McNab Braeside Firefighters Association

05/19/2026

🍂 Dry leaves, overgrown bush, and stacked firewood near your home are fuel waiting for a spark.

This season don’t feed the wildfires.

05/19/2026

🔥 OPEN AIR BURNING REMINDER 🔥

The McNab/Braeside Fire Department would like to remind residents that all outdoor burning must comply with Open Air Burning By-law 2025-50.

🚫 Burning of garbage or prohibited materials is NOT permitted.

This includes:
• Household garbage
• Plastics
• Rubber
• Tires
• Furniture
• Painted or treated wood
• Petroleum products
• Styrofoam
• Carpet and similar materials

Burning prohibited materials can create toxic smoke, pose serious health and environmental risks, and may result in enforcement action, fines, and recovery of fire department response costs.

✅ Only approved clean burning materials may be burned and all fires must be attended and controlled at all times.

Please burn responsibly and be respectful of your neighbours and community safety.

For questions regarding permitted burning or burn regulations, please contact the McNab/Braeside Fire Department 613-623-5756

05/04/2026

Thank you to all firefighters for everything you do for our community.

03/26/2026

🍁Thursday Thoughts 🍁
As many of you know, one of our many side hustles outside of the shop…
is making maple syrup.
And if you’ve ever seen a sugar shack going full tilt this time of year…
you already know
steam pouring, smoke rolling, arch ripping…
From the outside it can look a whole lot like
"YUP… that place is definitely on fire" 😅
Well this week a few newer kids in the neighborhood saw it going
and thought exactly that!
Parents did what good people do
they called 911.
And honestly
we mean this
Thank you!
Because one day it could be real
and that kind of looking out for each other matters more than anything.
Now here’s the part that stuck with us!
The crew from McNab/Braeside Fire Department got the call
and before trucks even had a chance to make it all the way out
one of the guys no gear no lights no nothing
RAN‼️
like actually ran from his house down the road in a t shirt just to make sure we were alright.
And I’ll tell you right now…
if any one of us working the bush that day tried that…
we would’ve made it about halfway down the driveway and needed a stretcher and a juice box 🤣
No question about it!
A few more showed up right behind him and they were able to get everything sorted before the trucks even rolled all the way in.
Every single one of them just solid
calm respectful professional!
That’s the kind of people you hope show up when something’s wrong.
And it’s easy to forget
these are volunteers.
They drop whatever they’re doing
supper family time relaxing at home
and they go.
So seriously thank you to the McNab Braeside crew
we appreciated that more than you probably realize.
And hey if anyone knows those lads or can tag the department for us we’d love that
they deserve the recognition.
And to the neighbors who made the call
thank you too.
You did exactly what you should’ve done.
Around here we look out for each other
that’s just how it is.
We’ve said it before and we’ll keep saying it
we don’t just have the best customers
we’ve got the best damn neighbors anyone could ask for.

🚨EDIT: Because we've been asked several times now, we were in fact NOT on fire. It was a false alarm.
We also know it's not Thursday... It's been a long week we forgot how to count and calendar 😬🚨
— D&S Small Engines ❤️

03/10/2026

🚒 A Special Evening for the McNab/Braeside Fire Department 🚒

Last night was a truly special evening as we gathered to celebrate our Long Service Award recipients.

These milestones represent decades of dedication, sacrifice, and unwavering commitment to protecting our community. Each year of service reflects calls answered, training completed, time away from family, and a continued promise to be there when our residents need us most.

👏 Congratulations to our honourees:

• Doug Kightley – 50 Years of Service
• David Herbert – 35 Years of Service
• Andrew Mohns – 30 Years of Service
• Stephen Styles – 30 Years of Service
• David Hartwick – 30 Years of Service
• Andrew Hamilton – 20 Years of Service
• Jason Robertson – 20 Years of Service

We extend our sincere thanks to our Members of Council for their continued support of the Fire Department and for attending this important evening of recognition.

A special thank you to MPP Denault for taking the time to join us and help honour our firefighters’ outstanding service to the community.

Thank you as well to Chief Desarmia, Deputy Chief Nicholas, and Captain Crowder for being present and showing support for our members, your attendance meant a great deal to both the recipients and our Department.

To our families thank you. Your patience, understanding, and support make this service possible.

And to our members, past and present thank you for carrying forward the proud tradition of volunteer fire service in McNab/Braeside.

Chief Hartwick

02/27/2026

02/27/2026

02/27/2026

Alert! ⚠️

Dupray Neat Steam Cleaner recalled due to burn hazard.

Immediately stop using the recalled product and contact Dupray for a free replacement boiler cap.

The affected products were sold from April 2018 through December 2025.

Find out more at: https://bit.ly/4kWKfI4

01/23/2026