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I can't speak to what calls they have to do this for, I'm not a police officer, just a fire inspector. We have our own special hell of paperwork to do.

I was speaking to a Toronto police officer. They use a voice to text program to translate the voices on the body cams to text. As part of their process they have to listen to the body cams and compare what was said to what the program translates it to, to ensure it is an accurate translation. I...

I believe there are a couple of Ontario departments using some form of electronic note taking. I think so far as I know its Brantford, Halton, York (maybe). Not sure of anywhere else...

I never really had an issue doing the FORCE test the couple of times that I had to do it. Never did like doing the firefighter PT test every year. I'd get to a point and it would literally be I'm going to keep going as I don't want to have to do this test again for another year.

We have to disclose numerous things. Including internal discipline rulings if it has lead to a suspension or if it is related to the case before the courts. Along with anything that we haven't received a pardon for. It is then up to the City prosecutors as to what to disclose to the defense...

In Ontario under the Fire Protection and Prevention Act we are not considered peace officers, we are Assistants to the Fire Marshal. That being said we are considered Provincial Offenses Officers under the Provincial Offences Act.

For the McNeil report it’s not just police officers that have to submit them. I have to as well as a fire inspector for any cases that go to court as well as any bylaw officers in the city I work at. Job issues can also occur because of it as well.

I had to take an airport crash truck from a military airfield to a civilian airport for mutual aid, going light and sirens. That was some of the most stressful driving I’ve ever had to do. A large truck down some country roads, with most people not recognizing what this truck was. Made it there...

I was lucky, I did the old damage control school before I remustered to firefighter. For our trades training we tried to ensure the fires were really smokey so that the students could feel like a fire could actually feel like. We had the odd student who had to go into another trade because they...

I should say when I was on the ships they were still using Chemox, which aren't positive pressure masks. So if there is a leak you are breathing in everything that's in the space. I remember one chief saying that they had asked various fire departments what their policy for shaving was for...

I was a firefighter posted to the ships for a time. Every time we did fit testing we'd have at least one person who would give some issue about beards or such. They would try to get us to fit test them with the beard, not understanding that we can't. It was against the RPP. I've also had an...

I really lucked out in my transition. I was a military firefighter, part of my job was conducting inspections and I was even an instructor teaching it. TransitionEd to a full time prevention inspector for a large municipal fire service. It was a lot of studying as CAF uses national codes vice...

I know for me personally things did move pretty quick. I contacted VAC in August last year, in September I had an appointment in an OSI clinic where they confirmed my diagnosis of PTSD, among other things. I had one hiccup where VAC said the clinic didn't submit the paperwork, they had that is...

I had an assessment done in September and had everything submitted. Received word from VAC that they didn't get anything from the clinic. I had the clinic re submit everything in December, got confirmation from my case manager that they received it on the 15th, and then a note on the 19th that...

My Case Manager just this week told me a minimum of 12 months before I hear anything.