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Checking out the grounds
The Emergency Services Training Centre will begin hosting marine safety courses through a
partnership with GB International Safety this year. After receiving accreditation from Transport
Canada, which required the site, curriculum and instructors be certified by the federal
department, instructors were on site last Wednesday to see where they would be working.
From left: GB International Safety Director of Operations Shane Wickens, Instructors Sara
Miric, Richard Duncan and John Woodbury and Don Greidanus of the Fire Department of
North Huron. (Denny Scott photo)
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responders aren't going to be able to
respond quickly, if at all. The classes
will cover everything from small
boats to Great Lakes freighters.
"Everything on the water has to be
ready for emergencies from ferries
like the Chi-Cheemaun [ferry from
Tobermory to Manitoulin Island] to
commercial fishing or tug boats,"
Wickens said. "With the new
international standards, what we
teach will also be of use to those on
ocean vessels. Everyone on a ship
needs some level of certification
through this training."
Wickens, a firefighter with marine
experience, was on-site at the ESTC
last week inspecting the training
facility, which includes life -like
marine experiences for training. He
was accompanied by some of the
certified instructors and local
firefighters when he toured the
facilities and talked about the
program. Richard Duncan, an
instructor who also has marine
firefighting experience, and Sara
Miric, a licensed ship captain and
instructor, were able to discuss the
programs with The Citizen.
Duncan said that GB Industrial's
screening process is such that
certification for instructors is pretty
much guaranteed and that's why
many candidates, like himself, have
been involved in firefighting for
much, if not all their lives.
Miric, who has been operating a
tour boat in Toronto, said that it's
important to be able to react to any
situation, regardless of how close
emergency services may be.
"These courses are important
because you never know what you're
going to see," she said. "Working in
the Toronto harbour is relatively
safe, as they have their own harbour
police, but you need to know what to
do even if help is right around the
corner."
She said that emergencies that
require firefighting are a unique
challenge on the waves as
everything from the vast amount of
fuel on a ship to the materials the
ship might be made of or carrying
can make a fire drastically more
challenging and dangerous.
The courses offered through the
partnership between GB and the
ESTC will train to a higher level
than required, according to Wickens.
Duncan added that Transport
Canada has praised the skills taught
by the programs.
As far as changes Blyth will
notice, Wickens said that aside from
the possibility of local instructors
being trained, he is anticipating a
significant economic impact to the
community, which is important as
the program will only succeed if the
community does as well.
"We're going to showcase the area
and having a facility that is world
class will help with that," he said.
"The community should be proud to
showcase what is here to Canada
and the international stage as well as
municipal, federal and provincial
politics. We are going to show
what can be done here because
if we succeed, the community
does."
Between 200 and 400 students
will be brought in by the marine
safety course annually according to
Wickens, and he hopes those
numbers increase.
Fire Department of North Huron
and ESTC Principal David Sparling
said he was extremely excited at this
"rare opportunity."
Not only will this increase the
amount of people and money
brought into the community, it will
help increase traffic at the ESTC
during off -months.
"We have been working on this for
two years and we are very excited
it's finally here," Sparling said.
NWMO process continues in CH
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which means they have to be at least
800 metres deep.
Facella said that it is the hope of
the NWMO that one prominent
borehole be drilled on municipal
property in a well-known area of the
community. The hope, she said, it
that that location will become a bit
of a beacon for the project where
people can see what is involved
with the drilling and gain
information about the project as a
whole.
From there, the NWMO hopes to
hold a further open house to engage
the community and to also strike a
community liaison committee
(CLC) that would keep community
members engaged and involved in
the process as it goes ahead.
Councillors Alison Lobb and Genny
Smith have been appointed to serve
as members of that committee.
Later in the meeting, council
passed a bylaw authorizing funding
support from the NWMO and
the municipality's continued
participation in the process.
The bylaw makes specific
mention that the municipality retains
the right to end its participation in
the process at any time.
The funding portion of the bylaw
allows up to $125,000 from the
NWMO per each 12 -month period
to cover administrative costs or any
other costs to the municipality
associated with the process. There is
also an additional $40,000 per 12 -
month period allowed for in the
bylaw for strategic planning
purposes.
Council passed the bylaw.
NWES campaign to
enhance entire grounds
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through the Environmental Learning
Grounds and getting ready to
replace the current climbing
structure at the school, which
reaches the end of its life cycle in
the next five to 10 years.
There are more than 25 acres of
space at the school that are used as a
learning ground for the children and
by the Maitland Valley Conservation
Authority. The school council plan
to be active in helping to maintain
the learning grounds according to
White by taking on projects like this
fundraiser and branch trimming and
trail maintenance.
"For now, we wanted to make sure
that we could start with something
people could see and that we could
achieve," she said.
For more information about the
program, contact the school at 519-
887-9843, White at 519-531-0167
or School Council member Heather
Logan at 519-887-8755.
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