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02/13/2026

Our good friend Ray McCormack is coming back to FDIC Atlantic - Fire Department Information Conference Atlantic this year! Looking forward to seeing him again!

🔥 KEYNOTE ANNOUNCEMENT – FDIC Atlantic 2026 🔥

We are proud to announce our 2026 FDIC Atlantic Keynote Speaker:

Ray McCormack

Ray McCormack retired as a Lieutenant after 39 years in the FDNY. He holds a BA from the New York Institute of Technology. He was the lead author for FDNYs new Engine Company Operations Manual. He developed and taught Back to Basics Standpipe for all FDNY firefighters.

He was the co founder and editor of Urban Firefighter magazine, and he delivered the FDIC keynote “True Values of a Firefighter” in 2009.

He sits on the FDIC advisory board and FireEngineering editorial board. He was a panel member for two consecutive Underwriters Laboratories (UL) studies. Impact of Fire Attack Utilizing Interior & Exterior Streams on Firefighter Safety and Occupant Survival Study and Study of Coordinated Fire Attack Utilizing Acquired Structures. He lectures on Engine and Ladder Company Operations, Leadership and Extinguishment Culture.

Join us as Ray brings decades of fireground experience, leadership, and extinguishment culture to the FDIC Atlantic stage.

📍 FDIC Atlantic
June 5th–7th, 2026
Wolfville, Nova Scotia

Registration opens soon.

02/02/2026

01/22/2026

Pictou County FireFit is actively looking for Sponsors to help make this amazing event a success! If your business or group would like to offer some financial contribution or have any questions about sponsorship, please message the page and a sponsorship package will be forwarded to you! Huge thank you to our current and future sponsors. Without your financial support, this event would not be possible!

01/18/2026

The final founder being introduced from The FireSafe Foundation today!

Meet the Visionaries Behind The FireSafe Foundation 🌟
Our founders are dedicated to addressing critical health and wellness issues affecting firefighters—working toward a safer, healthier future while promoting a powerful “Do Better” approach for our first responders. 🚒❤️

Over the next 4 days, we’ll introduce you to the founders behind The FireSafe Foundation.

Day 4: Founder — Joel Neily

Joel has dedicated over 15 years of service to the Nova Scotia fire service, volunteering in several leadership and technical roles, including Captain/Engineer with Hantsport Fire and currently serving as a Firefighter and Engineer 1 with the Kentville Volunteer Fire Department. He lives in Kentville with his amazing wife and their beautiful twin girls, who remain his greatest source of strength and motivation.

Joel’s commitment to The FireSafe Foundation is deeply personal. While courageously fighting a firefighting-related cancer, he is using his time, experience, and voice to advocate for meaningful change—championing fireground safety, improved decontamination practices, departmental policy evolution, and smarter equipment decisions to better protect current firefighters and the generations that follow.

“If sharing my story helps protect even one firefighter—or ensures one family doesn’t have to walk this road—then it’s worth it. We owe it to each other, and to those who come after us, to do better.”

01/17/2026

Another Founder for The FireSafe Foundation has been announced today!! Like, Share and follow The FireSafe Foundation to become involved, donate and make a difference!

Meet the Visionaries Behind The FireSafe Foundation 🌟
Our founders are dedicated to addressing critical health and wellness issues affecting firefighters—working toward a safer, healthier future while promoting a powerful “Do Better” approach for our first responders. 🚒❤️

Over the next 4 days, we’ll introduce you to the founders behind The FireSafe Foundation.

Day 3: Founder — Jeremy Walsh

Jeremy continues to serve the Nova Scotia Fire Service as a Captain with the Kentville Volunteer Fire Department. He is a devoted husband, father, and friend.

Jeremy’s motivation to help establish The FireSafe Foundation is deeply personal. In 2010, he lost his father, Captain Richard Walsh, to a firefighting-related cancer. Today, that loss is compounded by the reality of a close friend courageously battling the same terminal diagnosis.

“The fire service has made incredible progress in supporting firefighters through improved health and safety practices—but we can always do better. With this Foundation, we strive to do better.”

01/16/2026

Another founder of The FireSafe Foundation being announced today!!

Meet the Visionaries Behind The FireSafe Foundation 🌟
Our founders are dedicated to addressing critical health and wellness issues affecting firefighters—working toward a safer, healthier future while promoting a powerful “Do Better” approach for our first responders. 🚒❤️

Over the next 4 days, we’ll introduce you to the founders behind The FireSafe Foundation.

Day 2: Founder — Tiffany Miller

Tiffany grew up in Nova Scotia’s Annapolis Valley, where her passion for service began and where she started her career as a firefighter. Over nine years in the fire service, Tiffany gained firsthand experience with the physical and mental demands faced by firefighters.

Driven to expand her ability to help others, Tiffany later moved to Prince Edward Island to pursue a career in paramedicine. She served as a paramedic for seven years, further deepening her understanding of emergency response, occupational risk, and the long-term health impacts faced by first responders. After relocating back home, Tiffany stepped away from emergency services, taking time to reflect and recharge.

Today, she is excited to be re-engaged in the first responder community. This organization is deeply personal to Tiffany, as it allows her to support firefighter health and safety in a meaningful way and help make a difference for those who dedicate their lives to serving others.

01/15/2026

We were very happy to be able to help with the great initiative!! Thanks Grand Falls-Windsor Fire Department for allowing us to be a part of this!!!

10/21/2025

We are very proud to have been able to help Nova Scotia with the sale and delivery of the Wasp Wildfire Wildland Structural Protection Unit. This trailer was delivered by our team to Nova Scotia Emergency Management, at the Lake George Wildfire

As two major wildfires raged in Nova Scotia, hundreds of sprinklers were hard at work protecting homes and critical infrastructure. The operations were so effective that the province is buying more.