Incident Summary – Night shift, 11th September 2023
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.
16:59 Temple Lane, York
A crew from Acomb responded to a report of a tree on fire. On the arrival of crews, the fire was out. Crews carried out an inspection using a thermal imaging camera.
18:27 Grassington
A crew from Grassington and an animal rescue unit from Ripon responded to a request for assistance from the Upper Wharfedale Fell rescue team who were attempting to rescue a calf that had fallen into a pot hole in a remote location. Crews liaised with the fell rescue team and a vet to remove the calf from the pot hole. Crews provided lighting and crew power to aid the rescue.
19:22 Ripon Road, Harrogate
A crew from Harrogate responded to a report of a person stuck in a lift. Crews released the elderly gentleman from the lift using lift keys and gave advice for an engineer to be contacted to repair the lift.
19:30 Springfield Avenue, Harrogate
A crew from Knaresborough responded to a report of an alarm activation at a residential property. This was a false alarm due to fly spray. Advice was given.
23:57 High Stakesby Road, Whitby
A crew from Whitby responded to a report of an alarm activation at a residential property. This was a false alarm due to a faulty detector head. Advice was given.
23:59 Doncaster Road, Whitley
A crew from Selby responded to a report of an alarm activation at a commercial premises. This was a false alarm due to an unknown cause. Advice was given.
01:28 Chain Lane, Knaresborough
A crew from Knaresborough responded to a report of a vehicle fire. Crews extinguished the fire and dampened down. The vehicle suffered 100% fire damage to the interior. Crews left the incident in the hands of the police.
01:48 James Street, York
A crew from York responded to a report of an alarm activation at a commercial property. This was a false alarm due to an unknown cause.
03:01 Commercial Street, Tadcaster
A crew from Tadcaster responded to a report of an alarm activation at a residential property. This was a false alarm due to an unknown cause. Advice was given to the occupant and a safe and well carried out.