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North Bay Firefighters drew a big crowd at the marina on Memorial Drive Thursday night as they ran a regular training procedure.

According the North Bay Fire and Emergency Services homepage their goal is to provide fire protection services for the city through a wide range of programs.

The programs are designed to protect lives and property of residents from the adverse effects of fires, sudden medical emergencies, and/or exposure to dangerous conditions created by man or nature.

The NBFD is also prepared to lend support to other municipalities requiring assistance through the authorised emergency fire service plan and program (mutual aid) activities.

Proper funding must be in place as well as the following objectives in order for the NBFD to meet their goal:

1. Identify and review the fire services requirements of the municipality.

2. Provide an administrative process consistent with the needs of the department.

3. Ensure that fire fighting equipment and operating personnel are available within the municipality to provide adequate response to a citizen's call within a reasonable length of time.

4. Provide departmental training to an accepted standard which will ensure the continuous upgrading of all personnel in the latest techniques of fire prevention, fire fighting, and control of emergency situations and co-operate with other municipal departments with respect to management training and other programs.

5. Provide a maintenance program to ensure all fire protection apparatus, including allied equipment, is ready to respond to emergency calls.

You can contact the North Bay Fire and Emergency Services at:

North Bay Fire and Emergency Services
119 Princess Street West
North Bay, Ontario
Canada P1B 6C2

Tel: (705) 474-5662
Fax: (705) 474-6290

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