Once again, this year, UCTE participated in the Canadian Fallen Firefighters Foundation (CFFF) Memorial Services. According to their website, the CFFF “was created to HONOUR and REMEMBER firefighters who have been killed in the line of duty and to SUPPORT their families.” This year’s event marks their 16th anniversary.
By way of history, a resolution was passed at UCTE’s 2011 Convention that each year UCTE will send an airport firefighter representative to participate in the memorial service. This year’s representative was Brother Peter Salmon, an airport firefighter with Local 30315 (Edmonton Airport Authority).
2024 is on its way out, and our campaign has had an impact so far. Working with lighthouse keepers, parliamentarians, hikers, the Huu-ay-aht nation and other supporters, we succeeded in raising awareness and getting public support to keep lighthouses staffed.Unfortunately, we could...
UCTE represents airport firefighters at several Canadian airports. This two-part series looks at the issues dealt with by two of our female firefighter members as they challenge traditional barriers to women in firefighting services. “When I started with the volunteer department,”...
We want to express our sincere appreciation to Sandra de Belle, who has been working in the UCTE national office for 25 years. She embarks this month on a well-earned retirement.Sandi was known as the face of UCTE. She was...