Forest fires are relentless. After a couple days battling one, ache and exhaustion creep in as Nova Scotia's firefighters try to save people's homes from destruction.
Brett Tetanish, captain with the Brooklyn Volunteer Fire Department, speaks tor reporters on Monday at the St. Margaret's Centre after a long shift battling a wildfire in Upper Tantallon.UPPER TANTALLON, N.S. — He fought a fierce battle over a family home and won. But barely, and among so many losses.
Tetanish is with the volunteer fire service in Brooklyn which was among several crews called in to help. They had three other fires to deal with before they were called in on Sunday, he said. Tetanish has been a volunteer firefighter for 32 years. He’s an electrician by trade but he said sometimes it feels like firefighting is the full-time job “and it’s sometimes nice to go to work on Monday to get a break from the fires.”
Brett Tetanish, captain with the Brooklyn Volunteer Fire Department, talks with his fellow firefighters on Monday at the St. Margaret's Centre after a long shift battling a wildfire in Upper Tantallon. - Ryan Taplin Halifax Fire Deputy Chief Dave Meldrum said the biggest victories fighting this blaze have been when the firefighters made a choice to protect a property and it worked.
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