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Vol. 21, No. 17, Wednesday, January 28, 2026
New information counters delegation questioning County’s fire fighting model Resident fire bill of $2,348 upheld by council BY JANA SEMENIUK A presentation by Lamont County fire chief Bo Moore, to the county council during their Jan. 27 council meeting, countered an earlier delegation made by county resident Allen Antoniuk about a fire in Aug. at his property. Antoniuk brought a portion of a slightly charred electrical panel to the Jan. 13 meeting and asserted he was overcharged by the county sending four fire trucks when “not a drop of water was used”. Atoniuk said the electrical panel only overheated, causing smoke but no fire. Chief Moore read a report compiled
of the actions taken by LCES (Lamont County Emergency Services) when the first call was received by their dispatch at 11:46 on Aug. 26 last year. Moore said the call was “given the second highest structure fire response code based on information provided to dispatch by the caller”. He said the caller indicated the electrical box was making noise and they saw smoke, while ATCO electric and the RCMP were notified. The situation was described in the report as “No fire was found but heavy damage to electrical panel, main electrical feed, wires, and immediate area including, insulation, backerboard,
Lamont County Regional Fire Chief Bo Moore (R) delivers a report on Jan. 27, countering information shared by a resident at the Jan. 13 council meeting regarding an electrical fire. Lamont County Deputy Regional Fire Chief Scott Calder is on Moore's left.
Tarnawsky said he aims for a delegafloor joists”. tion response not Moore said the necesmaterial Antoniuk sarily brought in for council in the to view on Jan. 13 s a m e showed only a pormeettion of the damage. ing. “(It) was only a “As a partial picture of general what crews were rule, I try faced with. If you to avoid look at the picture having a (in the agenda delegation package) you can and the see it was up in the response insulation. It had on the same burnt through the day or at the main supply feed same time,” line of the electrihe said. “It cal panel. It just becomes scorched the quite stanunderside of the dard that I floor joists and A photo s hared in th would have filled the entire ag e Lamont enda pac C o u k n a ty g e Council the fire service house with dama Jan. 27 s ge to a p roperty ne howing extensive come either smoke,” he overhea ar Munda ted electr re from a later in the ical panel said. n meeting or the “Crews had to ventinext meeting.” late the house with fans to get the Chief Moore added that although smoke out, while other crews outside worked with the power company as there were no flames spotted by either the electrical back feed from that panel the homeowner or LCES, he believes actually severed the lines that are there may have been actual fire at some point. attached to the pole in the back. “There was at some point absolute“This was a significant event. Crews were on scene for an hour, some on ly,” he said. Councillor Roy Anaka surmised the scene for just under two hours.” Deputy Reeve Neil Woitas asked situation could have developed into why the report information, including something much worse. The council voted in favour of pictures, were not brought forward upholding Antoniuk’s bill for $2,348 during the Jan. 13 delegation. Chief Administrative Officer Peter less any interest.