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Page 10, Terrace Bay-Schreiber News, Wednesday, May 9, 1984 f Fire Protection Programme for Unorganized Communities For eight years now, the Ontario Government has been assisting un- organized communities in Northern Ontario: de- velop fire protection services. Unorganized Com- munities are residential clusters that have no formal municipal or local government structure and thus no truly rep- resentative community body. While obviously a sense of community ex- ists as in any small neighbourhood, there is often no organized group to represent the concerns or needs of the residents to govern- ment. Following a tragic loss of life in a residential fire in Hurkett, north- east of Thunder Bay in 1976, the provin- cial government res- ponded with a commit- ment to assist unorgani- zed communities estab- lish fire protection ser- vices where a local ini- tiative was demonstrat- ed to form a volunteer fire team. When Ontario's Min- istry of Northern Af- fairs was created in 1977, it assumed the responsibility to carry forward this commit- ment. There are now 104 unorganized communi- ties across Northern On- tario with some form of fire protection involv- ing in excess of 1400 volunteers. Equipment needs are Centre. The Terrace Bay Minor Hockey Association will be holding their Annual Meeting on Monday, June 4th, 1984 at 7:00 p.m. in the Multi-Purpose Room of the Rec. "MOTHER'S DAY SPECIAL 10% orF Open Mother's Day May 13th from 2 p.m. to 10 p.m. Terrace Bay Bakery 825-9039 aa PIZZAS evaluated by the On- tario Fire Marshal's Office and Northern Af- fairs funds the provisi- on of the appropriate equipment. This can range from portable fire protection packages designed to be carried in a small trail- er or half ton truck right up to completely out- fitted pumper trucks or the new innovative Rapid Attack Vehicle. The portable pack- ages are valued at near- ly $10,000 and include water pumps, hose, noz- zles, protective cloth- ing, turn-out gear and an assortment of addi- tional fire fighting equipment. The pumper trucks/ Rapid Attack Vehicles also come fully equip- ped with hoses, nozzles, protective clothing and turn-out gear as well as breathing apparatus for rescue work, and are valued at nearly $80,000. There are now 71 communities with port- able packages of various sizes and 33 communi- ties with fire trucks. There has also been the placement of water tank trucks and scaled down versions of pumper units on a trial basis in a number of these com- munities. Twice a year the Min- istry of Northern Af- fairs organizes fire train- ing schools, taught by Fire Services Advisors from the Fire Marshal's Office. Representatives from the volunteer Over 50 volunteer fire fighters from around Northwestern Ontario gathered in Dryden last weekend for a 3 day fire school sponsored by the Ministry of Northern Affairs. Part of the training included controling the fire in this abandoned building that was set ablaze. In the photo an teams are brought in for two to three day inten- sive training sessions. One such school held in Dryden, April 27, 28, 29, drew 50 people from 25 communities: The programme was broken into modules to focus on the specific types of situations the fire fight- ers face in their respect- ive communities. Ses- sions focussed on fire evaluation, home in- spection, equipment maintenance as well as practical hands-on rou- tines on rescue work in a smoke filled building Mr. and Mrs. Camille Perras are pleased to announce the wedding of their youngest daughter, Melanie Rose to Shaun Edward Andrews, son of Mr. Charles Andrews, of Bishops Fall, Newfoundland. The wedding will take place in Schreiber, on May 19, 1984, with Mr. G. Caccamo officiating. ¥ Cpe el/PARTS v MAY SPECIALS 1 Litre (993203) G.M. Motor Oil only . 1 .69 AC Oil Filters for most General Motors cars and light duty trucks SPADONI BROS. 824-2244 7 GUARANTEED SERVICE GUARANTEED GM PARTS A ' ? N e t esis ame page a * Offer Good Until -- 3 1 p.m. - 5 p.m. May 30, 1984 only * a4 and an actual fire res- pinse drill where an abandoned home was set ablaze. Following the school, a Rapid Attack Vehicle was presented to the Longbow Lake Fire Team on Monday, April 30th, by Northern Af- fairs Minister Leo Ber- nier. The Rapid Attack Ve- hicle was specially de- signed for use in small communities where quick response is vital. The R.A.V. is built on a slightly smaller scale than a regular pumper unit with a lightweight chassis and fibreglass water tank. The pumps instructor from the Ontario Fire Marshal's office (centre) shows two of the volunteers how to use a pike pole to collapse the wall of the building. : (Northern Affairs photo by Brian Thompson) are mid-mounted to avoid winter freezing problems. This latest model even comes with an automatic trans- mission. Used in tan- dem with a tanker truck and portable water bask- et, the RAV matches the pumping capacity of more traditional fire trucks only with a quick- er response cability. Bernier applauded the intiative displayed by the residents of the Longbow Lake area. Us- ing a $15,000 grant from Northern Affairs, their own community resour- ces and a lot of volunteer labour they had con- structed a two bay fire garage. The team had also raised money to purchase an old fire truck from the town of Kenora to back up the new R.A.V. Three portable fire fighting packages were also situated in the fire team's protection area. This summer a North- ern Employment Incen- tives Programme grant from Northern Affairs was being used to de- velop a complete map of the homes in the pro- tection area listing all pertinent information needed for the fire team to respond knowledge- ably to any emergency call. At the April training session, Chuck Hutterli and Ray Boudreau re- presented Rossport. WHO HAS THE LARGEST ACTIVE FAMILY IN TERRACE BAY? The North Shore Participation Challenge Fun Run, Walk, Crawl, Jump, Skip, Bike, etc., is scheduled for May 14th from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. The Route will start at the Recreation Centre and ends there also. A plaque will be awarded to the largest family participating. Last year's winners were the B. McDougall and the T. Bryson families (tie). We challenge all other families in Terrace Bay. CAN YOU TAKE OUR TITLE AWAY? WE DOUBT IT! See You On Monday, May 14th at 7:00 p.m. Public immunization Clinic offered by the Thunder Bay District Health Unit Terrace Bay Clinic (McCausland Hospital) May 23rd 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Schreiber Clinic (400 Scotia St.) May 22nd 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Anyone interested in updating their immunizations are encouraged to attend these clinics. Please bring your immunization record if available; For further, information please call 824-2413 weekday mornings.