Incident Summary – Tuesday 27th October – Night Shift

Time: 17:14   Location: Market Place, Hawes

Crew from Hawes responded to a shed fire close to a retail premises. This was confirmed to be a fire within the roof beam caused by an electrical fault. Electrics were isolated and crews used 1 hose reel jet to extinguish and a thermal imaging camera to check for hotspots. Incident left with responsible person on site.

Time: 18:57  Location: Kingsway West, York

Acomb crew responded to a young person locked in the bedroom of a residential property. Crews used mode of entry kit and crew power to gain access and freed them safely.

Time: 20:33   Location: East Lea, Topcliffe

Thirsk crew responded to a request from Ambulance to gain entry to residential property. On arrival the Paramedics had already gained access and there was no further action taken by crews.

Time: 21:12   Location: George Simpson Avenue, York

York crew were mobilized to an automatic fire alarm. This was confirmed to be a false alarm.

Time: 21:23   Location: Priest Bank Road, Skipton

Skipton crew were mobilized to an automatic fire alarm. This was confirmed to be a false alarm.

Time: 04:40   Location: Blue Bridge Lane, York

York crew were mobilized to an automatic fire alarm, this was confirmed to be a false alarm caused by a faulty detector head.

Time: 06:45  Location: Willis Street, York

York crew were mobilized to assist with somebody that had fallen in their residential property but otherwise had no injuries. Crews used crew power to safely lift them back up and left them in the care of a family member.