Airdrie Professional Firefighters Association

🚒 Airdrie Fire Department’s Class 4 recruit group is taking on a 57-storey stairclimb in Calgary for a cause tied closely to the fire service.

The recruits will climb 1,370 steps at Brookfield Place on June 14 in support of Wellspring Alberta and firefighter cancer support.

Garret Williams, a probationary firefighter with Airdrie Fire, said the risk firefighters carry does not stop them from answering calls.

“Every time you jump on the truck and go out the doors, it could be the last time you go out those doors,” Williams said.

Deputy Fire Chief Simon Bradley said the fundraiser carries “a much deeper meaning” inside the fire service.

“Firefighters face a significantly higher risk of occupational cancer, so for many of our members this isn’t an abstract cause,” Bradley said.

Full story on our DiscoverAirdrie app and website.

Photo credit to: Airdrie Fire Department

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Fire risk through the province is currently extreme. The City of Airdrie is not currently under a fire ban although Rocky view county is. There is still a fire risk in Airdrie and your Airdrie Firefighters ask you to be careful with burning materials.

Fire ban information may be found at the following sites

https://www.airdrie.ca/index.cfm?serviceID=649&q=Fire+ban

https://albertafirebans.ca/

And fire pit regulations are at

https://www.airdrie.ca/index.cfm?serviceID=1895