{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"The Turtle Island News","provider_url":"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com","author_name":"Sandy","author_url":"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/index.php\/author\/sandy\/","title":"Six Nations Fire Department marking 60 years - The Turtle Island News","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"hQyYIFL3pY\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/17\/six-nations-fire-department-marking-60-years\/\">Six Nations Fire Department marking 60 years<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/17\/six-nations-fire-department-marking-60-years\/embed\/#?secret=hQyYIFL3pY\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Six Nations Fire Department marking 60 years&#8221; &#8212; The Turtle Island News\" data-secret=\"hQyYIFL3pY\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script>\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/IMG_9591.jpg","thumbnail_width":1024,"thumbnail_height":600,"description":"Six Nations Fire department 60 years later: it\u2019s not just \u201cput the wet stuff on the hot stuff\u201d anymore By Alex Murray Writer \u201cWe used to fight fires with this,\u201d Six Nations Fire (SNF) Chief Michael Seth said with a chuckle as he looked at the old 1954 fire engine in the parking lot of Station #1 in downtown Ohsweken. It was one of the first fire engines ever used by SNF. It was donated by the City of Hamilton in 1966, the year SNF was founded. This year, SNF is marking 60 years of growth, changes, and serving the Six Nations community. Looking back six decades, Six Nations, like most other First Nations, did not have a dedicated fire department. Until tragedy opened eyes. A three-month period in the"}