Incident Summary – Day Shift, Wednesday 12th March
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.
Time: 08.24 Location: York
York Crew responded to the activation of an automatic fire alarm. This was found to be a false alarm caused by water in the detector head.
Time: 09.22 Location: Northallerton
Northallerton Crew responded to a request from another agency to assist with moving a patient downstairs. Crew used crew power to transport the patient.
Time: 09.25 Location: York
The crew from Acomb responded to an activation of an automatic fire alarm in a residential building. This was a false alarm due to workmen in the premises.
Time: 10.14 Location: Whitby
Crews from Whitby and Scarborough responded to a report of a smell of smoke in a retail premises. This was found to be coming from a burnt out electrical meter. Advice was given to contact the electricity board.
Time: 10.28 Location: Scarborough
A crew from Scarborough attended a public assembly building due to the activation of an automatic fire alarm. This was found to be false alarm due to cooking fumes.
Time: 12.15 Location: Harrogate
Crews from Harrogate and Knaresborough attended a report of an automatic fire alarm activation and smell of smoke in a disused property. This was found to be a false alarm due to a faulty manual call point.
Time: 14.33 Location: Helmsley
Helmsley and Malton Crews responded to a report of chimney fire in a thatched property. This was found to be within the chimney and extinguished using thermal image camera and chimney rods.
Time: 15.06 Location: Knaresborough
An officer attended an address to give advice regarding a kitten stuck behind a toilet. Advice given to owner to leave food to entice the kitten out.
Time: 13.33 Location: Skipton
Crews from Skipton attended a property where water was leaking through a ceiling. This was due to overflowing bath which had been turned off prior to fire service arrival. No action.
Time: 16.39 Location: Seamer, Scarborough
A crew from Scarborough attended an automatic fire alarm sounding, this was a false alarm due to accidental breakage of glass point.