FireLens.com

The official site of fire photographer Sylvain Pedneault

47,427 images

On a June 17...

Photo

Friday, June 17, 2011 - Rougemont FD chief's birthday

A surprise party was organized for the birthday of Rougemont FD's fire chief.

Photo

Wednesday, June 17, 2009 - Residential fire in St.Hyacinthe

The St.Hyacinthe City Fire Department deployed numerous resources on the site of a house fire. Thankfully, the fire was under control very quickly.

Photo

Tuesday, June 17, 2008 - Smoke downtown

The fire department quickly recalled the city's three fire stations when a call came in for an odor of smoke coming from an appartment in a particularly high-risk sector of St.Hyacinthe....

Photo

Sunday, June 17, 2007 - Major water shortage in Monteregie

A major electrical problem at the Vallée-du-Richelieu Inter-city Water Management caused an critical shortage of water for multiple cities. Firefighters are particularly involved during...

Photo

Saturday, June 17, 2006 - Fire on the river shore

Firefighters were called on the Yamaska river shore for fire of unknown origin. Arrived on scene, firefighters discovered a rocky fire place where wood was still burning.

Photo

Saturday, June 17, 2006 - A small boy and a tractor

A very couragous small boy had a difficult experience when a piece of metal on a lawn tractor pierced his foot and kept him stuck for some time. St. Hyacinthe's extrication unit,...

Showcase


Here are the photographic archives of FireLens.com, where are published more than 47,000 photographs from the world of emergency services.

Photo
Photo
Photo
Photo
Photo
Photo
Photo
Photo
Photo
Photo
Photo
Photo

Photographs

47,427 images


Here are the photographic archives of FireLens.com, where are published more than 47,000 photographs from the world of emergency services.

Photo

Saturday, August 12, 2017 - Live burn in Rougemont

The Rougemont Fire Department organized a training day in an abandoned building. In total, 3 controlled burns and a final burn allowed participants to learn more about fire behaviour,...

Photo

Saturday, October 8, 2016 - Live burn in Upton

The Upton Fire Department organized a training day in an abandoned building. In total, 5 controlled burns and a final burn allowed participants to learn more about fire behaviour, water...

Photo

Wednesday, April 29, 2015 - Residential fire in St.Eugene

Fire completely destroyed a large residential building in St.Eugene near Drummondville.

Photo

Tuesday, August 12, 2014 - Barn fire in St.Hugues

A fire completely destroyed a barn on Bourchemin West road in St.Hugues. When firefighters arrived, the fire had already spreaded to most of the building.

Photo

Sunday, April 27, 2014 - Live burn in St.Hugues

Photo

Wednesday, April 9, 2014 - Second alarm in St.Hyacinthe

St.Hyacinthe firefighters requested a second alarm to fight a fire in a detached residential garage.

Incident map


Incidents on FireLens.com are geocoded, that is they are tagged with a longitude and a latitude. That information is used here to present a Google Maps geographical map of all incidents covered by FireLens.com. Each marker displayed on the map is clickable.

Please note that the map below might take a long time to load. Also note that not all incident markers appear on the map when the map is zoomed out; you must therefore zoom in (using the + button on the map) to get closer and see more incidents.

About


FireLens.com

FireLens.com currently publishes a total of 47,427 images taken by fire photographer Sylvain Pedneault on 1296 emergency calls that happened over a period of more than 18 years.

Initially started as an easy way to share photographs with firefighters appearing on them, the site quickly grew in popularity, and eventually became one of the largest single-author fire photography web sites. The map displays quite impressively the magnitude of the site's content!

Sylvain Pedneault

Having discovered the domain of firefighting through photography in 2002, I founded FireLens.com as well as many other related projects over the years. I eventually became a firefighter, then promoted lieutenant, and finally captain. I also specialize in firefighter health and safety. In other words, I keep busy! ;)

  • Firefighter (full-time), Renouveau La Fontaine C-C s.e.n.c. Fire Brigade (Louis-Hippolyte-La Fontaine Tunnel)
  • Captain, St.Dominique Fire Department
  • Race track firefighter, Autodrome Granby & Multi-Soins
  • Fire photographer, Lentille.com and 14 fire departments
  • Photographer (studio), Studio.Lentille.com
  • Full-stack software developer, Gestion Technologies