Military Fire Brigades Get Their Start at Camp Borden
During the First World War, the Royal Naval Air Service and the Royal Flying Corps set out to accelerate the training of Commonwealth pilots in Canada to meet the growing air needs for the European theatre. Pilots trained in Canada would ultimately fight over the battlefields of Europe, Asia, and Africa and above the adjoining seas. Canadians would eventually play a prominent part in this aerial conflict. On a wintry day in 1917, Lieutenant-Colonel Hoare of the Royal Flying Corps selected Camp Borden as the site for this training in Canada.