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Maritime Junior Hockey League’s First Metalfab First Responder’s Appreciation Week At the center of every Canadian community is a proud hockey team and a dedicated team of first responders. Like our Canadian hockey teams, our communities’ first responders work tirelessly to face extreme obstacles head on and emerge from each challenge victorious. Their trophy, of…

Supply Chain Issues Update for Metalfab Fire Trucks With 2022 comes a new year and many signs that supply chain issues will be rectified in time. However, even with some resolution in sight, it will unfortunately take some time to get everything back to normal. We currently have a backlog of demand for components like…

Preparing an Fire Truck RFP Is as Easy as 1 . . . 2 . . . 3 Is your old truck in need of replacement but you’re dreading writing that pesky Request for Proposal (RFP)? Your friends at Metalfab get it. However, writing an RFP doesn’t need to be difficult. When you write an…

Metalfab Proud Sponsor of the 2022 Firefighter Curling Championships The brotherhood that exists between firefighters is something you don’t see in any other profession. It takes a special type of person to willingly risk their life to save others, and the camaraderie that develops as a result is unbelievable. The annual National Firefighter Curling Championships are…

Corey Zinck is the Fire Chief of Oakhill & District Fire Department here in Nova Scotia. He’s been in the fire service since 1996 when he joined the Dayspring Fire Department as a junior firefighter.  He then joined the Oakhill & District Fire Department in 2003 as a full member. When he started out, he…