Incident Summary – Night Shift – 29th October

Time: 19:51  Location: Hambleton Road, Harrogate

Both Harrogate crews responded to a tumble dryer that had caught fire in a residential property. On crews arrival, the occupier had removed the tumble dryer and extinguished the fire. crews used a hose reel jet and thermal imagining camera to dampen down and scan for hotspots.

Time: 20:26  Location: Broadway, Colburn

Crews from Reeth and Richmond were mobilised to a potential property fire. After a full inspection of the property, this was found to be a false alarm due to aerosols and cigarette smoke activating the alarms.

Time: 22:06  Location: East crescent, Whitby

Whitby’s crew responded to an automatic fire alarm sounding at a residential property, this was found to be a false alarm due to cooking fumes.

Time: 23:35  Location: Hardraw

Hawes’ appliance attended a property with a smoke alarm sounding, following a full search of the property, this was found to be a false alarm, the incident was left with a responsible person.

Time: 00:34  Location: Clifford Street, York

York’s crew responded to an automatic fire alarm sounding in a residential premises. This was found to be a false alarm due to a water leak in the property effecting the detector head.

Time: 04:29  Location: St Martins Lane, York

York’s crew were mobilised to an automatic fire alarm, after a full inspection was carried out this was found to be a false alarm.

Time: 05:53  Location: A65, Long Preston

Both appliances from Skipton were mobilised to a road traffic collision. This incident is still ongoing.