Tag: volunteer firefighter

Quebec Coroner Formally Identifies the Two Firefighters Swept Away in Floodwaters

The Quebec coroner’s office has confirmed that two bodies pulled from a river Wednesday in the province’s Charlevoix region were those of volunteer firefighters who had been swept away by floodwaters. A spokesperson says the two men who disappeared on Monday during a rescue mission were Régis Lavoie, 55, and Christopher Lavoie, 23. Police on…


Quebec Flooding: Body of Second Missing Volunteer Firefighter Found

Quebec provincial police say they have found a second body in the community where two volunteer firefighters were swept away by floodwaters Monday. Earlier today, a body believed to be that of the other firefighter was recovered from the Rivière du Gouffre in St-Urbain, Que., northeast of Quebec City. Police spokeswoman Sgt. Béatrice Dorsainville told…


Quebec Flooding: Body of One of Two Missing Volunteer Firefighters Found

Quebec provincial police say they have found a body in the community where two volunteer firefighters were swept away by floodwaters Monday. Police say in a news release today that it appears to be the body of one of the men who went missing during a rescue mission in St-Urbain, Que., northeast of Quebec City,…


Port Jervis Family Keeps Volunteer Firefighting Going

Four years ago, when 16-year-old Briana Moore became a junior volunteer firefighter, her decision shocked her father, David Moore Jr. Moore Jr. had followed in his grandfather and father’s footsteps to become a volunteer firefighter at 16. His then-14-year-old teenage son, David Moore, was well on track to follow in Moore Jr.’s footsteps in due…