Tag Archives: Paramedics/Fire
Red Deer Emergency Services shares kitchen safety tips for Fire Prevention Week
October 4 - 10 is Fire Prevention Week, and Red Deer Emergency Services want to remind you to keep fire safety in mind when things are heating up in the kitchen.Unattended cooking continues to be a le...
Oct 05, 2020
Red Deer Emergency Services hosts Swearing-in Ceremony
Members of Red Deer Emergency Services (RDES) gathered recently for a small but special ceremony to welcome new leaders to its team of chief officers and say thank you to some retiring members.A Swear...
Oct 04, 2020
Red Deer firefighters supporting Breast Cancer Awareness Month
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and local firefighters are showing their support in the fight against the disease by wearing pink shirts under their uniforms and having a large pink ribbon di...
Oct 02, 2020
Investigators say cigarette likely cause of Kentwood house fire
Investigators say the careless disposal of a cigarette was the likely cause of a fire that destroyed a pair of homes in Red Deer's Kentwood neighbourhood last Sunday.Red Deer Emergency Services respon...
Oct 01, 2020
WATCH: How Red Deer's integrated 911 communications centre works quickly to save lives
"Seconds count" is the bottom line as the City of Red Deer continues its urgent plea to maintain local integrated EMS dispatch services.Alberta Health Services announced its plan on Aug. 4 to consolid...
Sep 30, 2020
Boy injured after being struck by vehicle in east Red Deer
Red Deer RCMP said Friday that a ticket given to a driver when a male youth on a bicycle was struck Wednesday morning will be withdrawn.It was about 8:30 a.m. that morning on 22 Street near Vanier Dri...
Sep 30, 2020
Auditor says Alberta's disaster risk assessment plan in poor shape
EDMONTON - Alberta's auditor general says the province does a poor job of anticipating and preparing for disasters.In a report released this morning, Doug Wylie says Alberta doesn't have a consistent ...
Sep 29, 2020
Red Deer's mayor maintains 911 dispatch changes will hurt response times
Red Deer's mayor continues to urge the province to reverse course on its plan to do away with integrated municipal ambulance dispatch.During a media conference Monday at Red Deer Emergency Services he...
Sep 21, 2020
Drowned man’s body recovered near Abraham Lake
The body of a man who fell into the North Saskatchewan River in Banff National Park earlier this summer has been recovered. Police say the man's body was recovered by Rocky Mountain House RCMP and Alb...
Sep 21, 2020
Two killed in collision in Drayton Valley crash
Two people are dead following an early morning collision on the southern edge of Drayton Valley. RCMP say in a release that they responded just after 2:30 a.m. to a serious two-vehicle collision. Poli...
Sep 17, 2020