Incident Summary Night Shift Friday10th January
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.
17:39, Whitby
A crew from Whitby responded to reports of a casualty who had fallen from their mobility scooter. The crew provided first aid to the casualty and escorted him to the doctors surgery.
17:48, Hambleton, Selby
A crew from Selby responded to reports of a fire in the open. Crews used a hose reel jet to extinguish.
18:27, Grassington
A crew from Grassington responded to reports of flooding inside a premises. Crews isolated the water and electrics of the neighbouring property which was causing the flood.
19:46, Filey
A crew from Scarborough responded to reports of water flooding into a property from the bathroom above. Crews isolated the water supply.
20:54, Northallerton
A crew from Northallerton attended an incident involving flooding in an unoccupied property. Crews isolated the water supply and the electrics.
21:24, Thirsk
A crew from Thirsk responded to reports of flooding inside a property. The property was unoccupied, and crews isolated the water using an external stopcock.
21:44, Skipton
A crew from Skipton assisted with rescuing a family trapped in their car in snow. Crews used crew power to release the vehicle and assisted with directing it to a main road.
22:43, Skipton
A crew from Skipton attended an unoccupied property suffering from significant water leaks due to burst pipes. Crews used the secondary isolating valve to stop the water and isolated the electrics.
01:21, Skipton
A crew from Skipton responded to reports of a smoke alarm sounding. This was caused by combustable materials left in close proximity to a gas fire, which ignited. In the meantime, a casualty within the property had fallen and required first aid from the fire crew.
01:38, A645 Camblesforth, Selby
Two crews from Selby responded to a road traffic collision which had collided with a post and come to rest on its side. Both occupants of the vehicle were out on arrival of crews and in care of ambulance service, believed to be uninjured. No action was required from NYFRS.
05:13, Cross Hills
A crew from Skipton responded to a request to gain entry to a property on behalf of the ambulance and police. Crews used small tools to gain entry.
06:32, Sherburn in Elmet
A crew from Tadcaster are currently responding to reports of a vehicle on fire on a residential street.
Crews from Bedale, Pickering, Easingwold, Malton, York, Ripon and Harrogate responded to reports of fire alarm activations. These were all investigated and confirmed to be false alarms.