Incident Summary – Night shift, Friday 22nd May

Published 23rd May 2026

Time: 1743     Location: Holgate Road, York

Acomb crew assisted in lifting an occupier at a domestic property. Crew power used to assist, no injuries. Incident left with responsible person in attendance.

Time: 1803     Location: Barwick Terrace, Scarborough

Scarborough crew attended an area in the open to extinguish a fire involving a plastic waste bin. Bucket of water used. Cause believed to be accidental, dropped light.

Time: 1803     Location: Piccadilly, York

York crew attended a residential building to assist in lifting an occupant who had fallen in their room. Crew power used to assist, no injuries. Incident left with responsible persons in attendance.

Time: 1807     Location: Gladstone Street, Harrogate

Harrogate crew attended a domestic property following a report of flooding inside. This was confirmed to be flooding from a vacant property, also affecting neighbouring properties. Crews located stop tap and isolated water supply.

Time: 1811     Location: Station Road, York

Huntington crew attended to assist in releasing two persons from a defective lift on site. Small tools used by fire and rescue crew. Door was then able to be opened and persons released without injury. Advice given to responsible persons on site who also confirmed a lift engineer was en route.

Time: 1823     Location: Albany Avenue, Harrogate

Request from Ambulance via Police to assist with gaining entry to a domestic property, following concerns for welfare of occupier. Harrogate attended to meet paramedics and managed to gain entry through a first floor window using a triple extension ladder. Crew then allowed access for paramedics through door who confirmed no persons inside. Incident left with Ambulance.

Time: 1843     Location: Wigginton, York

York and Acomb crews attended a residential area to investigate a report of a fire in bushes, close to buildings. Crews extinguished a fire to approx. six metres of hedging and slight spread to an outbuilding, using one hose reel jet. Advice given.

Time: 2011     Location: Water Lane, York

Acomb crew attended the area and extinguished a fire smouldering within a tree stump. Crews used a knapsack sprayer to extinguish.

Time: 2048     Location: St Nicholas Cliff, Scarborough

Scarborough crew attended following a report of a smoke alarm sounding at a residential property. Following investigations, crew confirmed this to be a false alarm.

Time: 2105     Location: Amberley Street, York

Acomb crew attended a domestic property following a report of a smoke alarm sounding. Crew carried out full external search and confirmed this to be a false alarm, cause unknown, believed fault in detector.