Fire Calls = 26

Co Responder = 44

House Fire

3

Heart Attack/ Cardiac Arrest

8

RTC; Road Traffic Collision

7

Stroke

5

Alarms; Smoke/ Carbon Monoxide

4

Fall

3

Special Service Call

0

Head Injury/ Assault

2

Standby

0

RTC

1

Barn Fire

6

Chest Pains

4

Flooding

0

Fitting

1

Chimney Fire

3

Breathing Difficulties/ Asthma

9

Factory/ Industrial Fire/ Other

0

Labour

0

Vehicle Fire

0

Electric Shock

0

Other

3

Other

11

No

Date/ Time

Description

Appliance

70

21/06/10 1300

Fuel Spillage; Crown Inn WaltFuel leaking from vehicle. Crews made vehicle and area safe

17P1

69

20/06/10 1730

Co Responder; Fall, head injuries

17L1, Amb x2, Wales Air Amb

68

18/06/10 2035

Co Responder; Breathing Difficulties

17L1, Amb

67

14/06/10 0033

Co Responder; Breathing Difficulties

17L1, Amb

66

13/06/10 2217

Barn Fire; Norton near Presteigne. False alarm good intent

17P1, 8P1

65

13/06/10 0230

Skip Fire; Recycle centre Knighton. Paper skip fire alight. Extinguished using 1 hose reel and 2x BA.

17P1

64

11/06/10 1308

Co Responder; Collapse

17L1, Amb, Wales Air Amb

63

11/06/10 0950

Co Responder; Cardiac Arrest

17L1, Amb

62

07/06/10 0130

Co Responder; Chest Pains

17L1, Amb

61

06/06/10 0400

Co Responder; No Details, incident under Police investigation

17L1, Amb, Police

60

05/06/10 2000

Co Responder; Breathing Difficulties

17L1, Amb

59

29/05/10 1023

RTC; Vehicle and occupants reported to have veered of road between Presteigne and Whitton down embankment into River.  (Hay-on-Wye) 16P1, 16L1, Inshore rescue boat and (Carmarthen) 62P2, 62T4 swift water rescue and boat mobilized to incident.  On arrival occupants had managed to escape from  vehicle which was upside down semi submerged in river, with minor injuries and shock. Vehicle winched from river to prevent water contamination and aid recovery.

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17P1, 16P1, 16L1, (N201) 62P2, 62T4 (N206) Amb, Police

58

27/05/10 1622

Co Responder; Collapse

17L1, Amb

57

15/05/10 1223

Co Responder; Chest Pains

17L1, Amb

56

14/05/10 1952

Co Responder; Breathing Difficulties

17L1, Amb

55

07/05/10 1126

Co Responder; Cardiac arrest

17L1, Amb. Air Amb

54

06/05/10 2203

House Fire; New Radnor, prpoerty smoke logged. Small fire to rear of backplate of wood buner, Small gear and chimney gear in use.

17P1, HW Kington, HW Eardisley

53

04/05/10 0815

Co Responder; Stroke

17L1, Amb

52

02/05/10 0855

Co Responder; Collapse

17L1, Amb

50/ 51

30/04/10 1820

Alarms; False alarms good intent

17P1

49

25/04/10 1530

Hill Fire Gore Quarry, Old Radnor; 17L1 mobilised to supply crews with additional water supplies.

17L1

48

25/04/10 1406

Hill Fire Gore Quarry, Old Radnor. Large area of hill side containing gorse well alight, adjacent properties at risk if fire continued to spread as well as nature reserve. Initial Call Pumps 3, but later made up to pumps 6, 2x Water carriers, and High volume pump and support vehicles.  Hose reels, and 45mm deliveries used. Crews used beaters to contain fire.

Mid and West Wales; 17P1, 16P1, 13P1, 14W1, HVP & Support Vehicle.

HW; Kington, Eardsley, Hereford, Water carrier from Ross

47

22/04/10 2036

Barn Fire Nr Presteigne; Small area of barn containing straw bails alight. 2 BA and 2 Hose reels put to use. Fire contained and crews turned over straw bails and made safe.

17P1, 17L1, 8P1

46

22/04/10 1353

Co Responder; Fitting

17L1, Amb

45

17/04/10 1458

Co Responder; Possible Stroke

17L1, Amb

44

17/04/10 0655

House Fire; Initial reports, smoke coming from window of derelict building in Presteigne. On Arrival property well alight. Pumps made from 2 to 4 pumps. Also 17L1 mobilized for additional man power. Water supply made from 2x hydrants and 2x 70mm deliveries and 2 hose reels put to work. 4x BA used. Crews in Delta defensive mode due to property at risk of collapse and scale of fire. No Persons reported. Ground monitors used later in incident. Police requested due to nature of the incident.

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Video 3- Incident developing

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17P1, 17L1, 8P1, HW Kington, and Eardisley

43

16/04/10 0939

Co Responder; Possible Stroke

17L1, Amb

42

13/04/10 2115

Co Responder; Possible Stroke

17L1, Amb

41

13/04/10 1432

Co Responder; Faint

17L1, Amb

40

13/04/10 0818

Alarms; False alarms good intent

8P1, 17P1

39

11/04/10 2310

Co Responder; Breathing Difficulties

17L1, Amb

38

07/04/10 0021

Co Responder; Chest Pains

17L1, Amb

37

04/04/10 0623

Co Responder; Breathing Difficulties

17L1, Amb

36

31/03/10 0834

Co Responder; Heart Attack

17L1, Amb

35

30/03/10 0850

Co Responder; Fall

17L1, Amb

34

28/03/10 2339

Co Responder; Unknown

17L1, Amb

33

28/03/10 2230

Co Responder; breathing difficulties

17L1, Amb

32

16/03/10 1341

Alarms; False alarms good intent

17P1

31

16/03/10 1216

Hill Fire; Painscastle, Nr Hay-on-wye, large area of hill side effected by gorse fire. Fire controlled using beaters, fogging systems, and hose reels

16P1, 18P1, 14P1, HW Kington/ Eardisley, 17L1, 12L1, 16L1, 13T1

30

15/03/10 1907

Hill Fire; Llanbister, large area of hill side effected by gorse fire. Fire contained using Beaters, fogging system, and hose reels.

13P1, 13P2, 8P1, 9P1, 9L1, 17L1, 14W1, 13T1

29

12/03/10 2057

Chimney Fire; Wood burner alight extinguished by FRS personnel.

17P1, 8P1

28

12/03/10 1420

Co Responder; RTC involving Cyclist, possible back injuries

17L1, Amb, Air Amb

27

09/03/10 1414

Co Responder; Cardiac arrest

17L1, Amb

26

07/03/10 1454

Co Responder; Broken Leg

17L1, Amb

25

02/03/10 2132

Chimney Fire; Wood burner alight L4P required to gain access to rural property

17P1, 17L1

24

25/02/10 1320

RTC: HGV vehicle carrying large quantity of livestock overturned at bottom of steep gradient on B4355 between Presteigne and Knighton. On Arrival driver trapped in cab, Presteigne FRS used cutting equipment to free casualty from cab. Driver taken to hospital by land amb with head injuries. Approx 150 Sheep in trailor unit trapped in wreakage. FRS Crews freed animals. Unfortunately 26 sheep died from the incident.

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17P1, HW Kington, HW Leintwardine, Amb, Police, Vet

23

17/02/10 2344

Co Responder; Abdominal Pains

17L1, Amb

22

16/02/10 0754

Co Responder; Fall

17L1, Amb

21

15/02/10 0830

Co Responder; Cardiac arrest

17L1, Amb

20

13/02/10 1415

Chimney Fire; Triple extension ladder, Hearth gear and thermal image camera used. Fire tackled from below, using hose reel and chimney rods

17P1

18/19

12/02/10 1202

Building Collapsed; initial call 1 male trapped under fallen wall. Both appliances mobilized.  On arrival casualty already freed from fallen wall. FRS treated casualty for suspected broken leg, and moved material for paramedics to gain access.

17P1, 17L1, Air Amb, Amb, Police

17

11/02/10 1405

Co Responder; Leg Injury

17P1

16

11/02/10 1327

RTC; A44 Kington, 2 vehicles involved in head on collision. 1 Person trapped. Hydraulic cutting equipment used to free casualty from vehicle. Vehicles made safe.

HW Kington, 17P1, 8P1, Air Amb, Amb, Police

15

06/02/10 1529

Co Responder; Cardiac arrest

17L1, Amb x2, Police

14

04/02/10 1015

RTC; 2 Vehicles involved in collision on A44 between New Radnor and Walton, 1 vehicle also collided with tree following initial impact. Persons free from vehicles prior to FRS attending. Assisted Amb crews with Casualty trauma care. Vehicles made safe.

Air ambulance mobilised but unable to land due to Fog.

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17P1, Amb (x2) Rapid Response vehicle and Mercia Accident rescue service.

13

02/02/10 0936

Alarms; Smoke alarm activated. False alarm good intent

17P1

12

02/02/10 0837

Co Responder; Running call from previous incident; Elderly person serious Nose Bleed.

17L1, Amb

11

02/02/10 0746

Co Responder; Heart Attack

17L1, Amb

10

30/01/10 1040

Co Responder; Possible Stroke

17L1, Amb

9

26/01/10 1423

Co Responder; Chest Pains

17L1, Amb

8

23/01/10 0319

Co Responder; Person found unconscious on footpath

17L1, Amb

7

19/01/10 1202

Co Responder; Fall, possible broken hip

17L1, Amb

6

18/01/10 1204

RTC; 1 Vehicle overturned between Presteigne and Norton. All persons free from wreckage prior to arrival of FRS. Vehicle and Scene made  safe.

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17P1, Amb, Police

5

13/01/10  0629

Co Responder; Breathing Difficulty (Knighton) Amb unable to attend due to poor weather conditions caused by Heavy snow fall

17L1, Amb

4

12/01/10 1957

Co Responder; Head Injury

17L1, Amb

3

08/01/10 1745

House Fire; Fire in bathroom, Electrical fan heater on fire. Extinguished prior to arrival of FRS.  17L1, mobilised due to weather conditions and location of incident. Appliance made safe walls/ roof space checked using thermal image camera for hot spots.

17P1, 8P1, 17L1, Police

2

08/01/10 0930

Alarms; Smoke alarm activated, smell of smoke. L4P mobilised due to poor road conditions. False alarm, good intention

17P1, 8P1, 17L1, Police, Amb

1

01/01/10 1014

Co Responder; Infant breathing problems

17L1, Amb