A pair of kayakers marooned by fast-moving waters in a north London creek had to be rescued by emergency crews Sunday afternoon – a cautionary tale for people attempting to venture out on swollen rivers and streams, one veteran firefighter says.
The experienced kayakers – a man and a woman – were paddling on the […]
LFD A-Platoon (WIRT) demonstrating annual rescue skills in the Thames river fast flowing swift water. #morethanfires. @LPFFA @Hamertime436 @JackBurt13 @Hayes_R_J @DCHuntLondon @ShewellColin pic.twitter.com/lXQi0XCqZx
— London Fire Department (@LdnOntFire) April 7, 2019
The London police Major Crimes division has launched an investigation after a body was discovered on the bank of the Thames River. (Brent Lale / CTV London)
The London police Major Crimes division has launched an investigation after a body was discovered on the bank of the Thames River. (Brent Lale / CTV London)
London police […]
London Fire Fighters training for ice rescue emergencies.
TONIGHT: Catch @LPFFA in action, training on the Thames. Banks are flooded & a boating ban is in place. #ldnont (Credit: Steve Sauder) pic.twitter.com/Rw9EGm9duQ
— Natalie Quinlan (@CTVNatalie) January 13, 2017
Source: @CTVNatalie | Twitter
@LPFFA in water rescue training at Gibbons Park in #ldnont. Waters in area dangerously high and fast. pic.twitter.com/ZMmM3Kmxr1
— Natalie Quinlan (@CTVNatalie) January 13, 2017
London drowning: Teen’s canoe death sad first for the city
The death of a 19-year-old man who fell out of a canoe at Westminster Ponds may be the first drowning in a city park or environmentally significant area, says the city’s managing director of parks and recreation.
Bill Coxhead said other than drownings in the Thames […]
Emergency crews have been searching in and around the water near Pondmills Road and Southdale since early yesterday morning. The large pond is where a 19-year-old Simcoe man was last seen since he and two friends tipped their canoe on Saturday night.
Images from twitter:
Rescue crews save woman from Prevost walking bridge over the Thames River.
Source: CTV London: Walking Bridge Rescue | CTV London News
An adult woman drowned in a pool at an apartment building in London on Friday.
Paramedics and police converged on the pool at 744 Proudfoot Lane about 2 p.m.
The woman was transported to hospital, but declared dead.
London police Const. Chris Stumpf said police are continuing to investigate the drowning.
Source: Woman drowns in pool | the […]
Emergency services were called to a house on Fitzroy Place near Adelaide St. and Bradley Ave. shortly after 3:30 p.m., where they were told a young child had been found unconscious in the backyard pool.
An off duty fire fighter and his 9 year old daughter rescued a man from Lake Huron.
Actions of off-duty member Murray Saunders & his 9 year old daughter Haley, successfully rescued an injured jet skier in Lake Huron.
Teen a hero after saving wheelchair-bound man from Thames River
LONDON, Ont. – A 15-year-old boy is being hailed for saving a wheelchair-bound man in London from a life-threatening situation.
The fire department says the man had rolled into a river’s edge in Harris Park to feed some birds along the bank, but the water was […]
LONDON, Ont. — A quick-thinking teenager is being credited with saving the life of a wheelchair-bound man who was stuck in the swollen Thames River on Tuesday.
Rescue crews responded just after 4 p.m., but they weren’t given the correct location.
Firefighters say the man had been trying to feed the ducks on the banks of […]
