Incident Summary Day Shift 30th August 2024
Time: 09:32 Location: Brayton
Crews from Selby reports of a tree on fire. This had been extinguished prior to fire service arrival.
Time: 10:03 Location: Northallerton
Northallerton crews assisted carers with gaining access to a property as their patient had accidentally locked themselves in the property. Access was gained and the patient was left in care of carers.
Time: 10:19 Location: A64 York
Crews from York and Huntington responded to reports of a road traffic collision between two vehicles on York outer ring road. No people were trapped. Crews made the scene safe and left the incident with police.
Time: 13:01 Location: Tang Hall, York
York crews attended a small fire in the open which consisted of paper. They extinguished it using a bucket of water and a knapsack sprayer.
Time: 13:34 Location: Richmond
Crews from Masham attended reports of a tree on fire. They used knapsack sprayers to extinguish the fire and dampen down the area.
Time: 14:47 Location: Kirkbymoorside
Helmsley crews responded to a call regarding a microwave that had caught fire. This was out on arrival of the fire service who proceeded to remove the microwave outside of the property to make the property safe.
Time: 15:09 Location: Duggleby
Crews from Malton and Scarborough responded to a baler on fire in a field. They extinguished the fire using hose reels and breathing apparatus.
Time: 16:42 Location: Harrogate
Harrogate and Knaresborough attended reports of a gas leak at a property. Crews used a positive pressure ventilation fan and breathing apparatus to ventilate the basement of the property and they isolated a cylinder. The incident was left with the gas board.
Time: 16:42 Location: Wensley
A crew from Reeth responded to reports of a fire in the open. This was a tree smouldering in the woods and it was believed the cause was a discarded cigarette. Crews used knapsack sprayers to extinguish.
Time: 17:00 Location: Malton
A crew from Acomb who were covering at Malton attended reports of a small fire next to a road. This was out on arrival of the fire service and it was believed to have started from a discarded cigarette.
Time: 17:04 Location: Wiggington
York crews responded to reports of a field fire in Wiggington. This was extinguished using hose reel jets.
Time: 17:40 Location: Thornton Le Moor
A crew from Northallerton responded to a small fire in the open. This was out on arrival and crews used a hose reel jet to dampen down the area.
Crews from across the county responded to numerous false alarms throughout the day.