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Vol. 9, No. 23, Tuesday, March 18, 2014
STARS touches down near Bruderheim Accident at powerline construction site dispatches emergency services
PHOTOS BY RANDY SIEMENS
Bruderheim firefighter Amber Tanner directs STARS Air Ambulance during an emergency landing at a powerline construction site north of the town site.
911 call results in air ambulance rescue Michelle Pinon Editor
Friday. 8:40 a.m. District 70. Range Road 204. That’s the time Amber Tanner and Don Dreichel of the Bruderheim Fire Department responded to a 911 call. “It came in as a fell call so we went to the call,” said Tanner. “We were
almost on site and they informed us that STARS was 14 minutes away.” The terrain was bumpy with ruts and her heart started racing faster when she was given the opportunity to assist with the landing of the helicopter. With the assistance of Randy Siemens, county fire chief and emergency services co-ordinator, she set up a landing spot.
“He (Siemens) walked me through everything that I had to do. I was very nervous before he got there; once I saw the helicopter I felt a lot more calm. I talked to the pilot and I assisted with the landing.” Medical staff attended to the patient, and took off a short time later. Around 11 a.m. Tanner and Dreichel left the scene.
An injured ATCO employee was airlifted from a work site north of Bruderheim Friday morning.