Incident summary – 28 April, 2024 – Night shift

18:43 Newborough, Scarborough

A crew from Scarborough used triple extension and roof ladders at the request of the RSPCA, to remove a seagull trapped on a premises roof, which was handed into their care.

20:16 Candler Street, Scarborough

A crew from Scarborough used a watering can to extinguish a small fire consisting of bedroom furniture in the rear yard of a domestic premises.

22:38 Low Hutton, Malton

A crew from Malton responded to a report of a chimney fire in a residential property. Crews extinguished the fire, that was confined to the chimney pot, using a hearth kit. Crews then checked for hot spots using a thermal imaging camera.

23:05 Milby 

A crew from Ripon responded to a report of a vehicle on fire in a field. Crews extinguished the fire using 1 hose reel jet and 2 breathing apparatus. Crews then dampened down and checked for hot spots using a thermal imaging camera. The fire resulted in 100% fire damage to the vehicle. The incident was left in the hands of the police.

In addition automatic fire alarm activations occurred in: Filey, Northallerton, Harrogate and Pickering. The alarms were investigated and confirmed as false alarms.