THE VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER IN QUEBEC WHO PERISHED AT A HOUSE FIRE on Sunday afternoon had not yet completed his minumum training. (Firegeezer report HERE.)

Andres Manseau had been a member of the Val-des-Monts Fire Department for only six months.

CBC News is REPORTING:

We have a councillor there who works for us, and, from what I hear, that guy had no formation [training] at all,” said Gilles Raymond, president of Syndicat des pompiers et pompières du Québec, the union that represents firefighters.

Val-des-Monts fire Chief Benoit Gagnon said Manseau had started his training, but hadn’t finished it.

Police said they are trying to determine exactly how Manseau got trapped inside the fire and whether he was properly supervised. But, they said, it’s too early to say if more experience or more training would have saved his life.

Provincial law requires firefighters to complete 275 hours of basic training.

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