They signed up to be firefighters. They've found themselves fighting climate change
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They signed up to be firefighters. They've found themselves fighting climate change

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 3, 202626 min
  • Documentary
  • Society

The work of the Brooklyn Volunteer Fire Department has fundamentally changed in the last few years. Follow along with these Nova Scotian fire fighters as they face floods, wildfires, and the climate crisis head on. How have they coped, and what happens going forward? A documentary by Moira Donovan, that first aired in January.

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This is a CBC Podcast. Hey, you're about to hear an encore episode of Atlantic Voice that first aired in January. We go up to the first, I think it was the first rescue.

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We had another truck there already and, um, a, um, citizen from the public is actually leaning against a truck holding on to this man as the water is running over top of the road. So our guys go out and pull them both back to safety. That rescue in Nova Scotia was carried out by volunteers. Just a few of the tens of

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thousands of volunteer firefighters that serve our communities across Canada. But as the climate changes, their work is changing too. And it's having a real impact on these people who donate their time and risk their lives to protect others. You sit there and think about what you did and you're like, oh my God, what did I just

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