Water Rescue Response - Missing Child - Pike Lake, Saskatchewan

At approximately 4:03 p.m. on August 25, 2020, the Saskatoon Fire Department received notification through the Sask911 Prince Albert Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) of a mutual aid request in the Pike Lake, Saskatchewan area for reports of a missing child near the water. Two water rescue units and one battalion chief were dispatched from the Saskatoon Fire Department's fleet of apparatus.

Water rescue crews arrived on scene to find a nine year-old male patient unresponsive on the shoreline; he was being attended to by paramedics and police. It is understood that the child was not wearing a lifejacket or PFD when he was removed from the water. Alongside first responders from partner agencies, firefighter-paramedics assisted in conducting cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) as STARS Air Ambulance prepared for transport of the patient to a hospital in Saskatoon; he was transported in critical condition at around 4:53 p.m.. 

The Saskatoon Fire Department would like to acknowledge the collaborative response to this incident that included Medavie Health Services West, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, STARS Air Ambulance, Delisle & District Fire Department, and the Saskatchewan Provincial Parks staff.