Incident Summary – Night shift, Tuesday 18th August

Published 19th Aug 2026

Time: 17:14      Location: York

Huntington crew attended an automatic alarm activation at a residential building. On arrival and following investigation, crew confirmed this to be a false alarm.

Time: 17:16      Location: York

Acomb crew attended a domestic street to investigate a report of a fire in the open. Crew extinguished a small fire in the open using backpack sprayers. Advice given to person on site.

Time: 18:14      Location: Bedale

Bedale crew attended and extinguished a fire in the open. One hose reel jet used to extinguish. This was a controlled burn which had been left unattended.

Time: 18:35      Location: York

Acomb crew attended an automatic fire alarm activation at a domestic property. On arrival and following investigation, crew confirmed this to be a false alarm due to cooking fumes.

Time: 00:15      Location: York

York crews assisted Ambulance service with moving a patient from their property into an Ambulance. Patient then transported to hospital with minor injuries.

Time: 00:19       Location: Helmsley 

Helmsley crews were requested to assist Ambulance with lifting a casualty from a first floor room into an Ambulance.

Time: 02:08      Location: Bentham

Bentham crew assisted ambulance paramedics in gaining entry to a property,

Time: 05:10      Location: Northallerton

Northallerton crew attended a commercial building to investigate an alarm sounding. Following investigation on site, crew confirmed this to be a false alarm.