Everyone across the City of Saskatoon prepares for winter, even the Saskatoon Fire Department.

While freezing temperatures were delayed, thanks to mild November weather, Rob Hogan, Deputy Chief of Operations and Emergency Communications with the Saskatoon Fire Department, said the crew is always winter-ready.

“We train in the environment that we work (in). We just completed a whole cycle of thin ice training in November,” he said.

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Other preparations are much simpler.

“Crews are a lot more careful when they’re out on calls

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