By Jaryn Vecchio
Fire Chief Jody Butz with a local dispatcher // Photo supplied by RMWB
Alberta Health Services is officially taking over EMS dispatch across the RMWB.
The province’s plan to consolidate the service into AHS’s system officially took place on Tuesday which means dispatchers working in the provincial centres will now be in charge of sending out ambulances in the RMWB.
The move, which was announced back in August, has been met with a lot of pushback from the RMWB and Regional Emergency Services.
Fire Chief Jody Butz tells Mix News their data shows local dispatchers send out ambulances around a minute faster.
By Jaryn Vecchio
House fire on Boisvert Place // Photo via GoFundMe page set up by Amber MacGregor
A house fire in Timberlea is claiming the lives of two family pets.
Regional Emergency Services were called to a residence on Boisvert Place on Sunday afternoon.
When firefighters arrived, heavy smoke was coming out of the eaves.
Several nearby homes were evacuated as a precaution.
They were able to get the blaze under control in around two and a half hours.
The exact cause of the blaze and overall damage isn’t known at this time.
According to a GoFundMe page, the three individuals who live in the home weren’t harmed, however, their pets didn’t make it.
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There have been 13 deaths from opioid overdoses, as well as alcohol poisoning in Fort McMurray between January and October. Data released Friday by Alberta Health also shows methamphetamine and cocaine killed four people each and three people died from alcohol poisoning.
The numbers were even grimmer across Alberta, which can already count 2020 as the deadliest year for opioid overdose deaths. Alberta has seen 904 people die from overdoses between January and October, with current trends expected to push that number beyond 1,000 by the end of the year.
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There have been 13 deaths from opioid overdoses, as well as alcohol poisoning in Fort McMurray between January and October. Data released Friday by Alberta Health also shows methamphetamine and cocaine killed four people each and three people died from alcohol poisoning.
The numbers were even grimmer across Alberta, which can already count 2020 as the deadliest year for opioid overdose deaths. Alberta has seen 904 people die from overdoses between January and October, with current trends expected to push that number beyond 1,000 by the end of the year.
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