A total of 17 grants were awarded, each $5,250 to $60,000, focusing on one of four significant areas of community improvement.

Several Island fire departments received some of the $4 million handed to 86 small fire departments around the province.

Other Shuswap-area fire departments will receive provincial grant funds, including $30,000 for the Salmon Arm Fire Department ...

Gardner area fire departments received state grants for new safety equipment, enhancing firefighter and community protection.

To showcase what Bohol’s women firefighters can do, the BFP-Bohol and TCFS organized the first Bohol Women Fire Olympics at PMI — traditionally the home ground of the province’s male-dominated ...