Paramedics/Fire

UPDATE: Fire brought under control following explosion at oilfield site

UPDATE: Fire crews say the fire on an oil lease near Range Road 81 and Township Road 722A is under control.Results of air quality monitoring found no current risk to the public around the site, which ...

Apr 03, 2021

UPDATE: Family of four believed to be victims in helicopter crash near Eaglesham

This story has been updated from its original version.Four people are dead after a helicopter crash in Birch Hills County, and the RCMP say it is believed to be a family of four that were killed.A spo...

Jan 02, 2021

Individual extracted from vehicle after it went over embankment near Halcourt

One person had to be pulled from a vehicle late Friday night after it went over an embankment in the Red Willow river valley near Halcourt. Crews from Beaverlodge, Wembley and the Dunes fire stations ...

Dec 13, 2020

Westpointe family displaced after fire causes significant damage to their home

Damage is estimated at around $125,000 after a house fire in the Westpointe neighbourhood on Saturday night.City fire crews were called to the scene at around 7:30 pm. The fire was prevalent in both t...

Oct 04, 2020

Charges laid in 2019 house fire and homicide west of Slave Lake

An arrest has been made in the death of a 30 year old man, who's body was located in a fire in Widewater in May of 2019. As crews were putting out a house fire in the small hamlet west of Slave Lake, ...

Sep 20, 2020

Hiker killed near Canmore, two others hurt in separate falls

CANMORE, AB - Emergency officials responded to numerous incidents of recreators getting hurt in Kananaskis County.At approximately 2:10 pm on Saturday, July 11, first responders were called to a trail...

Jul 12, 2020

East end trailer suffers significant damage after Friday evening fire

Nobody was injured after fire ripped through a mobile home on the east side of Grande Prairie on Friday night.Grande Prairie fire department responded to the call with two engines, a ladder unit and a...

Jul 11, 2020

Investigators look into cause of early morning fire

Investigators with the City of Grande Prairie Fire Department are looking into the cause of an early morning fire Saturday at a mobile home east of the Prairie Mall. Fourteen members of the fire depar...

Jun 27, 2020

No injuries in early morning fire at McGovern's RV and Marine

Fire has ripped through a large part of McGovern's RV and Marine in Clairmont Sunday morning.The fire, which began shortly before 8:30 a.m., has effected the service bays and parts department, accordi...

May 31, 2020

County fire crews respond to rural blaze near Wembley

Investigators are looking into the cause of an early Sunday morning fire near Wembley. County fire crews from Wembley, Beaverlodge and La Glace responded to a call at 2:45 AM of a residential blaze at...

Feb 16, 2020