Shawn Currier 

Emergency Medical Assistant I
British Columbia Ambulance Service
Kimberley, British Columbia

End of Duty: May 17, 2006 

Biographical Info:

Age: 21
Hometown: Cranbrook, British Columbia 
 

Incident Details:

Shawn Currier was assigned to the Kimberley station, where he worked since June, 2005. Shawn and his partner, Kim Weitzel, were responding to a call inside a water-testing shed at the decommissioned Sullivan Mine. Both Shawn and Kim, along with mine employees Bob Newcombe and Doug Erickson, were overcome by a low oxygen atmosphere and tragically lost their lives.

Shawn is survived by his parents Bob and Lori and brother Chris.