Category: Police, Fire & Paramedics
Firefighters douse chimney fire on Pine Tree Court
(via Ottawa Fire Services) Ottawa Fire Dispatch received a 911 call for a chimney fire at 21:32 December 18, 2017 for 2 Pine Tree Court in the Amberwood area. The…
CBC: One man dead after car strikes tree on Flewellyn
From CBC News: A man in his 60s has died after a car struck a tree in the rural southwest Ottawa community of Goulbourn Monday morning, police and paramedics say.…
Family displaced after fire on Woodwind Crescent in Fringewood South
UPDATE (November 19): A Facebook group has been started to co-ordinate efforts to help the family. You can access it via https://www.facebook.com/groups/712667012259705/ (via Ottawa Fire Services) Ottawa Fire Services received…
Firefighters quickly extinguish fire originating in kitchen of Arcadia home
(via Ottawa Fire Services) Ottawa Fire Services (OFS) received a 911 call at 2:18 p.m. reporting a fire in a kitchen at 200 Clonrush Way in the Huntmar Drive and…
Yield when you see a green light coming your way
(press release via City of Ottawa) The City of Ottawa would like to remind motorists that vehicles with green flashing lights are being driven by volunteer firefighters who are responding…
PHOTOS: The 2017 edition of 9RUNRUN
Atmosphere @9RunRun 2017 @StittsCentral pic.twitter.com/JUdwJYGLqx — SnowshoeCanning (@SnowshoeKitchen) October 15, 2017
Stittsville company’s invention deployed in downtown bike safety pilot
(An invention from Stittsville’s SmartCone Technologies is being deployed as part of a pilot project on O’Connor street in downtown Ottawa. Here’s a press release from Ottawa Police Services about…
WANTED UNDEAD OR ALIVE: Family wants stolen zombies returned
(ABOVE: Photo by Barry Gray, from 2016.) Somebody – or some people– without a lot of brains in their head stole some zombie decor from the Halloween display at Sunnyside…
NOTEBOOK: Carp-Hazeldean collision stats, 2011-2015
(ABOVE: Collision at Carp and Hazeldean on September 25, 2017. Photo via Wendy Wright / @wrightofwayCFRA) Stittsville Councillor Shad Qadri says he’s asked the city’s traffic department to review resident…
Police search for damaged sedan after Highway 7 hit and run
7:02 Hwy7- Hazeldean : M40s Rollover. Shoulder injuries. Stable condition. Teamwork with @OttFire for extrication. pic.twitter.com/zTZPS2FJpv — Ottawa Paramedic Svc | Service paramédic d'Ottawa (@OttawaParamedic) October 4, 2017 Did you…
Driver extracted from rollover at Eagleson and Fallowfield
From Ottawa Fire Services: 17:48 Ottawa Fire Services received a call from Ottawa Police Services reporting a single vehicle rollover at this intersection Upon arrival confirmed vehicle was on its’ side…
Kanata councillor hosts meeting about recent gun incidents, October 2
Via Marianne Wilksinson, city councillor for Kanata North: I have organized a public information meeting for Monday, October 2nd, at 7:00pm, at the Mlacak Centre (2500 Campeau Drive). Join me…
COMMENT: Fix the Carp-Hazeldean intersection
(ABOVE: Photo via Wendy Wright / @wrightofwayCFRA) Avoid the corner of Hazeldean Rd and Carp Rd. Multiple cars in accident. #Stittsville pic.twitter.com/H8ZDGGElcp — Nancy Therrien (@NancyTherrien2) September 26, 2017 Yet…
Ottawa Fire extricate man from vehicle rollover on Huntley Road near Fallowfield
Ottawa Fire have extricated one patient from a single car rollover on Huntley Road. Patient is in care of Ottawa Paramedic Service. pic.twitter.com/eTj5Tl5pUK — Scott Stilborn (@OFSFirePhoto) September 25, 2017…
Overnight fire at auto shop may have been arson, police investigate
https://twitter.com/OPSArson/status/911253961310646274 Firefighters responded to a multi-vehicle fire at Stittsville Automotive on Neil Avenue (near Carp Road) overnight. Police are investigating the fire for possible arson. Via CBC Ottawa: “At about…