Mustang Acres | 30 April 2012 A Red Deer resident’s home was destroyed after a fire Sunday evening. Just after 7 p.m., Red Deer Emergency Services Dispatch Center received a 911 call reporting a mobile home on fire. When crews first arrived there was heavy smoke and flames coming from the roof and rear...
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Alberta | Hope emerges from tragedy – Stories of organ/tissue donation
Alberta | 30 April 2012 Donor Story by Michelle Willcott; Recipient Story and Photo by Colin Zak April 22 to 28 is National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week (NOTDAW). It is an opportunity to honour donor families, their deceased loved ones, living donors, transplant recipients and transplant candidates. Here are two stories about the...
Calgary | Resident overcome by smoke, firefighters rescue dog from duplex fire in SW
Wellington Place SW | 26 April 2012 At approx. 9:00 pm this evening, the Calgary Fire Department (CFD) responded to a house fire on Wellington Place SW. Upon arrival, crews found a man sitting on his front lawn, with smoke and flames coming from his house. The man, suffering from smoke inhalation, was treated...
Calgary | Firefighter injured during hazmat response in NE
4400 block 14th Street NE | 25 April 2012 The Calgary Fire Department and members of its Hazardous Materials Response Team were called out at 05:00 PM. this afternoon for a report of a spill at a north east Lab. The firefighters arrived at the 4400 block of 14th Street N.E. and were met...
Calgary | Firefighters rescue two dogs from house fire
4300 block 37 Ave SW | 27 April 2012 Earlier this morning the Calgary Fire Department responded to a call of a house fire in the 4300 block of 37 Ave SW. Fire crews attacked the fire quickly, containing it to the room of origin. An active smoke alarm had alerted the resident of the...
Alberta | Busy days for Calgary Fire Department
Calgary | 23 April 2012 23 April – Two-alarm commercial building fire At approximately 2:50 a.m. this morning, the Calgary Fire Department responded to a call of a building fire in the 5000 block of Castleridge Blvd NE. Upon arrival fire crews discovered a one and a half story multi-business commercial building showing heavy...
Alberta | City donates two decomissioned fire rigs to small village in Mexico
Edmonton | 23 April 2012 Retired Fire Captain Bert Toornstra is traveling more than 3,500 km to deliver two decommissioned City of Edmonton fire trucks to a small village in Mexico. Mayor Stephen Mandel and Fire Chief Ken Block officially presented the keys to Toornstra at Fire Station #1. He will begin his journey...
Alberta | 32 probationary firefighters joins the ranks of the Calgary Fire Department
Calgary | 19 April 2012 As part of the Calgary Fire Department’s commitment to a sustainable fire service, 32 recruits graduated today into the ranks of probationary firefighters. As the first graduating class of 2012, these new firefighters will be instrumental in fulfilling the current and future fire service needs of our growing city...
Alberta | No injuries in two-alarm building fire in NE Calgary
Calgary | 16 April 2012 At approximately 1:45 a.m. Calgary Fire Department crews were called to the 5100 block of 47th Street NE for reports of a building fire. Upon arrival, crews found the front of a two-story commercial building fully involved with flames. A second alarm was called immediately for additional resources. Crews began...
Alberta | Donation allows AHS to expand pediatric simulation program
Calgary | 16 April 2012 | Story and photo by Erin Martinez For the past 13 years, Paula Janfield has been learning on the go when it comes to knowing when and how to give rescue medications to her daughter, Teigan, when she’s having a seizure. “I’ve had lots of practice,” says Janfield. “My...
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