawyer Donald Lidstone in- formed city officials he's preparing ta sue Ottawa on behalf of the City of Terrace and many other — municipalities that took over airports this spring on the basis that the cxpensive crash fire rescue service — disbanded 18 months ago here — would no longer be required. Requiring airport firefight- ing service once again would drive a big hole in both the airport's viability and the budget of the sociely sct up to run it, Hull said. “Tt amounts (o bargaining in bad faith,’’ Hull said of the federal review of firefighting requirements. He added Lidstone felt it’s likely federal officials will back down the issue. “The issue may die as quickly as it rose its ugly head,” he said, “What are they gaing to | do — take away the aerodrome licences of every } airport in the province?” There were once six firefighters and two fire tricks slationed at the Terrace-Kitimat Airport, at an annual cost of $250,000 to $300,000 — or about a third of the operating budget. From front Air crash simulated situation. Everyone was expecting to get the emergency call at 7:30 p.m. not 6:45 p.m., so most of the firefighters and paramedics were at home eating dinner when they were paged. Smith, Wassink and Wheler were all impressed with how all the agencies worked together. Once the fire was put out, firefighters immediately went to help with patient care, And since none of the nearby trees caught on fire, foresiry workers went straight into delivering first aid, Once all the patients were taken care of, everyone was on hand to help the RCMP aid the coroner evaluate the wreckage, Mills Meniorial Hospital was also involved in the ex- ercise to test its disaster plan, Hospital administrator Michael Leisinger said the hospital received a call list- ing the number of casualties at 7:25 — 41 minutes after the crash. The first patients, he said, arrived at 7:40 p.m. — just under an hour after the flight. Although he said there were some glitches, he was pleased with how the hospi- tal handled the situation. He said changes will be made to the disaster plan from the information that was obtained. “MATCHTHE MERCHANT CONTEST | ——— _— in Wednescay, duly 7, 1999 FIREFIGHTERS: hose down flames from ¢ a burning bus set up at the airport. as part of last week's exercise to simulate a plane crash, Not fast enough for planned rules In December 1997, firefighters were - removed from the Terrace-Kitimat airport due io federal cost cutling measures. By carly 1998, fire services were phased out at small airports across Canada, leaving fire departments only at larger airports. In April, however, newly proposed regulations called for fire fighting services to return to same airports, and with local airport authoritics absorbing all costs. Terrace is classified as a Category C air- port, meaning it has more than six aircraft TSIMSHIAN _| TREATY NEGOTIATIONS OPEN SESSIONS Tsimshian Tribal Council, Canada, and British Columbia are continuing negotiations towards an Agreement-in-Principle under the British Columbia Treaty Process, The chief negotiators invite the public and the media to observe the following discussions. Wednesday, Julya4, 10:00 a.m, to 4:00 p.m. Thursday, July’ 15, 9:00 a.m. to 4: 00 p-m. ‘Lax Kw’alaams Community Hall Lax Kw’alaams, B.C, Agenda ite items include: Tsimshian Community Treaty Presentations by Lax Kw ‘alaams First Nation For more information, contact: (250) 627-8782 1-800-665-9320 (250) 387-1119 Tsimshian Tribal Counci! Federal Treaty Negotiation Office movements a day of the type of passenger Pverent ine Province of B.C. - Jacque Pleasants plane now coming here. A movement is ei- ther a takeoff ora landing, The proposed regulations would require site services here. 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