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Good morning all: Effective immediately, I have decided to take a break from the day to day operations of HRMFireNews. For most of a decade now, the operations of this fire news outlet have been an all-consuming every day commitment. One cannot do such things forever. Despite the occasional rant/troll/dust up, this has been a tremendously positive experience. That said, quite frankly, I am tired out. The time required to do this correctly, in the way I want, is substantial. It is an every day thing, and it times, it completely takes over life. To operate that way has been a choice of mine and a fulfilling one, but I’ve also found myself looking ahead and somewhat dreading continuing to be glued to my keyboard. This is new and has caused me to re-evaluate. Half-assing it isn’t an appealing option. I’ve always felt I would only do this as long as I could give 100% commitment. While many things have changed for the better and I feel this project has accomplished lots, I am fatigued. I can’t tackle advocating on certain issues with the same enthusiasm I used to and while keeping the public informed during emergencies is a privilege, like I said, it’s hard to maintain that pace forever as a hobby. I've basically been giving the fire gods a free claim on all my spare time for most of a decade, which is tough to maintain. I will be honest, I do not know if this is a temporary or permanent break. Since starting the page, I have not spent any serious amount of time away from the page, so this will be new. I’m going to simply put things on hold for now and give thought to next steps. To the members who are pushing for positive change: keep pushing. HRFE has an amazing number of incredibly capable, talented, and knowledgeable people who have made things better and will continue to. Much change is needed but the public is in good hands. I need some time to think about what, if anything, I want to do next, and in order to do that, I need to get away from all of this. To head off any questions that may follow, I should note there is nothing personally wrong. Also, nobody has forced or pushed me into doing this in any way, shape, or form. I simply have decided to think about the future. To be honest, I’ve been thinking about doing this for a while but given the Tantallon Fire and the floods that followed last year I felt a responsibility to try to keep people informed through the full unfolding of those events from end to end, including the PIA. I appreciate everybody’s tremendous support, including the public who follow and the many members who provide information/insight etc. Thank you. There are too many people to thank individually, but seriously, thank you. In other news, I'm really, really, really looking forward to going hours or weeks or days or months without addressing "what's going on near so and so" or the latest problem. After today, I will not be posting, responding to DMs, or writing the Sunday update during this hiatus. I will make a further announcement later on once I’ve finished reflecting on the future of the page. Thank you all and enjoy your long weekends.

Congratulations to retired HRFE Captain Cyril Fraser, who is being inducted into the Firefighter Challenge Hall of Fame. Very well deserved! A statement from the organization reads as follows: "CONGRATULATIONS to our 2024 Dr. Paul O. Davis III Hall of Fame inductee, Mr. Cyril Presto Fraser! Cyril competed in our sport from 1995 to 2017 representing Halifax Fire and Emergency Services. He was a 9x Canadian National individual category winner, inducted into the LION's DEN in 2002, a 13x World Champion, 6 World Records, and a number of wins in our sport. When asked how the sport impacted his life: "Aside from meeting so many wonderful competitors, training for the toughest two minutes in sports gave me more confidence and the ability to complete the physical aspect of the job." Cyril will be honored on October 25th at the World Challenge Championship in Nashville, TN"

Minor situation here, all backup has returned

Gary Martin Dr: no emergency here, propane company on scene doing some flaring, all backup returns. Final update

Gary Martin Dr: 8E on scene and checking

Gary Martin Dr: 8E first due to the 100 block for a report of a possible fire.

12:17pm Fire crews are responding to a possible structure fire on Gary Martin Dr in Bedford. Update to follow with the tag Gary Martin

Nice to see Captain Marr recognized

Maitland St: command reports fire control at this location, sounds like a small fire on the second floor, some units are being returned to service at this time, crews will be on scene for a bit. Final update for this one unless conditions change

Maitland St: crews have a report of smoke in the building here, they're checking on that. There was a small fire here last night. First alarm assignment is on scene and D2 has requested two additional units. 3E, 3A, 4E, 2E, 12Tac, D2, PCC, 13Q, 5Q assigned.

9:00pm Fire crews are on scene of a structure fire at the old St Pats Alexandra School on Maitland St in Halifax. Update to follow with the tag Maitland St

Westwood Bvld call a report of an illegal burn. No cause for concern

Crews are on scene here in the 3300 block, 4E confirming a one truck situation for burnt food, backup is returning. Final update

All the best to everybody who started HRFE's latest career recruit class today. This group of recruits will train over the next few months to join HRFE's front lines later in the Fall. Good luck!

13Q is on scene here in the 0-100 block, they have a minor issue with a water heater, two truck situation for 13Q and 14E, all other backup returns. Final update

Well done 👍

Minor situation here I believe, report of a fire in the old school.

Situation here was a backyard fire. All backup has returned. Final update