Soldier in Alberta on four-day training program
Man spun out of control as he dropped to the ground in training exercise near Beisker
A 25-year old member of the British Army was injured when he spun out of control while parachuting during a training exercise near the Beiseker airport during the evening of Monday, June 11.
The training exercise started out normally when the man’s parachute deployed properly after he jumped out of the plane. However, during his decent, the man began to spin out of control and he crashed into the ground.
Constable Meagan Fillion of the Airdrie RCMP says that fortunately, the parachuter survived but he did sustain non life-threatening injuries when he hit the ground.
The service man was then taken to hospital in Calgary by EMS and treated for his injuries.
After 13 weeks of intense training, 30 recruits of the Calgary Fire Department graduated into the ranks of probationary firefighters.
During initial training the recruits must demonstrate technical competencies, strength and ...
READ MORE
411 graduates of the program since 1996
Six Aboriginals from Alberta will now be working alongside RCMP officers after completing the RCMP's Aboriginal Pre Cadet Training Program, or ATPT, at the ...
READ MORE
St. Albert RCMP are offering a unique work experience opportunity to grade 11 and 12 students during spring break 2012.
School boards in and around St. Albert have partnered up with ...
READ MORE
Just before 1 a.m., on Monday, September 23, Leduc RCMP were called out to a single vehicle rollover near Leduc on the QEII, 1 Km north of Glen Park Road.
RCMP ...
READ MORE
A 24-year old Edmonton man will go from the hospital into police custody as a result of an alleged car theft and flight from police. The alleged stolen vehicle ...
READ MORE
Two-hours to extract her from mangled pickup truck
A 19-year old woman was taken to hospital with life-threatening injuries after a serious collision on Gateway Boulevard on the evening of Thursday, ...
READ MORE
On December 11, a 47-year old man from Donalda was taken to hospital with life threatening injuries after he was attacked during a home invasion in the village of Donalda, ...
READ MORE
2 Day training course held in and around Revelstoke
15 RCMP regular officers and volunteer auxiliary officers from six southeast B.C. detachments took part in a two day avalanche skills training ...
READ MORE
New firefighters begin on the job training
Six Albertans graduate from RCMP Aboriginal Pre Cadet
High school students given opportunity to attend mini
Family of 5 injured in van rollover on
Edmonton man injured in accident during flight from
Woman injured in street race on Gateway Boulevard
Donalda man severely injured during home invasion
Southeast B.C. RCMP officers take avalanche training course
Category: Alberta
