Kim Weitzel 

Primary Care Paramedic
British Columbia Ambulance Service
Kimberley, British Columbia

End of Duty: May 17, 2006 

Biographical Info:

Age: 44
Hometown: Kimberley, British Columbia 
 

Incident Details:

Kim Weitzel, 44, was assigned to the Kimberley station, where she had worked since February, 2000. Kim and her partner, Shawn Currier, were responding to a call inside a water-testing shed at the decommissioned Sullivan Mine. Both Kim and Shawn, along with mine employees Bob Newcombe and Doug Erickson, were overcome by a low oxygen atmosphere and tragically lost their lives.

Kim is survived by her husband George.