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Firefight2
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19 July 2022

Our team of firefighters are back on home soil and ready to fight again

  • Read more about Building Fire - Todmorden area

UPDATE 06:50

Fire now out - crews damping down using 2 hosereels

Police and Fire Service remain in attendance

 

05:20 Building fire  - initial crews requested 6 Firefighting appliances to this incident.

Incident secorised with hosereel jets and breathing apparatus in use.

4 West Yorkshire appliances and crews from Littleborough and Rochdale in attendance.

water
News
18 July 2022

Firefighters are warning of heightened risks as extreme heat hits

  • Read more about Rescue from Water - Leeds Area

Reports received of a female in difficulty in water near the Centenary Bridge in Leeds.  Throw lines used by a member of public on scene but female was unable to exit the water unaided.

Crews from the fire service arrived and successfully rescued 1 female casualty from the water, conscious and breathing, using a rescue sled.  Casualty was then placed in the care of Yorkshire Ambulance Service. 

  • Read more about Make pumps 10 - Knottingley

Skip and waste management plant – on arrival crews made pumps 10. Large piles of recycled tyres and waste involved approx. 60m x 30m. Incident sectorised and large jets used in each sector.

  • Read more about Road Traffic Collision Halifax Area

Road Traffic Collision involving 2 cars, 1 person was trapped, casualty released by fire service personnel and then transported to hospital by ambulance.

  • Read more about Field fire - Pontefract - M1 / M62 junction

Crews from Pontefract, Castleford, Normanton, Skelmanthorpe, Hunslet, Mirfield and South Kirby are tackling a field fire near Ferrybridge, Pontefract, near the M1 / M62 junction. 

Local residents are advised to keep doors and windows closed. We are working with the Police and National Highways to slow traffic around the affected area - please be aware when driving in the area. 

Alfie
News
12 July 2022

Emergency services have issued a timely reminder of the dangers of open water swimming following the death of a teenage boy in Wakefield yesterday (Monday, 11 July)

  • Read more about Domestic property - Halifax area

Shed fire spread to houses – 6 properties affected in total. 2 Ambulances requested for casualties – one male and one female aged approx. 50 years suffering smoke inhalation. Gas board attended following gas explosion and re-housing requested for residents from 6 properties.

  • Read more about Make pumps 5 - East Ardsley

Large grass fire – make pumps restricted for water and manpower. 4 hose reels used for damping down

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