The staff at Toronto Pearson’s Fire and Emergency Services Training Institute (FESTI) recently opened their doors to show a crew of Discovery Channel’s Daily Planet some of what happens to keep Toronto Pearson safe and how they train firefighters from all over the world to be prepared for what a firefighter encounters.

On September 11, 2008, the Daily Planet crew came to FESTI to film a ‘Behind the Scenes’ segment for the show. The crew visits places that their audience may be familiar with and wants to learn more about.

Presenter Ed Robertson, a musician for the band The Barenaked Ladies, was put through the paces as a trainee for the day. Ed helped put out an aircraft fire, entered a structural fire to look for survivors and extinguish a fire, and scaled down the side of a six storey building. Ed’s experience gave him a greater understanding of what firefighters go through on a daily basis.

The FESTI segment on the Daily Planet will air Thursday, September 25 at 7 p.m. and 11 p.m. and again on Friday, September 26 at 9 a.m. and 12 noon on the Discovery Channel. For more information about the Daily Planet, please visit http://www.discoverychannel.ca/.