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Volume 114, Issue 29 Leslie Cholowsky Editor
Killam RCMP and Flagstaff Regional Emergency Services Society (FRESS) were called to the scene of a helicopter crash just after 10 a.m. on Sunday, Jan. 23. The crash occurred in a brushy wooded area near Range Road 161 and Township Road 462, north and just east of Daysland. Killam RCMP, FRESS fire personnel from Daysland and Killam Fire Departments, EMS, and Viking RCMP attended the scene. STARS helicopter crews were instrumental at the scene, with STARS 3 dispatched initially and STARS 1 out of Calgary dispatched about a half-hour later. FRESS Manager Derek Homme said, “Daysland and Killam crews both responded, set up the STARS landing zone on the road, and assisted with patient care and landing the STARS units. “It was a good response by our members.” Firefighters and ground ambulances were ready on the road as the STARS crew extricated and flew patients from the crash area to the roadway for assessment and transport to hospital. Firefighter Trevor Levitt of the Killam Fire Department acted as Landing Zone officer for the STARS crew as they lifted off and landed multiple times. Two people were sent by ground ambulance to hospital while another two were airlifted by STARS. The cause of the crash
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Emergency crews respond to Helicopter Crash north of Daysland
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Killam firefighter Trevor Levitt acted as Landing Zone (LZ) officer for STARS as they worked to extricate passengers of a helicopter which crashed Sunday in Flagstaff County north and east of Daysland.
has not yet been determined. RCMP along with Killam and Daysland Fire Departments held the scene pending arrival of the Transportation Safety Board (TSB). The TSB issued a state-
ment Monday, Jan. 24, that it has deployed a team of investigators who will gather information and assess the occurrence. The Alberta Union of Provincial Employees said Tuesday, Jan. 25,
that three of the passengers were employed by Alberta Environment and Parks and were conducting aerial surveys to count deer and moose as part of a Wildlife Management Survey on Sunday.
“Our thoughts are with the injured workers, with their families, and their co-workers,” AUPE Vice-President and Chair Bonnie Gostola says. “These workers need to know that their union
stands behind them, and is always available for support. “Our fellow workers in this union are our family. When any one of us is injured on the job, we all hurt. An injury to one is an injury to all.”