Review-Mirror

By Margaret Brand The Review-Mirror Township of Rideau Lakes Fire and Rescue's use of the Tackaberry quarry on Harlem Road as a training ground has come to an end. Rideau Lakes Fire Chief Steve Fournier was notified by Tackaberry's last week that the training materials stored there needed to be removed by March 31. Fournier said that it was learned by the office last fall that the containers had to move. The site contains a dozen containers used for live fire training, eight cars for extrication and concrete structures which were used for confined space training. The quarry, where one side is filled with ground- water, has been visited by the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Minis- ter of the Environment and could be a site for ground- water contamination. "There is a fair chance any hydrocarbons or stuff from the steel is getting into the groundwater," said Fournier who brought a plan for the disposal of the material to council. The chief approached the Gananoque, Athens, and Leeds and the Thou- sand Islands fire depart- ments to gauge their inter- est in acquiring the con- tainers and got positive responses from them. Besides the containers which were used for live fire training, there is a con- tainer of hoses and furni- ture as well as a container of lumber which was used in the HUSAR exercises in February 2013. The quarry was turned into an emergency camp over the weekend as crews were dispatched to a num- ber of fictional emergen- cies which provided an opportunity for personnel from the HUSAR and Rideau Lakes teams to test their skills. CAO Mike Dwyer related that if council had an interest in establishing its own training facility up to environmental stan- dards, there would be dif- ficulty in finding a site. Mayor Ron Holman said there was the poten- tial for regional coopera- tion to solve local training issues. County Council has agreed to study the poten- tial of more regional coop- eration for firefighting. "Part of the initiative could well be a training initiative. It would be pre- mature for us to establish one ourselves," he said. Westport's Heritage Advisory Committee is bringing more awareness of the community's cultur- al heritage with the listing of some village properties in a new heritage registry. The municipality has already designated some properties which have some protection for spe- cific features, which are listed to be preserved by the designation. A municipality's her- itage registry must include properties which have been designated, as some municipal properties have, but may also include prop- erties listed but not desig- nated. Westport's heritage committee will be bring- ing a list of around 25 properties to council to be included in the registry. The listing, which isn't voluntary, would have consequences for the property owner if they wanted to demolish a building. The listing requires a 60-day waiting period. The listing does not change an owner's right to make changes to a proper- ty but does foster aware- ness for the owner and for the municipality which has the information as a planning tool. If an owner wishes to demolish their listed prop- erty, the waiting period of notice to the municipality of demolition is upped to 60 days so that council could make efforts to des- ignate the property. "If they want to, they can change their windows. They can do that without incurring the wrath of any- body," said Councillor Jackie Brady, who has been working to bringing the properties to council with information on why they are being listed. Councillor Mark Parlia- ment wanted to see more information on why each property made it on the list, but Councillor Gerald Schwinghamer didn't agree. "If you go through the properties you are kind of negating the work of the committee," he said. 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