Learning fire safety From the Ground Up – Anishinabek News

FORT WILLIAM FIRST NATION — Fort William’s Ian Bannon enjoyed trying out the live fire extinguisher training activity at the community’s From the Ground Up event, held May 30 at the Fort William First Nation Community Centre.

“I’ve done it before, so it brings back a lot of memories in practising that,” says Bannon, acting CEO at Fort William. “We’ve had an influx of construction opportunities in the community, a lot of people building homes, buying homes — this is a perfect opportunity for our members to interact with our vendors that we deal with, from the safety component, all the way to construction, windows, doors, roofing.”

Bannon says it was an excellent opportunity for the community to get together, learn, and share experiences with each other.

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