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News Release
Communiqué		 ontario

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 18, 2005

Attention Editors/News Directors

Minister, Fire Marshal To Open New Emergency Management Centre

Opening will include demonstrations of new equipment and resources

Who:    The Honourable Monte Kwinter, Minister of Community Safety and Correctional Services
Bernard Moyle, Fire Marshal of Ontario
Rob Browning, President, Ontario Association of Fire Chiefs
Fire services from across the province
     
What:   Minister Kwinter, Fire Marshal Moyle and OAFC President Rob Browning will open the new facilities at the Ontario Fire College in Gravenhurst. Following the opening ceremonies, a number of demonstrations of the new facilities will be held. Demonstrations will include:
  • decontaminating people exposed to toxic products;
  • conducting internet research at the scene of an incident via satellite link-up;
  • feeding video images to offsite locations;
  • replenishing pure breathing air supplies;
  • classroom and learning resource tours.
     
When:   April 20, 2005 at 1 pm
     
Where:   Ontario Fire College
1495 Muskoka Road North
Gravenhurst, ON
     
Why:   In response to the events of September 11, 2001, the Ontario Fire College received funding to build an emergency management-training centre for firefighters and emergency responders. The expanded facilities include a new fire hall complex incorporating an Emergency Operations Centre that facilitates inter-agency training exercises, five new vehicle bays for fire trucks and emergency vehicles, and a classroom providing for the timely linking of knowledge-based learning and practical, hands-on learning; a new auditorium that can hold 300 people and be divided into two smaller classrooms; and a new library resource centre for fire service student-learners.
     

 

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For more information, contact:
Fred McLennan, Ontario Fire College: 705-687-9650
Chris Slosser, Office of the Fire Marshal: 416-325-3120