Saskatoon firefighters need training facility, politicians hear

Having fewer structure fires is a good thing, but it means Saskatoon firefighters get less practice extinguishing them, a city council committee heard this week.
The decline in fires is helping fuel the need for a new training facility, assistant fire chief Anthony Tataryn told the planning, development and community services committee on Tuesday.
While the number of fires is decreasing, the speed at which active fires spread has increased, creating a greater challenge, Tataryn said. Firefighter