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Brandon's emergency crews had a busy Friday morning. Emergency crews dealt with four back-to-back structure fires, spread throughout the city. Brandon Fire and Emergency Services and Brandon Police Service were first called to a structure fire in the 700 block of 9th St, with reports of a porch on fire. When fire crews arrived, the… May 10, 2019

Brandon Firefighter Paramedics were recognized on Wednesday with the Fire Services Exemplary Service Medal. Inspectors Szabo and Lamerz as well as Firefighter Paramedics Aitken, Lang and Brown were those honoured. The Medal was created in 1985, it honours members of a recognized Canadian fire service who have completed 20 years of service, ten years of… May 9, 2019

On Wednesday afternoon, Brandon Fire and Emergency Service, Brandon Police Service, and Manitoba Hydro attended an area of Richmond Ave East for a natural gas leak. The odour of natural gas, along with a strong hissing sound were present in the area. Police closed Richmond Ave East from Douglas Street to Garwood Drive as a… May 8, 2019

Manitoba Infrastructure’s Emergency Measures Organization is reminding Manitobans the National Public Alerting System, Alert Ready, is scheduled to issue an emergency alert test message on multiple communications channels tomorrow, Wednesday, May 8 at 1:55 p.m. Not all Manitobans will receive the test alert on their wireless device.  This may occur for a variety of reasons… May 8, 2019

On Tuesday afternoon, Brandon Fire and Emergency Services and Brandon Police Service responded to an apartment building at the intersection of 20th St and Queens Ave for a report of smoke in the building. Firefighter/paramedics gained entry and found smoke in the electrical room of the building. A positive pressure ventilation fan (PPV fan) was… May 7, 2019