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EWS BRIEFS Fire training in Fort St. James

REBECCA WATSON

Caledonia Courier

Once started, a fire

can burn through a mod-

ern-day home over five

times faster than an older

home considering the

type of fuel. Where old-

er homes are built with

solid wood, newer homes

have particle board and

synthetics. Nonetheless,

a fire can rip through

any building faster than

people can escape some-

times, so it’s always good

to be prepared, said Fort

St. James Fire Chief Mi-

chael Navratil.

“We’ve got [wildfires]

all around us but were

doing alright. We had a

couple little fires in the

past few weeks but they

were contained and were

lucky they were,” said

Chief Navratil.

About six to eight

times a year the Fire

Rescue Team in Fort St.

James holds a training

session in the two-storey

concrete structure behind

the North Arm Pub

and Public Works. The

building mimics the first

floor and basement of a

house.

“Many times we are

going down into a fire

so this will simulate that.

It’s called a blow grade fire

attack,” said Chief Navratil.

Typically, firefighters

will suit up inside the truck

on their way to a call and

then pull the hose from the

speedlay (hose holder) for

immediate use. For training

purposes the volunteers had

the hose already laid out and

were able to focus on properly

dressing themselves.

“We’re starting from

scratch. It’s much quicker

if were going to a fire and

plus, it’s hot out.” said Chief

Navratil.

A firefighter uniform can

add around 70 extra pounds

and consists of flame re-

tardant boots, pants, coat,

gloves, helmet, and air pack.

Using a buddy check system

each firefighter must check

their partner to make sure no

skin is showing, their pants

are secure and their coat is on

properly.

Once everything has been

checked, the water is on, and

the delegating officer outside

gives the go ahead,

the attack team can

approach the entry.

But before entering

someone must re-

move their glove and

use the back of their

hand to find the ‘hot

spot’ of the door. This

is where the thermal

line is and determines

how low they can

walk in the building.

“If we get there

early enough the line

will be higher up.

The line also tells us

where the gases are

that can be upwards

of 800 degrees. I’ve

gone into structures

were the top of a big-

screen TV is melted

and the bottom in fine,” said

Alex Gross, 25, who is cur-

rently the training officer and

in charge of delegating over

radio from outside the build-

ing. It is also his job, prior

to entry, to do a walk around

spotting gas, oil or hydro

lines and to notify BC Hydro

or PNG if there are any pos-

sible live wires or lines.

After finding the hot spot,

the firefighter must then

check the floor with an axe or

halligon (multipurpose tool)

to sound the floor and make

sure it is structurally safe to

enter.

“This [practise building]

is concrete but most residenc-

es are wood so this will let us

know if we can enter or will

the floor fall,” said Mr. Gross.

If it’s ok to enter, it will

be completely black inside

and since they won’t be able

to see anything most of the

time, it’s essential to follow

the walls and open doors to

search each room. There are

two types of teams that will

enter the building. An attack

team and a rescue team.

“For tonight we did an all-

in-one just to train and have

us thinking that way,” said

Chief Navratil.

Richard Sutton, 25, and

Davin Birdi, 17, are firefight-

er volunteers that went into

the burning building a couple

times for practise.

“It’s nice to be apart of

the community. It allows

you to give back, you learn

some life-saving skills, and

plus, you get to hang out with

sparky,” joked Mr. Sutton.

Firefighter volunteers are

low, especially during the

summer months, said Chief

Navratil. If anyone is inter-

ested in becoming an on-call

paid volunteer firefighter call

250-996-8670 and talk to

Nancy for an application.

Photo by Rebecca Watson

ATTACKING FIRE: Fort St. James Fire Chief Michael Navratil is seen during the July 17 training session after igniting a

practise fire to simulate a real-life situation.

Photo by Rebecca Watson

TRAINING: Two volunteers and Chief Navratil are seen outside

the training building preparing to enter.

EBECCA WATSON

aledonia Courier

The risk of wildfires

for Fort St. James has

been apparent in the

recent ash and smoke.

Although there

are currently no wild-

fires in the area, the

Nak’azdli Band and

District of Fort St.

James offices continue

to monitor the situa-

tion through informa-

tion provided by the

Wildfire Management

Branch.

“If and when a

wildfire starts that

could impact the com-

munity, the Wildfire

Management Branch

(WMB) will contact

the District of Fort St.

James and Nak’azdli

Band and the Integrat-

ed Emergency Man-

agement Plan will be

activated,” said Emily

Colombo, economic

development officer, in

a media release Friday

July 18.

Residents will be

notified by the Dis-

trict of Fort St. James

and Nak’azdli Band if

either an ‘Evacuation

Alert’ or ‘Evacuation

Order’ is required via

door-to-door notifica-

tion, the district and

band websites, Twitter

and Facebook feeds,

local radio station 97.9

and electronic signs.

The District of Fort

St. James also reminds

families to review their

emergency plans in-

cluding the steps they

would take in the event

a home evacuation was

in order. Families may

consider things like

insurance papers and

important documents,

personal memorabilia

and medical require-

ments such as pre-

scriptions and glasses.

The district also re-

minds residents within

municipal boundaries

that a burning permit

is required for back-

yard campfires and to

s when hav-

h m

re Risk in

rt St. James

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NEWS BRIEFS Nak’azdli greenhouse

expanding

REBECCA WATSON

Caledonia Courier

For the first time in de-

cades an effort is being made

to produce fresh produce on

Nak’azdli land.

The Nak’azdli green-

house, now in it’s second

year, is moving forward as

planned, said greenhouse

manager Andrew Stairs.

The project even has a

small demonstration garden

in front of the Nak’azdli band

office to show people the

growing vegetables.

“We are trying to re-es-

tablish the notion that fruits

and vegetables can be grown

on the Nak’azdli reserve just

like in the old days,” said Mr.

The operation con-

nhouse,

ten raised flatbeds and three

rows of ground-level flat

beds. The greenhouse alone

is filled with over 600 toma-

to plants that will be ready

in 5-6 weeks. The six com-

mercial types

being grown

include red and

yellow cherry,

two types of

red beef steak,

pink beef

steak, and yel-

low beef steak.

Ten plants of

heritage vari-

ety are also being

grown to show people what

they look like.

The outdoor raised and

flat vegetable beds will also

soon harvest potatoes, on-

ions, cucumbers, leeks and

strawberries.

Some of the produce will

go to the Nak’azdli Health

Centre while most will be

sold at the local Sana’aih

Market and farmers market.

With so many tomato plants,

the field tomatoes will be

fully replaced at the grocer

with many left over to sell at

the market. This means a way

of financial earnings and also

provides band members with

more opportunity for jobs off

the reserve, said Mr. Stairs.

“Commercial gain and

social gain. It’s employing

people and producing food,”

said Mr. Stairs. Currently

the greenhouse

staff consists

of only a few

employees. La-

rissa George,

19, and Steven

Basil, 23, of

the Nak’azdli

reserve, are

the two new-

est employees

who were giv-

en the opportunity

through help of the Nak’azdli

band’s resource co-ordinator

Alexandra Lvqqi. The band

was able to provide them

with proper work ware in-

cluding gloves and boots to

ensure they are able to work

in a safe environment.

“We don’t have a lot of ag-

riculture but since the green-

house started last year its

been a positive experience,”

said Ms. Lvqqi.

If everything continues

as planned, greenhouse

employees will soon be given

the task of cleaning up the

land around the greenhouse.

The plan is to remove the

waste left by a nearby mill

to make room for a huge

vegetable patch. Any unused

wood pieces still in good

condition will be used to

create an indoor heating

system to help the greenhouse

sustain the winter.

“These are the first steps.

Next year we will see at least

10 more raised beds, and a

much wider variety of crops,”

said Mr. Stairs.

GREENHOUSE GROWING: Allison Sam is seen working in the Nak’azdli band greenhouse.

Photo by : Rebecca Watson

Nak’azdli greenhouse

Sana’aih

Market

to benefit

from

fresh

produce

REBECCA WATSON

Caledonia Courier

The Sana’aih Market

is owned and operated

by the Nak’azdli band.

Although it is impos-

sible for the market to

replace all it’s fresh

produce, this year will

be the first time the

grocery store offers any

type of locally grown

vegetable.

Since opening five

years ago, the market

has employed over 15

full-time and part-time

band members and

gives a tax exempt to all

status natives.

Many employees

and customers feel the

market gives them a

real sense of communi-

ty including store clerk

Diana Morris, who lives

on the Nak’azdli re-

serve and has worked at

the Sana’aih Market for

two years.

“This is a place

where families meet. I

have worked many jobs

as a waitress, in a day-

care, in an office, and

I was never able to in-

teract with people like I

do here. I can talk with

people about anything.

New cooking recipes,

or just about how they

are doing in general. I

love it here,” said Ms.

Morris.

The market not only

provides people with

the opportunity for

work and means of fini-

cal gain for the band, it

helps ensure fair prices

for all residents, said

store manager Jay

Gregg.O erwaitea had

a few

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Letter P. 4Crystal Easton P. 5

Inside

By Jesse ColeOmineca ExpressJamie MacDonald says that her

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how exciting the sport can be. “I’m

in short track speedskating and it

can be pretty intense,” the Fort St.

James local says. “There is a lot of

G-force and speed - you really need

to be able to be agile coming in and

out of the corners. It’s like roller

derby on ice.” MacDonald, who has been named

as part of the Canadian national

speedskating team’s development

team branch, has been speedskating

since she was only six years old.

“Our neighbour recommended the

sport and I just ended up falling in

love with it.” The national development team is

the training ground for speedskat-

ers who show exceptional promise.

It serves to hone their skills in

hopes of helping them compete on a

national and perhaps even olympic

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sists of 12 of the top speedskaters

from across Canada, of which eight

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development team.“Basically they’re training us to

bring us up to a world-class level ”

says MacDonald of her rol

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School District No. 91

(Nechako Lakes) has reached a

decision to close schools in Fort

St. James and Fort Fraser.

Sowchea Elementary in Fort

St. James and Fort Fraser El-

ementary will close as of June

30, 2015.

The board of education vot-

ed to close both schools after

a 60-day consultation period.

Two public meetings were held

in both Fort Fraser and Fort St.

James. Manu Madhok, Director

of Instruction for School Dis-

trict No. 91, said community

members offered possible al-

ternate solutions to closing the

schools.

“The Fort St. James com-

munity presented the board

with a very well done proposal

around creating neighbourhood

schools,” he said. “Although

that proposal was insuffi cient

to keep Sowchea Elementary

open, the board is hopeful to

keep working with that commu-

nity on some of their key ideas

and concepts for the existing

two schools.”

Fort St. James Mayor Rob

MacDougall said he under-

stands that the board of educa-

tion was faced with a very dif-

fi cult decision.

“I respect that decision; I

know it was tough,” he said.

“Having been involved in this

decision-making process, I

know it was not easy; they did

it with heavy hearts.”

The approximately 125 stu-

dents from Sowchea Elemen-

tary will be amalgamated into

David Hoy Elementary, creat-

ing a combined school of just

over 260 students. David Hoy’s

operational capacity is assessed

by the Ministry of Education at

345 students.

The approximately 50 stu-

dents from Fort Fraser El-

ementary will be amalgamated

into Mouse Mountain Primary

School and Fraser Lake Ele-

mentary Secondary School.

Madhok said a continuous

decline in enrollments was the

reason for the school closures.

In the Fort St. James area,

the school district has seen a

decline in enrollments from

900 students in 2000/01 (grades

k–12) to 594 students in the

2014/15 school year.

In the Fort Fraser/Fraser

Lake area, the school district

has seen a decline in enroll-

ments from 664 to 464 students

over that same period.

“School closures are not

a pleasant part of running a

school district,” said Madhok.

“However, the reality is that we

have far fewer students in our

communities; by closing these

two schools we have increased

utilization of our existing

schools and have ensured that

the board is being fi scally re-

sponsible in allocating the ma-

jority of their resources towards

students rather than partially

empty buildings.”

“We hope to see our com-

munity populations stabilize in

the next few years so that we

don’t have to continue dealing

with declining enrollments,” he

added.Over the last fi ve years,

School District No. 91 has

closed Topley Elementary

School in Topley, Muriel Mould

Primary School in Burns Lake,

and Prairiedale Elementary

School in Vanderhoof.

School District No. 91 announces school closures

Schools in Fort St. James and Fort Fraser will close by end of June

This is a photo of the last bus-load of students with some of the staff from Fort Fraser Elementary School

on June 25 2015. The students are happy that it is end of the school but sad that their school will be

closing for good on June 30th. Most of the students in September will be bussed to the Fraser Lake

schools in September. On June 22nd, the School Trustees from S.D. #91 voted to close Fort Fraser

Elementary and Sowchea Elementary in Fort St. James due to declining enrollment.

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