Canada
Large cities and most towns have full-time fire departments and firefighters (Service de sécurité incendie and pompiers in Quebec and other French speaking areas in Canada). Smaller towns and other municipalities employ part-time volunteer firefighters. All municipal fire departments are publicly operated. Private companies do operate for fire protection on private property (mostly aerospace companies and refineries). Airport fire departments are operated by local airport authorities with assistance from local departments if needed. The Department of National Defence has its own firefighters on Canadian Forces bases for security reasons. Some provinces have designated firefighting crews specially equipped to handle forest fires. Cities and towns along waterways will have marine fire capability and the former will likely have fireboats. The Canadian Coast Guard provides some marine firefighting capability off Canada's coastline as part of the search and rescue operations.
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—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
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