Calgary Fire Responds to Sunday Drowning Incident in Legacy

At around 1:15pm on Sunday July 12, 2026, fire crews responded to the 200 block of Legacy Main Street SE for a possible drowning.  The district fire crew arrived on scene at a community feature storm pond and found an adult, who was later confirmed to be a family member, had entered the water and brought a child to shore where bystanders began CPR. Firefighters took over CPR on the child as Emergency Health Service (EHS) Alberta paramedics and Calgary Police Services arrived on scene.

Patient care was transferred to EHS-AB paramedics and firefighters continued to assist with resuscitation efforts as the child was in critical and life-threatening condition. It is estimated that the child may have been in under water for around 20 minutes. STARS ambulance was called to attend and CFD cleared a landing zone however, sadly, the child was pronounced deceased on scene and not transported.

CFD Aquatic rescuers completed a surface and sonar search of the pond and confirmed that there were no other patients in the water.

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