Jean-Marc Dugas
PCS Member
Our thoughts and prayers to the 2 BCAS that lost their lifes yesterday, their families and co-workers.
BCAS CONFIRMS TWO STAFF MEMBERS KILLED IN ACCIDENT
VICTORIA – BC Ambulance Service (BCAS) today confirmed the names of two part-time
paramedics based in the Tofino ambulance station who died as a result of yesterday’s single-vehicle
accident on highway 4 (Pacific Rim Highway) between Tofino and Port Alberni.
“It is with great sadness that I advise the two paramedics involved in the tragic incident at Kennedy
Lake are veteran paramedics Jo-Ann Fuller and Ivan Polivka,” said BCAS Chief Operating Officer
Les Fisher. The Tofino-based paramedics were returning from a call in Port Alberni when they were
involved in a fatal, single-vehicle accident.
“On behalf of the ambulance service, I would like to extend our deepest condolences and
sympathy to the families, friends and colleagues of Jo-Ann and Ivan.”
Fuller, a 23 year veteran of BCAS, was working as a Primary Care Paramedic (PCP) and the Unit
Chief at Tofino Station 136. Polivka had 14 years of service with BCAS and was working as a PCP
at the Tofino station.
BCAS CONFIRMS TWO STAFF MEMBERS KILLED IN ACCIDENT
VICTORIA – BC Ambulance Service (BCAS) today confirmed the names of two part-time
paramedics based in the Tofino ambulance station who died as a result of yesterday’s single-vehicle
accident on highway 4 (Pacific Rim Highway) between Tofino and Port Alberni.
“It is with great sadness that I advise the two paramedics involved in the tragic incident at Kennedy
Lake are veteran paramedics Jo-Ann Fuller and Ivan Polivka,” said BCAS Chief Operating Officer
Les Fisher. The Tofino-based paramedics were returning from a call in Port Alberni when they were
involved in a fatal, single-vehicle accident.
“On behalf of the ambulance service, I would like to extend our deepest condolences and
sympathy to the families, friends and colleagues of Jo-Ann and Ivan.”
Fuller, a 23 year veteran of BCAS, was working as a Primary Care Paramedic (PCP) and the Unit
Chief at Tofino Station 136. Polivka had 14 years of service with BCAS and was working as a PCP
at the Tofino station.