Jennifer Grigg

Hello peeps 👋🏻. I’ve been away from (what is this called now? X?) 😆 for awhile. This is me sitting on my dock this morning in beautiful Kenogami, Ontario. I’ve lived here for a year and today was the first time I had my coffee ☕️on the dock. 🤦🏼‍♀️ What’s new with you?

Success VS Happiness ❤️

Made some big changes the last 6 months! At times I thought it was a midlife crisis or existential life crisis or just a total breakdown 😫. But now I see that it wasn’t a crisis at all. It was an unfolding, an evolution, a letting go of anything that no longer fits who I am. 😌

If you rent out your cottage, you have responsibilities under the Ontario Fire Code to ensure the fire safety of persons who rent your cottage. It's up to you to make sure working smoke & CO alarms are installed and maintained in your rental properties. #FireSafety #ONfire

@HerosofCanada Congratulations! 🥰

I’m a grandpa 🥰

After 5 months off on stress leave, I returned to work last week. Feeling whole, feeling happy, feeling complete. Burnout is real. Mental health is a thing. And I am just a human trying to find my way in this world. #comebackkid

There are 52 active wildland fires in the province on Tuesday morning. Here is a clip of the fire behavior exhibited by #Cochrane 7 northeast of Lake Abitibi yesterday afternoon. (Provided by Chad Porter, Fire Operations Technician from the Cochrane Fire Management Headquarters)

Over 100 Mexican firefighters arrived in Thunder Bay yesterday afternoon to support our FireRangers. Once they have received their provincial briefing they will be assigned to fires in the Northwest and Northeast Regions. Welcome to the team, we appreciate your service! @CIFFC

A funny and honest blog about something many women struggle with. “I Have Daddy Issues, Please Fill the Void for Me.” by Jen Grigg link.medium.com/RKsckF7SzAb

Being yourself is a continuous effort. There is always another expectation placed upon you, another person pulling you toward their preferences, another nudge from society to act a certain way. It's a daily battle to be yourself, not merely what the world wants you to be.

I learned about this yesterday while listening to @AJGeorgefire’s Beneath the Helmet podcast. My score was very high but thanks to the many supports I have in place, I’m doing really good. What’s your score? stress.org/holmes-rahe-st…

We would like to extend our heartfelt condolences to Bluewater Fire Services, following the loss of one of their volunteer firefighters. Our thoughts are with the men and women of the Bluewater Fire, their family, friends and community on this devastating news. @BluewaterOn

Take a flight across the Canadian fires. #wildfire #smoke #canada A look at the truly amazing size of some of these Canadian fires. This is the fire burning near Edson, Alberta which recently prompted more evacuations. There are many fires currently burning throughout Canada this size. Crews have been using natural barriers, dozer line, and firing operations to try and box these fires in. Thanks to the subscriber that sent this footage in. Cheers brother. 🙏🍻

@JeaneanThomas So deeply sorry for your loss.

“Today we lost a hero. A Bluewater firefighter has passed away in the line of duty due to natural causes, while responding to a tragic marine event just north of Bayfield. The Municipality of Bluewater is grieving this loss alongside the family. We are respecting the family’s privacy, and will not be sharing more information at this time.” -@BluewaterOn #LODD

Fantastic interview with @ArjunaGeorge1 on Beneath the Helmet podcast with James Rychard - Firefighter James Rychard talks about 🔥Burnout and Human... youtu.be/UK1PiRC9LgE via @YouTube

From a Canadian firefighter who knows what’s going on: #canada #wildfire #smoke (Worth the read) “I know you may know, but people need to know and understand that most Canadian wildfire management agencies have fire “zonation” policies similar to Alaska. This means in large areas of their jurisdictions, especially in the northern part of the country, wildfires are left to run there natural course w little or no direct action or suppression. We’ll protect values at risk, ie. infrastructure, communities, critical habitat or culturally significant features on the landscape, we’ll map them and maybe try to burn them to natural barrier, fight one flank and let the rest roll (limited action) but we are not putting them out. On many of the fires we don’t even try. A number of these fires are huge boreal gobblers (I am currently assigned to a 250,000 ha fire, well over 600,000 acres and you could fit the org. chart on one side of a beer can). The only thing that is going to put out this fire out and many across the country is winter, 5 months from now. It’s going to be a long, smoky summer for everyone. You have a wide reach, it would be great if you can help people understand these dynamics in the Canadian wildfire scene when they’re bitching about the smoke. Cheers 🍻 and thanks.” Pretty decent picture of what’s going on. Thanks for the insight. In the industry we call this letting a fire “Do its thing”. It’s especially common in these vast boreal forests. Siberia does the same thing. Identify hazards and values at risk, mitigate, let it go. Cheers.

A new Implementation Order is in effect for areas in the vicinity of the #CHA003 fire in the Wawa-Chapleau District to protect public safety and facilitate effective fire suppression. #Sultan Industrial Road is included in the restrictions. Visit Ontario.ca/forestfire

A Restricted Fire Zone (RFZ) is in effect for the entire fire region of Ontario (Zones 1 to 36) due to extreme forest fire conditions. Open air burning, including campfires, is not permitted in a #RestrictedFireZone. Visit Ontario.ca/forestfire for more details.

Due to forest fire activity in the Chapleau-Wawa district, an Implementation Order is in effect as of 7:00 am, June 1 restricting travel, use and access in hatched areas on the map below. Visit Ontario.ca/forestfire for specific restrictions.

Due to the #Wawa 3 wildland fire, an Implementation Order in now in effect restricting travel to certain roadways and areas near the fire to ensure public safety and fire suppression efforts. For more information visit Ontario.ca/forestfire