Incident summary Night Shift 18th April
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.
17:42 – Thornton Lane, High Marishes
A first responder from Pickering responded to reports of a 78 year old male who had fallen in the property. The male had trpped and fallen in a workshop. He was lifted onto a chair by colleagues, when he then became unresponsive. The first responder took observations before he was taken to hospital via road ambulance.
17:57 – Sharphaw Avenue, Skipton
A crew from Skipton responded to reports of a female who had fallen within the property. Crews assisted the female back to her chair and carried out a first aid assessment.
20:23 – Pippin Road, Malton
A crew from Malton responded to reports of water issuing through a light fitting. This was a false alarm with good intent, no water was entering through the light fitting.
20:29 – Cayton, Scarborough
A crew from Scarborough responded to a request from Ambulance to assist with the extracation of a casualty from the bedroom to the awaiting road ambulance. Crews used ambulance equipment and provided extra crewpower.
23:09 – Walmgate, York
Appliances from Acomb and York were mobilised to reports of an alarm sounding a smoke sighted within a convenience store. This was found to be a false alarm caused by a burglar alarm and a smoke cloak activation, crews carried out a thermal scan of the building using a thermal imaging camera.
03:19, East Lane, Shipton By Beninborough
A crew from Acomb responded to reports of a male aged 77 years who had climbed out of a window and on to a roof. Crews assisted the male, unharmed back into his bedroom.
North Yorkshire Fire & Rescue Service also responded to automatic fire alarms in Northallerton, Harrogate, Acomb and Scarborough. All of these activations were false alarms.