By Mike Stimpson, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter SIOUX LOOKOUT – Recent training from the Ontario Fire College is a “milestone step” for five First Nations in Ontario’s Northwest, according to Nicholas Rhone. Rhone is the integrated emergency services director and regional fire chief for IFNA, the Independent First Nations Alliance. He saw 14 trainees from Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug, Lac Seul, Muskrat Dam, Pikangikum and Whitesand graduate from the fire college’s Fire and Life Safety Educator course earlier this month. The training equips them to teach fire prevention in their communities – and thus, Rhone told Dougall Media, help make IFNA’s five First Nations safer. Each graduate will become a trainer in their community, allowing them to teach their new skills to others. Training the 14 individuals “was a milestone step in…
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