Burnaby NOW reporter Alfie Lau was presented with a fire helmet from the Burnaby Firefighters union Local 323 at the final council meeting before the election.
The helmets were given to participants of Fire Ops 101, a firefighting clinic held in Vancouver in October by the B.C. Professional Fire Fighters Association.
Burnaby-Edmonds MLA Raj Chouhan, Coun. Nick Volkow and Lau received the helmets from Rob Lamoureux, president of Burnaby Firefighters union, IAFF Local 323, and Miles Ritchie, secretary of union.
Fire Ops 101 participants learned some of the skills that firefighters use, such as lugging heavy equipment and entering burning buildings, at the one-day clinic.
