Tag Archives: Paramedics/Fire
Lakeview Drive home scorched by fire
The Prince Albert Fire Department is determining the cause of a weekend house fire. At approximately 7a.m Sunday, the fire department responded to the 3000 block of Lakeview Drive. A house under const...
Aug 25, 2019 (Facebook/ Prince Albert Fire Dept.)
Express delivery on-route to P.A. hospital
Every day on the job as a medical dispatcher is intense, but this one was especially exciting for a Prince Albert based telecommunications team member.She helped a woman give birth along the side of t...
Aug 23, 2019 Sarah Barczai stands in front of a vehicle at the Parkland Ambulance station in Prince Albert. (Alison Sandstrom/paNOW staff)
P.A. firefighters undergo specialized training
Prince Albert residents looking skyward near the river Wednesday afternoon may have noticed firefighters rappelling from the downtown building, as well as lowering practice dummies.It's important for ...
Aug 22, 2019 To observe the Prince Albert Fire Department's latest training session you would have had to have been looking up. (submitted photo/ PAFD Facebook page)
Seven people sent to hospital, following weekend house fire
A house fire Saturday night in the Rural Municipality (R.M.) of Paddockwood, was accidental according to the fire chief for the Lakeland and District Fire Department.Chris McShannock told paNOW there ...
Aug 19, 2019 (Facebook/Lakeland and District Fire Department)
Man charged with impaired driving following rollover near Kinistino
Melfort RCMP has laid charges after a single-vehicle collision in the R.M. of Kinistino. Creedon Dipaolo, a 23-year-old man from James Smith First Nation, was charged with impaired driving causing bod...
Aug 12, 2019 STARS airlifts one occupant of a half-ton truck following a rollover near Kinistino. (Facebook/Melfort Fire and Rescue)
All-female air ambulance crew makes history in Sask.
History was made in Saskatchewan last week after an air ambulance trip to Buffalo Narrows.It was a day like any other for pilot Tammie Kulyk as she showed up for work on Aug. 2, but she realized the c...
Aug 12, 2019 Saskatchewan air ambulance pilots, from left to right, Tammie Kulyk (pilot), Carly St. Onge (pilot), Crystal Lybeck (flight nurse) and Jen Rondeau (paramedic) pose for a photo. (Submitted photo)
Woman injured after jet ski explodes
A scary incident at Emma Lake this past Friday, involving a jet ski exploding, may serve as a good reminder for owners to give their own machines a thorough look over.The jet ski exploded on start up,...
Aug 06, 2019 (Facebook/Lakeland and District Fire Department)
Fire department gets community support
The Waskesiu Fire Department is set to get new equipment thanks to some collaboration.Recently Parks Canada along with the Waskesiu Foundation partnered to split the costs of new lockers for firefight...
Aug 05, 2019 The Waskesiu Fire Department is getting some new equipment (Waskesiu Fire Department/Facebook)
Recycling bin goes up in flames
A fire destroyed a large blue recycling bin in the 700 Block of 19th St. W. Tuesday.Fire crews responded to the call at around 5:30 p.m. and quickly extinguished the blaze."They were called to a garba...
Aug 01, 2019 Prince Albert Fire Department crews were dispatched Tuesday afternoon to put out
a recycling bin fire. (file photo/paNOW Staff)
Parkland Ambulance reports high instance of 'man down' calls
People sleeping or taking breaks in public spaces has led to an increased call-volume for Parkland Ambulance.When an ambulance gets called out for a 'man down' call, Director of Public Affairs Lyle Ka...
Jul 29, 2019 Parkland Ambulance is encouraging the public to take help them bring down false-alarm 'man down,' calls. (Ronald Quaroni/paNOW Staff)
