Incident Summary – Thursday 5th March 2026 – Day Shift

Time: 11:13   Location: York

Crew from York assisted after a baby was accidently locked in a car. Crew gained entry by breaking the small front window in order to retrieve the keys, they were then able to open the car and release the baby.

Time: 14:30    Location: York

Crew from York responded to an automatic fire alarm at a residential premises. On arrival this was found to have been caused by workmen carrying out roofing work. They had been using hot works to attach bitumen roofing when they ignited a piece of wood. This caused smoke to enter the inside of the premises where someone activated a manual call point. Damage was confined to a small section of the exterior roofing only.

Time:  15:52   Location: York

Crew from Acomb responded to reports of a fire in a field believed to have been started by youths. The fire consisted of household waste. Crew extinguished using 1 hose reel jet.

Time:  16:13   Location: Nawton

Crews from Kirkbymoorside and Pickering responded to reports of a wooden outbuilding on fire. On arrival crews located a fire to a building measuring 15 x 15 metres. Crews used 2 hose reel jets to extinguish the fire. This incident remains ongoing at this time.