Incident Summary – Night Shift 12th July
Time: 17.06 Location: Knolls Lane, Hawnby
A crew from Helmsley responded to assist a person from a bath and into a chair. Crews used crew power to assist.
Time: 17.13 Location: Acomb Wood Drive, York
A crew from Easingwold responded to a report of a tree smoldering in some woods. On arrival the crews located a fire measuring approx 3m x 3m. Crews extinguished using knapsack sprayers and buckets of water.
Time: 17.22 Location: Sunningdale Close, York
A crew from Knaresborough responded to a report of a garden fence on fire. On arrival the crews found a fire that was affecting approx 6ft x 2ft of fencing. Crews used 1 hose reel jet to extinguish the fire and 2 knapsack sprayers to dampen down the surrounding area.
Time: 17.23 Location: Endcliffe Crescent, Scarborough
A crew from Scarborough responded to a report of a fire in a woodland. On arrival the crew located a log that was smoldering and extinguished it using knapsack sprayers.
Time: 17.33 Location: Leeming Lane, Burneston
Crews from Bedale, Ripon, Leyburn, Northallerton and Richmond responded to a report of a bailer that had set on fire in a stubble field. The fire affected approx 200m x 200m of the field and approx 20 bales of straw. Crews used 4 breathing apparatus, 2 hose reel jets, 2 leaf blowers and beaters to extinguish the fire.
Time: 18.10 Location: The Crescent, Selby
A Crew from Selby assisted ambulance to extricate a casualty from their property into an ambulance. Crews used crew power to lift the casualty.
Time: 18.25 Location: Foxwood Lane, York
A crew from Acomb responded to a report of a fire that had been set by youths. On arrival the crew located 3 separate seats of fire to grass that they extinguished using buckets of water and beaters. Police were informed due to deliberate nature of fire starting.
Time: 18.46 Location: Kent street, York
York crews used crew power to assist a person with a suspected broken ankle into a vehicle to be taken to hospital.
Time: 19.07 Location: Bilbrough Top, Colton
A crew from Tadcaster responded to a report of a person who had become locked out of their car with their keys inside it. Crews used Packexe and smashed a rear window to gain access to the vehicle.
Time: 19.29 Location: Thanet Road, York
York crew responded to a report of youths setting fires in a park. Crews located a fire to approximately 6 square metres of grassland and extinguished it using 1 hose reel jet. Police were informed due to the deliberate nature of the cause of the fire starting.
Time: 19.46 Location: Bellhouse Way, York
A crew from York responded to report of youths starting fires in a park. On arrival of the crews the fire was already extinguished and no fire service action was required. Police were informed of this incident.
Time: 19.53 Location: Fairfax Avenue, Harrogate
A crew from Harrogate responded to a report of youths starting a fire in a community area. Crews extinguished a small fire found using 1 hose reel jet and dampened down the area to prevent further incidents.
Time: 20.14 Location: Rawcliff Lake, York
A crew from Acomb responded to a report of a fire to a wooded area. Crews completed a thorough search of the woodland and no fire was found.
Time: 20.53 Location: Leeman Road, York
A crew from York responded to a report of a fire set in a park. Crews found a tree on fire, 01 hose reel jet was used to extinguish the fire.
Time: 21.00 Location: Kings Gardens, Sowerby
A crew from Thirsk responded to a report of a fire in the garden of a residential property. On arrival the crews found this to be a controlled burn and the responsible person had adequate extinguishing media easily available. No Fire Service action required.
Time: 21.43 Location: Bull Lane, York
Acomb crews responded to reports of a fire to bushes. On arrival this was found to be a false alarm due to controlled burning. Advice was given to the responsible person present.
Time: 00.05 Location: Great Broughton
Crews from Stokesley responded to a single vehicle road traffic collision. The vehicle was in a ditch and the driver was released. Fire crews provided initial first aid whilst awaiting paramedics.
Time: 02.07 Location: The Crescent, Selby
A crew from Selby responded to a request to gain access to a property for Ambulance crews to access a casualty who was not responding to them. On arrival of the crew contact was made with the occupant and no fire service action was required.
Time: 05.11 Location: Osgodby Lane, Scarborough
A crew from Scarborough responded to an automatic fire alarm activating at a domestic property. On arrival the crews found this to be a faulty detector head. Crews reset the system.