The Future of Fire: Adapting to protect a growing city

A spark surrounded by darkness, then silence.

The smoke hovers inside the electric panel like a wraith, coiling in on itself in blueish-black twists, waiting for a burst.

The current continues to arc, jumping from wire to wire.  

Another spark, like a firework, spits apart into several more, again, and again.

Another pause, as though the fire-to-be is undecided about whether it wants to ignite.

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Brampton is the ninth largest city in Canada and one of the fastest growing. With that in mind, I interviewed the city’s fire chief to get a handle on how the fire department is handling that growth and how they are planning for the future.

I also designed the feature image for this story.

Published on February 16, 2019 in The Pointer - Brampton