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Parkland Ambulance sees high heat related numbers to end the month.

Jul 4, 2021 | 2:15 PM

Parkland Ambulance saw a significant increase in incidents during the last week of June with many related to the extreme heat.

According to a media release, paramedics saw two 24 [hour] periods with incidents in excess of 60 each. That is a significant increase in ambulance responses.

As for the new month, as of Sunday morning at 7 a.m. they responded to 118 incidents. On July 2 paramedics attended two incidents including a two vehicle collision on highway 55 near Little Red River Park. No injuries were reported. The second call they responded to was a quad incident in Christopher Lake which resulted in no injuries.

On July 3 they responded to a vehicle versus wildlife collision. This happened 20 kilometres north of Meath Park on Highway 120.

“Summer travels will have more vehicles out on the Saskatchewan roadways. Slow down and give yourself plenty of time to rach your destination. Watch for highway work crews and emergency crews such as our paramedics. Slow to 60 km/h when passing emergency crews working at the road side. Have a safe
Saskatchewan Summer.”

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