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Incident Summary Day Shift Sunday 8th July 2018

Incident Summary Day Shift Sunday 8^th July 2018

In order to ensure that people are not identifiable from our incident round-up, we will no longer be providing street names, for smaller towns and villages, where incidents have occurred.

Crews from around the county have attended a number of automatic fire alarms today. Thankfully all of these have been false alarms.

Endcliff Crescent, Scarborough

Time of call: 10:43

A crew from Filey have attended a small fire to a wooden bench. Crews used a bucket of water to extinguish.

A169, Goathland

Time of call: 11:30

A crew from Whitby and Goathland have extinguished approximately 200 metres of grass on fire along side a railway line. Crews used four backpack sprayers and two lengths of 45mm hose.

North Street, York

Time of call: 12:13

A crew from York have extinguished a wheelie bin on fire behind a commercial premise. Crews used one hose reel jet.

Ouse Bank, Selby

Time of call: 14:56

A crew from Selby have extinguished a small grass fire using a hose reel jet.

Skelton Road, Boroughbridge

Time of call: 15:05

A crew from Boroughbridge have extinguished approximately ten metres by fifty metres of manure on fire. Crews liaised with the farmer to break up manure and dampen down using a hose reel jet.

Back Lane, Alne

Time of call: 15:12

A crew from Easingwold have attended reports of a fire in a back garden. Crews found this to be controlled burning and left it in the hands of the owner.

Colburn Lane, Colburn

Time of call: 15:45

A crew from Richmond have attended reports of a fire in the open of Colburn Lane.  This was a false alarm and was controlled burning.

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