Tag Archives: Paramedics/Fire
Crash shuts down Highway 4 in Whiskey Creek
PARKSVILLE - A crash on Hwy. 4 in Whiskey Creek at Clarke Rd. delayed traffic following a motor vehicle incident Wednesday afternoon.Drive BC confirmed the highway re-opened to single-lane alternating...
Apr 15, 2020 Highway 4 is closed in both directions following a crash at Clarke Rd. Wednesday afternoon. (Submitted photo)
Neighbours help save house after workshop destroyed in fire
NANAIMO - It was a team effort of firefighters and neighbours armed with garden hoses to preserve a Cathers Lake area home. Nanaimo Fire Rescue investigator Alan Millbank said the fire destroyed a lar...
Mar 30, 2020 Fire investigator Alan Millbank focuses on a section of a large workshop on Dockside Way where he believed a non-suspicious fire ignited Sunday, March 29. (Ian Holmes/NanaimoNewsNOW)
'I took her into my arm and gave her a couple of whacks:' paramedics recognize man's life-saving heroics
NANAIMO - The life-saving actions of a man enjoying dinner at a local restaurant have been recognized by BC Emergency Health Services.Dirk Maritz helped dislodge food that was choking Dolores Poirer a...
Feb 05, 2020 Dolores Poirier and Dirk Maritz meet for the first time since Maritz helped dislodge food that was choking Poirier at a Nanaimo restaurant in November. (Alex Rawnsley/NanaimoNewsNOW)
Smoke alarms, security systems save two Nanaimo homes from fire
NANAIMO - Fire Rescue are crediting early warning systems for their ability to save two Nanaimo homes from being destroyed by fire on Tuesday, Feb. 4.Crews were called to the 2200 block of Leighton Rd...
Feb 05, 2020 Home security systems and functioning smoke alarms are being credited for saving a pair of Nanaimo homes on Tuesday, Feb. 4. (Alex Rawnsley/NanaimoNewsNOW)
VIDEO: Van goes up in flames on Bowen Rd. on busy morning for Nanaimo firefighters
NANAIMO - A man escaped injury after his transport van caught fire on Bowen Rd.Nanaimo Fire Rescue assistant chief Geoff Whitting said their crews responded to the 1800 block of Bowen Rd. near Townsit...
Jan 28, 2020 A transport van was consumed by flames after its driver noticed smoke during the morning commute on Tuesday, Jan 28. (Amy Pye)
Top Stories of 2019: wrong-way driver causes double fatal crash
NANAIMO - 2019 began with a gut-wrenching double-fatal crash on the Trans-Canada Hwy. caused by a driver travelling the wrong way while attempting to flee police.Kurtis Timothy, 31, was responsible fo...
Dec 24, 2019 Prolific offender Kurtis Timothy, 31, was driving the wrong way on the Trans Canada Hwy just south of Nanaimo when he collided head-on with another vehicle. Timothy and the driver of an unsuspecting SUV Cliff Bishop, 54, were both pronounced dead on scene. (RCMP)
One dead, another injured in lunch-hour crash on Nanaimo Lakes Road
NANAIMO - One person has died and another sent to hospital after a single vehicle crash along Nanaimo Lakes Road on Wednesday afternoon.At approximately 12:30 p.m., a car travelling along Nanaimo Lake...
Dec 11, 2019 One person died, another injured in a single vehicle incident along Nanaimo Lakes Road on Wednesday Dec. 11. (Google StreetView)
Multiple fatalities after plane crashes on Gabriola Island off B.C. coast
GABRIOLA ISLAND, B.C. - The BC Coroners Service and police have confirmed multiple fatalities in a plane crash off the east coast of Vancouver Island. Coroners Service spokesman Andy Wa...
Dec 11, 2019
'It just makes total sense:' Nanaimo firefighters poised to receive enhanced medical training
NANAIMO - Firefighters in Nanaimo are in line for increased training to boost their ability to help patients during pre-hospital care.City councillors endorsed spending roughly $66,000 as part of next...
Nov 19, 2019 Nanaimo Firefighters will likely receive enhanced training to better serve patients during pre-hospital care. (NanaimoNewsNOW)
Man succumbs to injuries after self-inflicted stabbing in Parksville Community Park
PARKSVILLE - A man has passed away after a disturbing incident in downtown Parksville.Oceanside RCMP Cpl. Jesse Foreman told NanaimoNewsNOW a 50-year-old man was found unresponsive with serious injuri...
Nov 15, 2019 A man was airlifted out of the Community Park Thursday afternoon after suffering serious self-inflicted injuries. (submitted/John Kurnoff)