February was a bad month for Canadian firefighters. Two veteran firefighters were killed in Winnipeg in a flashover incident during a house fire. Flashover is the most dangerous time during a fire. It occurs when all flammable material in a room ignites simultaneously. Anyone unfortunate enough to be in that room is in grave danger. Capt. Harold Lessard and Capt. Tom Nichols, who both had served more than three decades with the Winnipeg Fire Service, were killed, while two other firefighters received serious burns. Two other firefighters were less seriously injured. In another incident days later, several firefighters in Ottawa, ON, were […]