Members of the Red Deer Firefighters Children’s Charity will once again provide the voluntary Christmas tree pick-up service to Red Deer homes. Residents can place Christmas trees on their front lawn for pick up beginning Tuesday, January 10 until mid-January.
“Christmas tree pick-up is not a City funded service and we really rely on the generous [...]
Red Deer Firefighters are proud to show a little fur on our upper lips this month in support of men’s health initiatives. November 1st marks the first day of our 30 day mustache fund raiser, and if you’d like to contribute to a worthy cause then please check out our fund raiser team “Red Deer [...]
Election results for the union executive have been tallied, and are now are now available online.
We would like to thank all members who have served the union and welcome all the new members to their positions. As well thank you to all the members who allowed their name to stand in the elections and thank [...]
Red Deer Emergency Services has successfully completed its accreditation process through the Commission on Fire Accreditation International (CFAI), and is now one of five Canadian fire departments internationally accredited. The three year accreditation process evaluates 280 performance benchmarks, examining all aspects of emergency and non-emergency programs provided by RDES. Areas of the examination [...]
We are pleased to announce Local 1190 has enlisted the help of new webmasters. New content is coming in the near future. If you have any input or requested material to be added to the site please contact Jim Christensen, or Craig Fleming.
For your information I have listed the incumbent’s running for this years civic elections.
Morris Flewwelling (mayor), S.H. Buck Buchanan (city council), Cindy Jefferies (city council), Lynne Mulder (city council), Gail Parks (city council), Tara Veer (city council), Frank Wong (city council)
Based upon my individual discussions with prospective City Councillor’s prior to our October 5th Association meeting [...]
Tuesday Sept 7th 2010 @ Local 1190 Union Hall
Agenda: IAFF Convention, Negotiations Presentation, Civic Elections and Upcoming Local 1190 Elections.
Hope to see everyone there!
A large thank you to Brother Dan Henschel for stepping up and taking on the webmastering detail. If any members have any articles or pictures please email them to Brother Henschel or get in contact with him.
Brothers Al Robichaud, Myron Lachman and Steve Tinordi, members of Local 1190 in Red Deer, Alberta, Canada and the IAFF-MG 6th District attended both the rally and the memorial. It was our 1st time attending both events. Our trip down to Colorado Springs included side trips to South Dakota, including rides in the Black Hills [...]
C Shift Fights Stubborn Industrial Fire April 19, 2009
Just before midnight on Saturday April 18, the RDES Dispatch Center received several calls reporting a structure fire beside the Red Deer Co-Op Home and Garden Center on Riverside Drive.
Responding down 49th Avenue in Car 4, I could see the smoke column as I passed the Sacred [...]
