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July 2, 2011 - Port Hardy FD Donation Will Aid Bomberos
Back in early January of 2011, the Port Hardy FD donated a substantial amount of retired firefighting equipment to FWB Canada. Read more
July 2, 2011 - Upsala FD Becomes The Second Ontario Fire Department To Donate to FWB Canada
The Fire Department in the small northern Ontario town of Upsala has donated 7 firefighter helmets to Firefighters Without Borders Canada.
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July 7, 2011 - Kimberley FD donates used turnout gear to FWB Canada
Firefighters Without Borders would like to acknowledge another of the growing numbers of fire departments and corporations that are donating their retired firefighting equipment to FWB Canada. Read more
July 27, 2011 - New Westminster donates to FWB Canada
On June 15th Firefighters Without Borders were the recipients of substantial donation from New Westminster Fire & Rescue Services. Read more
 Deputy Chiefs Wiseheart and Hatch, F.F's Dave Floris,Chris Clapton,Chris Auer, Capt. Wilson, Asst. Chief Reid Millman, Fire Chief Tim Armstrong, F.F Ashley Rempel & FWBC V.P. Randy Dubbert.JPG)
Central America Floods: UN launches US$15.7m appeal for El Salvador
December 15, 2011 - Penetanguishene Becomes First Fire Department in Ontario to Donate to Firefighters Without Borders Canada
The Penetanguishene FD in Ontario contacted Firefighters Without Borders Canada in the spring of 2010 offering to donate a large quantity of retired firefighting gear. Read more Read Midland Free Press Article
January 11, 2012 - Senator, Vancouver firefighters head to El Salvador
January 18, 2012 - JIBC Graduates helping El Salvador Firefighters
Four graduates of the Career Fire Fighter Pre-Employment Certi cate at the Justice Institute of British Columbia (JIBC) are currently in El Salvador contributing to that country’s local re stations and personnel. Read article from the metro news
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January 19, 2012 - Rosarito Fire Department, Baja Norte, Mexico receives donation thanks to YOLO Racing
YOLO Racings' ongoing support of Firefighters without Borders Canada has made it possible for the team to donate 22 sets of structural firefighting gear to the Rosarito Fire Department, Baja Norte, Mexico. Read more Visit YOLO Racing
February 7, 2012 - FWB Canada is NOW acepting applications for PANAMA City deployment Read more
February 8, 2012 - Hon. Larry W. Campbell: I rise today to speak about the great work Firefiighters Without Border Canada has done while I was with them in El Salvador last month. (January 2012) Read more
March 10, 2012 - Four JIBC Fire & Safety graduates contribute to El Salvador's fire service.
The students are sponsored through the One World International Scholarship funded by the Irving K. Barber Scholarship Society and the JIBC Foundation. Each year, the One World Scholarship enables four students to deploy with FWB on their annual three-week trip to Central America, where they assist in training fellow local firefighters while learning how fire services operate in a developing country. watch video Read the blog
March 10, 2012 - Rotary International and Firefighters without borders deliver fire truck to Cebu
Firefighters Without Borders Canada (www. fwbcanada.ca) is a registered charity in Vancouver BC. What began as a group of dedicated firefighters in 2008 as Engines for El Salvador, then became Firefighters Without Borders BC and finally FWB Canada. The mission of the group is to collect outdated firefighting apparatus and equipment and donate it to countries where there is a need. Read more
March 22, 2012 - Donated equipment has made it to the Kinshasa Fire Service (Democratic Republic of the Congo).
In July 2009 Firefighters Without Borders Canada responded to a request for assistance from the Kinshasa Fire Department serving the capital city of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). In early 2010, 2 boxes of equipment were loaded onto a shipping container organized by the Rotary World Help Network bound for the DRC.. Read more
March 30, 2012 - FWB Canada Founder to be Honored: Jeffrey Rodd Moore to receive the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal
On March 29th, 2012 it was announced that Honorary Consul of El Salvador, Jeffrey Rodd Moore will be one of a select few Canadians to be recognized for their service through the awarding of the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal. Read more
May 4, 2012 - FWB Canada In the North Shore News Regarding the Paraguay Deployment
Firefighters Without Borders Canada team members Norm MacLeod, Derek Dickson, Brian Metzak and Michael Emri visit an orphanage while on a training deployment in Asuncion, Paraguay.
