Published: The Global Canadian (pdf)
January 1, 2019
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Captain Doug Beckett, a twenty-nine year veteran of the District of North Vancouver Fire and Rescue, was one of fifteen people honoured by the District for their help during the Lions Manor and Mountain Village Garden Apartment fires in the summer of 2018. At a ceremony in December Mayor Mike Little described how Beckett “who was off duty, but lives in (Deep Cove) responded to the fire from his home. Despite having no personal protective equipment he entered the burning structure and bravely assisted the elderly residents who were unable to escape safely on their own.”
Beckett had previously also been named the North Vancouver Fire Department’s “Fire Fighter of the Year” for 2018. Continue reading “DNV honours heroes of Deep Cove and Lynn Valley fires”