Thank you to our firefighters. Thank you for saving The Bedford Institute of Oceanography.

Yesterday I had the pleasure of commending our fighters for protecting us- and saving the Bedford Institute of Oceanography.
Here’s what I said:

“Mr. Speaker, I rise today to commend the approximately 25 firefighters who responded Sunday to an intense fire at the Bedford Institute of Oceanography in Dartmouth. The fire started in the late afternoon and six crews of firefighters arrived quickly to face and extinguish the 20 foot flames. The damage to B-I-O is extensive and would have been far worse if it weren’t for the prompt service of our fire fighters. I recently toured B-I-O with the Fisheries Minister. We’re lucky to have a modern oceanographic research facility here in Canada. B-I-O is Canada’s largest centre of ocean research and I am proud it’s located on our waterfront in Dartmouth. I speak for all Canadians when I say, thank you. Thank you to the firefighters who put their lives on the line to protect us every day. Again, if it wasn’t for them we would have lost a very important research facility in Dartmouth.”

-Darren Fisher, MP
Dartmouth – Cole Harbour

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