Shouts Ridden in 2003
266 Tue 30/12/03 09:28 AFA at a local superstore, in the middle of Totton. Stop: A/C by fumes from overheated cooking in the fast food outlet in the store.
265 Tue 30/12/03 08:44 AFA at a local convenience store, in the West Totton area. Stop: A/C by accidental operation of AFA system.
264 Mon 29/12/03 13:56 Fire at a remote cottage in the Winsor area. On arrival we found a smell of electrical burning in some parts of the cottage. The owner told us of a number of electrical problems he had been suffering , including tripping circuits. On investigation we found some badly overheated cabling. Stop: A/C by overheated electrics.
263 Mon 29/12/03 03:55 Van fire, outside of a residential address in Eling. A large van, well alight on arrival. 2 BA,, 2 HPHR used to quell the fire. Cause not thought to be accidental.
262 Sun 28/12/03 19:08 AFA at a local authority run sheltered block of flats for the elderly. Stop: A/C by fumes from cooking.
261 Fri 26/12/03 10:23 AFA at a remote office complex on Deerleap Lane. Stop: A/C by fumes from paint operating smoke detector.
260 Mon 22/12/03 18:53 Fire, type unknown, Calmore residential estate. A bonfire in an extremely small garden was threatening a wooden shed, as well as a line of washing. The fire had been started deliberately to burn off some rubbish, and the occupants did not initially want it extinguished, however, they saw sense in the end, and 1 HPHR was used to douse the fire.
259 Sat 20/12/03 01:17 RTA Trapped, Ower roundabout, Ower. A small black Peugeot had suffered a close encounter of the lamppost kind, at the bottom of Romsey Road. The lamppost was badly damaged, but not as much as the car, However, all the occupants of the car were out of the vehicle when we arrived. Romsey remained on the scene to make the car safe, and we returned to home station.
258 Thu 18/12/03 08:54 AFA at an office block on Calmore Industrial estate. ( See shout no 252) Stop: A/C by fault on AFA system.
257 Tue 16/12/03 12:27 AFA at a large private estate in the Bramshaw area. Stop: A/C by (very embarrassed) engineer, testing system.
256 Tue 16/12/03 01:08 AFA at a new wing of a local hospital for mental health problems. We had visited the site just the previous evening, to get some idea of the layout of the building, so we would know where to go in the event of an incident. Stop: A/C by steam from shower in en-suite bedroom.
255 Mon 15/12/03 11:46 AFA at a second office block on Calmore Industrial Estate. Stop: A/C by accidental operation of detector head.
254 Mon 15/12/03 11:21 AFA at an office / workshop premises, on Calmore Industrial Estate. Stop: A/C by accidental operation of smoke detector. On the way back home we noticed all the staff trooping out of another building on another part of the estate. We were not surprised to get the call by radio to:- see shout 252 above....
253 Fri 12/12/03 19:44 AFA at a local authority run block of flats, not very far from the station. Stop: A/C by fumes from cooking.
252 Wed 10/12/03 15:57 RTA trapped, Romsey Road Cadnam. A head on collision between two cars, which left both drivers free, but two passengers in one car trapped. The roof was removed to facilitate the extracation of the two passengers, and the dashboard was relocated to free the front seat passenger.
251 Tue 09/12/03 16:54 RTA trapped, Ringwood Road, Totton. An RTA involving two private cars and a motorbike. The motorbike appears to have struck the rear of one car, and the rider seems to have fallen into the path of another car coming in the opposite direction. No persons trapped. The motorcyclist was taken to hospital. Assistance was given by HFRS personnel to ambulance staff.
250 Sat 06/12/03 02:44 RTA trapped, Commercial Road. A car with five young people in had failed to make the bend, under the bridge, on the approaches to Totton. The car ended up on its roof. All five had scrambled clear of the wreckage before we arrived. Stop: Scene made safe.
249 Tue 02/12/03 Fire involving a hut, Skate Park, Bartley. Stop: Small fire, wooden window frame, OOA.
248 Tue 25/11/03 AFA at sheltered block of flats in the Calmore area. Stop: A/C by fumes from cooking.
247 Mon 24/11/03 21:35 Fire, type unknown, at a garage premises, Eling Lane Totton. On arrival we found a boat, on a trailer, on fire, with the fire spreading to a nearby van. Stop: 1 jet, 2 BA.
246 Sat 22/11/03 16:53 AFA at a local supermarket. Stop: A/C by malicious breakage of fire alarm call point.
245 Sat 22/11/03 12:07 AFA at a local supermarket. Stop: A/C by malicious breakage of fire alarm call point.
244 Fri 21/11/03 22:27 RTA washdown, A31 Netley Marsh. A vehicle had left the road, and ended up on it's roof, on a notorious bend. There appeared to be no occupants with the car, draw your own conclusions from that! Car righted, and made safe.
243 Fri 21/11/03 21:26 Aerosol can on fire, outside of a private address on the Calmore Estate. Nothing found on arrival.
242 Wed 12/11/03 12:05 Bushes alight, M27 Motorway. Stop: from Redbridge Hill appliance, who arrived on the scene first.
241 Fri 07/11/03 20:44 Hedge on fire, at the rear of a private address, near to the middle of Totton. A firework had fallen over, and set fire to a fir tree hedge, Stop: 2 HPHR.
240 Tue 04/11/03 22:49 Car fire, outside of an address on the Calmore estate. On arrival we found a car wwith a slow smoldering fire involving the foam rubber of the back seat. Stop: Small fire, passenger compartment, 1 HPHR.
239 Sat 01/11/03 01:18 RTA Trapped, A35 Redbridge Causeway. A private car traveling towards Southampton, had left the open road, and entered the coned off area of the roadworks, and then found the back end of a parked lorry. Four people were traveling in the car, the front seat passenger was out of the car when we arrived, and the other three needed various levels of help to get out. The roof was removed, allowing the rear passengers to be removed, and then the dash board was relocated using hydraulic ramming gear, to facilitate the extrication of the driver. Stop: SSCC, four people to hospital by HAS.
238 Fri 31/10/03 13:45 Fire at a private address on the Rushington estate. An electric deep fat fryer had caught light, causing damage to the kitchen, and smoke damage to the rest of the house. The occupant had covered the fire with a fire blanket, which had quelled the flames before we arrived, which would have saved a lot of damage. Stop: small fire kitchen, OOA, PPV in use.
237 Thu 30/10/03 10:02 AFA at a major hotel in Southampton. This was a two pump shout, and one of the St. Marys pumps was attending, however due to the continuing commitment at the Eastleigh job, they only had one pump available. We were on our way in, when a stop was put back on the job ( A/C by fumes from overheating vacuum cleaner) we turned round, and returned to home station.
236 Wed 29/10/03 12:01 Fire, make pumps 10, at a very large warehouse fire in Eastleigh. As we left the station we could see a massive column of smoke rising from the fire. Just then the incidents went to pumps 15. On arrival we were confronted by an extremely large warehouse which appeared to be well alight from end to end and going like a train. It was thought that a dropped pallet containing disposable cigarette lighters sparked the blaze, but the speed of fire spread was very alarming. The water mains in the area proved to be insufficient to quell the fire, so we were sent, with our pump, to the river to relay water up to the job. This is where we spent most of our time, keeping an eye on the pump, maintaining the best water supply we could. 30 pumps were called at the height of the fire, and we were eventually relieved almost nine and a half hours after we had fist been called. The fire was still burning at that time.
235 Tue 28/10/03 23:43 RTA Trapped, Redbridge Lane. An accident involving a single car, which had ended up on it's roof, trapping the driver. This extrication presented some difficulty, as simply removing the roof, to create some space, was not an option. The side of the car was cut away, to facilitate removal of the casualty, which was carried out by Hampshire Ambulance service, after a short pause, to stabilize the casualty. Stop: SSCC.
234 Tue 28/10/03 17:49 RTA trapped, A35, just outside Lyndhurst. A rather nasty looking oblique head on collision, between two private cars, both drivers trapped, and various complications with trees and things. Both drivers were cut from their vehicles, and taken to hospital by Hampshire Ambulance Service. Stop: SSCC
233 Mon 27/10/03 AFA at a private address on the Calmore Estate. A loving husband had seen the cold weather, and had headed out to start his wife's car, so it would be warm for her when she left. He left the front door open, and started the car, which filled the hallway with smoke and fumes, triggering the smoke alarm!. Stop: FAGI.
232 Sat 25/10/03 21:19. Fence on fire, at a private address on the Calmore estate. Stop: Fence, OOA, buckets of water to damp down, cause thought not to be accidental.
231 Sat 25/10/03 16:09 Bushes on fire, on a school playing field, in the Calmore area. Stop: Small pile of rubbish, 2 Knapsack pumps used.
230 Sat 25/10/03 01:19 Domestic AFA at a private house in Totton A domestic smoke alarm, which had been sounding since at least 19:00 that evening. The property was checked, and no signs of fire found. Stop: FAGI A/C by domestic smoke alarm. No action HFRS.
229 Mon 20/10/03 16:57 On the way back to home station, after the previous shout, we were sent on to a fire on Eling recreation Ground. Stop: small fire bushes, 1 HPHR. We than managed to go home!
228 Mon 20/10/03 16:52 Again, as we approached our fire station, we were called up on the radio, telling us to proceed to a fire, with smoke issuing, at an address in Upper Shirley. Redbridge has one pump available, which was also sent. They arrived before us, and put back a message that said second pump not required, so we were turned round, and sent home again.
227 Mon 20/10/03 16:08, Just as we returned to home station after the last shout, we were sent to bushes, in a field, off Frogmore Lane Nursling. This is Redbridges patch, but they were engaged on other jobs. Stop: 2 Knapsack pumps used to deal.
226 Mon 20/10/03 15:21 Car on fire A31, near to Brackley Arch. No sign of a fire, or a broken down car was found. It was assumed that a car had suffered from excessive smoke from a damaged engine, but had proceeded before we arrived on the scene.
225 Mon 20/10/03 12:50 AFA at a local supermarket. On arrival we were informed that the alarm was coming from the cooling plant room, and was the same as last time. We carefully approached the plant room, to be met with a vapor stream, so we approached no further. A full Hazmat incident was declared, and the store evacuated. A plan was hatched, and two BA wearers wearing CPS suits were committed to isolate the leaking section of plant. Stop: SSCC.
224 Sun 19/10/04 04:19 (not that I wanted much sleep that night!) AFA at a local block of sheltered flats. One of the occupants had lit a candle, and placed it on top of some furniture, and then fallen asleep. Fortunately she was awoken by the fire alarm, and dealt with the small fire with some water, before it had chance to get a real hold. Stop: Small fire involving a candle and chest of draws, OOA.
223 Sun 19/10/03 00:04 Hedge fire, on a small local authority estate in Totton, stop: OOA, fire had been dealt with by occupier before our arrival.
222 Sat 18/10/03 11:30 AFA at a sheltered block of flats for the elderly in the Calmore area. Stop: A/C by fumes from cooking.
221 Fri 17/10/03 18:06 Hedge fire, near to Hanger Farm, West Totton. A small area of undergrowth alight, 1 size ten fireman's boot used to extinguish, and two buckets of water used to damp down.
220 Thu 16/10/03 17:07 RTA washdown, Calmore Industrial Estate. On arrival we were met by a reasonably spectacular sight. A car, was wedged under the front end of a parked articulated trailer, but it was obvious that the car had come from the direction of the rear of the trailer. We later learned that the car driver had taken evasive action to avoid running in to another lorry. A recovery service had been requested by the police, and they arrived, and dragged the car out from under the trailer, and at this stage we had nothing more to do, and so went home. Stop: SSCC no action by HFRS.
219 Tue 14/10/03 18:20 Woods fire, in the Loperwood area. Very near to the sites of some previous fires, we found an area of bushes and gorse well alight. 1 HPHR used to deal.
218 Sat 11/10/03 12:43 AFA at a local sheltered block of flats for the elderly. Stop: A/C by fumes from cooking. ( Over done pizza in microwave! )
217 Sat 11/10/03 04:32 RTA trapped, in the Brook area, An oblique head on crash, involving a car and a lorry, with the car driver trapped in the car. Ambulance already in attendance, and needing space to work. The roof was removed from the car, and the side then flapped down to give access. The casualty was then placed on a long board, and slid out backwards from the drivers seat, then removed to hospital by HAS. Stop: SSCC 1 Male casualty released.
216 Tue 07/10/03 16:39 Fire in play area, Brunel Road, Redbridge. Stop: small fire, in the open, OOA.
215 Tue 07/10/03 14:05 AFA at a sheltered flats complex, on the Calmore estate. Stop: A/C by fumes from hot air gun being used by carpet fitter.
215 Sun 05/10/03 09:41 Lift rescue, in a sheltered housing block, in the Brokenford Area of Totton. Stop: SSCC. 1 female person released from lift by HFRS.
214 Sat 04/10/03 18:32 AFA at one of the student halls of residence in Southampton. Stop: A/C by fumes from cooking.
213 Sat 04/10/03 17:31 AFA at a local supermarket. The alarm was traced to a separate business in the same block of buildings, ( the alarms are linked) , where a break glass call point had been accidentally operated.
212 Sat 04/10/03 14:35 AFA at a sheltered housing complex of flats in Eling. Stop: A/C by burnt toast.
211 Wed 01/10/03 01:14 RTA Redbridge Causeway. A small car, carrying 4 young people, towards Southampton, had attempted to take the bends too quickly. The car had left the one open lane, and entered the coned area of some road works, where it struck the rear of a stationary lorry waiting to deliver tarmac to the work site. All four occupants were injured, and the roof had to be removed to release three of them, and the driver was only released when hydraulic rams were used to relocate the dashboard to give more space to help with his extracation.
210 Mon 29/09/03 20:41 Fire involving saw dust in riding school ring. A very deep seated slowly smoldering fire. Two tanks of water were put on the fire, using a branch on the end of some 45mm hose.
209 Mon 29/09/03 17:51 Grass on fire at the same site in Calmore. Someone is giving us the run around at this site! Stop: 1 HPHR.
208 Mon 29/09/03 15:18 Tree on fire, in the Woodlands area. Stop: fire involving the base of a tree, 1 HPHR.
207 Sun 28/09/03 20:08 Stand by at Romsey Fire Station. A thatch fire in the Lockerly area had emptied all of the area of Pumps. At 20:39 the job went to "make pumps 10" and we were moved on to the job. A reasonably large detached thatched house with the roof well alight. The initial action was to salvage all of the furniture and belongings, and at the same time to try and make fire breaks by removing some of the thatch. Unfortunately the fire had too good a hold, and all of the roof was lost, with some damage to the first floor. A long job, as thatches always are. We were relieved, and returned to home station, cold, and in most cases, wet through at about 03:30.
206 Sun 28/09/03 19:10 Trees on fire, to the rear of a property on the Calmore Estate. Stop: 1 HPHR.
205 Sun 28/09/03 17:41 AFA at a sheltered block of flats, for the elderly, in the Calmore area of Totton. Stop: A/C by fumes from cooking.
204 Sun 28/09/03 16:34 Field, Loperwood. Yet another grass fire in the same field. 1 HPHR used to deal.
203 Sun 28/09/03 11:28 Grass fire, near to Copythorne. A pile of chippings and rubbish at the end of a track quietly smoldering. The Heavy Tender from Lyndhurst had arrived at the scene, and was driven up the track to fight the fire. Stop: 1 HPHR.
202 Sat 27/09/03 12:50 Shed fire, to the rear of a house in Ashurst. 1 HPHR used to deal.
201 Wed 24/09/03 22;23 Shed fire, near to the fire station. A large disused, partially derelict wooden shed was alight at one corner on arrival. 1 HPHR quickly dealt with the blaze, which had looked far larger as we turned out!
200 Wed 24/09/03 17:39, grass in a field on fire, near to a couple of previous incidents. 1 HPHR used to deal.
199 Sun 21/09/03 10:38 Call came in as an AFA at a local supermarket. On arrival we were told that there was smoke sighted in the warehouse. The pump was moved around the back of the store where it appeared that smoke was issuing. The order went out, to make pumps two, as we were now dealing with a fire. As the BA teams entered the plant room, it became obvious that the smoke they were seeing was in fact a vapor from a compressor that was leaking. At this point a HAZMAT incident was declared, and the incident was escalated to three pumps, and an SEU. The area was condoned off, and an inner exclusion zone declared. When the appropriate gear was assembled two BA men, wearing gas tight suits entered the plant room to shut down the equipment, and valve off the compressor. The first crew (Totton) on site were then taken to hospital, for a check up, having breathed the fumes from the refrigerant. Stop: SSCC.
198 Sat 20/09/03 13:37 Field, not very far from shout number 191. A small area of grass and bushes. Stop: 2 HPHR.
197 Sat 20/09/03 01:45 Undergrowth in a private garden, pretty close to the fire station, on fire. It appears that a bonfire earlier had not been fully extinguished, and had flared up again. Stop: 1 HPHR.
196 Fri 19/09/03 21:46 Rubbish fire, to the rear of one of the shops, in the precinct. A small pile of cardboard had been set on fire, possibly by one of the local wags! 1 HPHR used to deal.
195 Fri 19/09/03 18:13 Fire, at a care home for people with learning difficulties. On arrival we found a smoke logged hall area, and spoiled food in the microwave, which had overheated, and possibly caught fire, but was out on our arrival. Stop: Small fire involving microwave, OOA. PPV in use.
194 Thu 18/09/03 20:28 RTA washdown, in the Rushington area. A taxi, and a four wheel drive vehicle had come together at a junction. The front of the taxi was quite badly damaged, spreading oil nd diesel over the road. Stop: 1 HPHR used to wash road, and scene made safe.
193 Thu 18/09/03 19:12 Bonfire, creating a smoke nuisance, in the Calmore Road area. Stop: 1 HPHR used to damp down.
192 Thu 18/09/03 17:11 Bushes on fire, near to Loperwood, Calmore. Stop: 1 HPHR.
191 Mon 15/09/03 17:28 Embankment on fire, Redbridge Causeway. A small fire lit by kids, involving gorse, mostly out on arrival. Stop: 1 HPHR.
190 Fri 12/09/02 00:09 AFA at a local "benefit" guest house. A BG call point had been operated.
189 Tue 09/09/03 13:51 AFA at a local furniture manufacturing plant. Stop: A/C by accidental breakage of Break Glass call point.
188 Tue 09/09/03 09:21 SSC, Dual fuel van leaking LPG, Ower Services. An extremely minor leak from the filler point, on arrival, stood by until rescue services arrived, and handed the scene to them. Stop: SSCC No action HFRS.
187 Sat 23/08/03 13:03 AFA at a local supermarket. Stop: A/C by malicious breakage of break glass call point.
186 Thu 21/08/03 14:01 Whilst we were still on station, clearing up from the last call, the bells went down for, hut on fire, on a playing field in Calmore. We could smell smoke as we arrived in the area, and found smoke issuing from a sports pavilion on the site. On pulling up we found a well developed fire on the inside of the building, and set about fire fighting, and breaking in. Once the door was open a BA crew, consisting of 2 BA wearers was committed into the building. Because of the nature of the building and the severity of the fire, an assistance message was sent to control, requesting pumps 3. The fire was soon dealt with, and damping down operations were carried out. The cause was investigated. Stop: Fire involving pavilion of wooden construction, 2 HPHR, 4 BA, PPV in use.
185 Thu 21/08/03 13:09 Grass and bushes alight, in a playing field area of West Totton. 1 HPHR used to extinguish and damp down.
184 Thu 21/08/03 09:36 AFA at a large manufacturing plant, on Calmore industrial estate. An office worker had decided that a toaster would be a good thing to bring to work. They soon found out why it was NOT a good idea. Stop: A/C by toast.
183 Mon 18/08/03 19:44 Make pumps 4, gorse fire, Walkers Lane South, Blackfield. A reasonably large area of gorse had caught fire, and more manpower and water was needed to deal with the job. Returned to home station at about 21:30.
182 Sun 17/08/03 17:44 Field on fire, Romsey Road Nursling. A poor address given, and no signs on arrival in the area, We drove around, trying to locate the fire and contacted control to give us further details. It became apparent that we had already found the area we were being directed to, and went to recheck the area. Finding no signs of fire we returned to home station. Stop: FAM.
181 Sun 17/08/03 00:05 Litter Bin alight, on a bus stop on Calmore Road. Stop: 1 HPHR
180 Sat 16/08/03 21:07 Bushes alight, on the Calmore Estate. Stop: 1 HPHR.
179 Sat 16/08/03 17:42, Tree alight, in the grounds of a school, near the center of Totton. 1 HPHR used to deal.
178 Sat 16/08/03 08:42 RTA , Totton causeway. On route to the station, we noticed a pall of black smoke at the scene, and were not surprised to find a single car had left the road, and caught fire. 1 HPHR used to deal.
177 Fri 15/08/03 16:24 report of a smell of burning, outside of a house in Totton. On arrival we could not smell anything and could not raise the occupant of the house, who had called us. We were then informed by some neighbors that the occupant was suffering from mental health problems, and had made many calls to the emergency services. Stop: FAM.
176 Fri 15/08/03 14:25 Fire, in the field behind the allotments, Testwood Lane. This has become a bit of a regular call for us, and once again, proved a bit of a work up to deal with. beaters and one HPHR ( on the end of some low pressure delivery hose, as it was some distance from the nearest place we could park the pump) used to deal. Stop; Grass, 1 HPHR, beaters.
175 Fri 15/08/03 00:04 Bird Hide on fire, Lower test Nature reserve. A large wooden building, used as a bird hide, was already well alight by the time the call came in. The hide, by it's very nature is well away from roads and took us some considerable time to get a LPP into position, which we used to damp down the fire. Stop: 1 jet, via LPP, cause thought not to be accidental!
174 Thu 14/08/03 21:28 Fire under tree, Calmore Road, Totton. A small motorcycle had been set on fire, 1 HPHR.
173 Thu 14/08/03 18:05 Hedge on fire, R/O a parade of shops, in the center of Totton. Stop: 1 HPHR, cause thought not to be accidental!
172 Thu 14/08/03 17:21, Fire, at an address in Hythe. This would have been attended by Hythe and Hardley, however as Hythe were out doing stand by duties in other parts of the county, we were tasked with attending the call. However, Hardley arrived on the scene first ( they didn't have as far to travel) and put a message back to control this this was a FAGI, and we were not required, so we turned round, and came home.
171 Thu 14/08/03 14:48 Stand by at Fordingbridge Fire station. A heath fire, or similar in the Verwood area had busied a large number of pumps. No further calls.
170 Sun 10/08/03 21:00 Grass and rubbish on fire, near to Testwood Lakes, Calmore Industrial Estate. Stop: 1 HPHR.
169 Sun 10/08/03 20:29 Rubbish on fire, near to a children's play park in West Totton. " Buckets (galvanized) of water used to deal.
168 Sun 10/08/03 15:43, Grass on fire, in the Testwood nature area, off Testwood Lane. A large area of grass, in the middle of a field, well alight, and spreading rapidly On arrival we made up for a landrover to be able to access the field, and deal with damping down, however that would be a few minutes arriving, so we had to deal with the incident ourselves, in the short term, Beaters were taken from the truck, and by the time the landrover arrived to commence damping down, the fire was out.. Stop: Large area of grass, beaters and two HPHR.
167 Sun 10/08/03 09:01 AFA at a (very) local private sheltered retirement flats complex, Stop: A/C caused by fat in grill pan, cooking bacon!
166 Sat 09/08/03 20:13 ( almost a two for one offer, we were still on station when the bells went down for:-) Bonfire, in the area of the skateboard park, West Totton. Two piles of grass had been ignited, and two knapsack pumps were used to extinguish.
165 Sat 09/08/03 19:35 Fire, Type unknown, Near to Calmore Infants School. On arrival no fire was found, but we noticed a definite haze under the trees. Stop: A?C by heat haze.
164 Thu 07/08/03 23:39 Call came in as a possible garage fire, in the Eling area of Totton. A we arrived in the area we could see we had a job going. What seemed to amount to 2 wooden built garages, and two garden sheds, at the bottom of four gardens, were well alight. 2 jets, and 4 BA used to deal.
163 Wed 06/08/03 20:34 Gorse on fire, on the side of the A326 West Totton Bypass. This was very near to the site of a fire we had a couple of weeks ago. The area was damped down with 1 HPHR.
162 Tue 05/08/03 21:49 Rubbish reasonably close to the fire station. A small pile of rubbish bags, put out for collection the following morning, had been set on fire, 1 HPHR used to deal.
161 Fri 01/08/03 21:22 SSC, Hazmat incident, at a transport depot, on Nursling Industrial Estate. A drum of acid, had fallen from it's pallet, and split, allowing some acid to fall to the floor of the lorry it was being transported in. In the first instance the drum was stood upright, by a crew of firefighters dressed in BA sets and CPS suits, and then an "oversized drum" was used to contain the damaged container, again by BA and CPS wearers, and the area was made safe. Stop: SSCC.
160 Sun 27/07/03 23:44 Litter bin on fire, Calmore Road. 1 HPHR used to deal.
159 Fri. 24/07/03 16:07 Fire in the woods, Woodlands Road, Ashurst. a pile of branches and stumps had been set alight, possibly by children. The fire was a little way into the woods, but near to a stream, so the LPP was used to deal. Stop: 1 jet via LPP.
158 Mon 21/07/03 21:24 Call to a fire, type unknown, in an underpass, under the A326. On arrival we found smoke to be issuing, and investigated, we found youths had lit a bonfire, in the underpass. Stop: rubbish, 1 fireman's boot used to extinguish!
157 Mon 21/07/03 17:09 Bushes on fire, on a local authority estate in Totton. Stop: Small fire OOA.
156 Sun 20/07/03 19:49 Grass verge fire, A326, West Totton Bypass. A small area of grass and gorse alight, Stop: 1 HPHR.
15 Sun 20/07/03 12:52 ( Just before the start of the British Grand Prix!) AFA at a local storage and delivery center, Stop: A/C by toast.
154 Sat 19/07/03 22:25 Car fire on the A326. Nothing found, it was assumed that the car had not suffered a fire, but just something to cause the alarm, and had proceeded prior to our arrival.
153 Sat 19/07/03 17:59 Fence, right in the center of Totton. A small fire, involving undergrowth and a small section of fence. Stop: 1HPHR.
152 Fri 18/07/03 20:53. Report of a field on fire, near Ower ( very near to the site of the call below,) We were met by the caller, who said that it had all died down since calling. On route to the incident we had been admiring the sunset, and the alarm was caused by the sunset reflecting on the plastic of the large haybales in the field! Stop: FAGI.
151 Mon 14/07/03 21:40, fire seen from a camping site, near to the north of our patch. Stop: A/C by bonfire on one of our regular sites!.
150 Mon 14/07/03 14:17 Grass on railway embankment on fire. Stop: 1 HPHR used to deal.
149 Mon 14/07/03 11:53 AFA at a local authority run block of sheltered flats. Stop: A/C by fumes from cooking.
148 Sat 12/07/03 22:22 SSC, child locked in Bathroom, on the Calmore estate. Stop: 1 child released by HFRS.
147 Sat 12/07/03 18:06 Fire call to a property fire, on a brand new housing development. A large plume of smoke could be seen from the station, giving us the impression that we would have a major job on our hands. As the number of calls to the incident was high, control had mobilized a third pump. On arrival we found a large pile of builders rubble and rubbish on fire, which was soon dealt with. Stop: rubbish, 1 HPHR, 1 Jet.
146 Sat 12/07/03 10:47 ( whilst collecting for the "Ben Fund" at Asda) Grass on fire, near to the entrance of Millbrook Rugby Club. ( This is on Redbridge's patch, but they were involved in what seemed to be a chemical spillage job, on Nursling Industrial Estate. Stop: beaters and knapsack pumps.
145 Sat 12/07/03 04:08 Bin fire, attached to a bus stop, Ringwood Road. 1 HPHR.
144 Sat 12/07/03 00:28 Roof fire, public toilets, Testwood rec. A small fire involving the wooden shingles on the roof, soon dealt with by 1 HPHR. Some stripping back done to prove that the fire was completely out. Cause Doubtful.
143 Fri 11/07/03 13:32, Bushes on fire, just north of Calmore. Stop: 1 HPHR.
142 Thu 10/07/03 14:09 From Redbridge Hill Fire Station, Call to a lift rescue, at a large office block, near to Kingsway in Southampton. Stop: 1 female released by HFRS. Return to Redbridge Hill, no further calls. Returned home 3 hours later.
141 Thu 10/07/03 13:28 Stand By at Redbridge Hill. A fire in the roof of a residential property had taken most of the resources of the city.
140 Wed 09/07/03 15:27 Shrubs and bushes, near to the Totton Western Bypass. Stop: 1 HPHR.
139 Wed 09/07/03 13:22 AFA at a local authority run block of sheltered flats. The residue of some cooking fat on the stove had caused the AFA system to operate.
138 Tue 08/07/03 15:46 Fire, in chippings, near to a previous fire that day. 1 jet, used to deal with he fire, and damp down the surrounding area., Cause thought to be kids lighting fires.
137 Sun 06/07/03 21:35 Hedge on fire, on a property on one of the local authority estates In Totton. A length of leylandi hedge, which had been set alight, was being kept down, by the occupier with a garden hose. 2 HPHR used to damp down. Cause not thought to be accidental!
136 Thu 03/07/03 23:42 Fire, in the open, on Calmore Industrial Estate. On arrival we found a car, with the interior on fire. Stop: Car, passenger compartment, 2 HPHR.
135 Thu 03/07/03 22:16 Car on fire, in a public car park, to the north of Totton. On arrival we found a car, well alight. Stop: 2 HPHR, 2 BA, cause doubtful.
134 Thu 03/07/03 21:10 Tree on fire, Woodlands Road Ashurst. The stump of a tree, well alight, on arrival, but some way away from the road. Stop: Tree, 1 jet, Cause doubtful.
133 Wed 02/07/03 16:51 Cooker, now out, at an address in Nomansland. A small fire had started in the grill area of a cooker, fueled by grease and fat from cooking. The fire had been extinguished by the occupant. Stop: Small fire cooker. OOA.
132 Fri 27/06/03 22:24 Car on fire, to the rear of a private house, north of the center of Totton. A car, parked up on a service lane to the rear of a row of houses was well alight on arrival. Stop: 1 car SEV, 1 jet.
131 Fri 27/06/03 16:10 Bin fire, Ringwood Road, Totton. A litter bin on a bus stop, had caught fire, and then been more or less dealt with, by a local resident, with a hose pipe, before our arrival. Stop: Bin, OOA.
130 Thu 26/06/03 20:30 Shed on fire, behind a house in West Totton. A shed, well alight on arrival, was soon doused using one main jet, and 1 HPHR. Stop: shed SEV, cause doubtful.
129 Tue 03/06/03 01:40 Fire, pumps 3, at a farm in the Nursling Area. An extensive farm outbuilding, well alight on arrival, and very near to a thatched roofed house. The ALP was requested, as well as a water carrier, as the water supplies in the area were poor. It took about two hours to bring the blaze under control, and by then the building was severely damaged. There were several potential hazards which had to be faced in fighting the fire, some of the roof was potentially asbestos, there were calor gas and acetylene cylinders and fertilizer involved. Eventually the fire was brought under control, and we were made available and left the scene as damping down operations were in progress.
128 Mon 02/06/03 17:38 AFA at a retirement complex, in the Calmore Area. Stop: A/C by fumes from cooking ( overdone potato in microwave!)
127 Mon 02/06/03 14:24 Shed fire, at a private address, in the West Totton area of Totton, A garden shed, well alight on arrival, and as is the nature of these things, completely destroyed on a very short period of time. Stop; 1 Shed SEV, 1 HPHR.
126 Sun 01/06/03 15:26 AFA at a workshop premises on Rushington Business Park ( this is getting to be one of our regulars!) no apparent cause for the alarm, Stop: A/C by electrical fault on system.
125 Sat 31/05/03 02:37 Garage fire, at a private address in Eling. A car, in a garage, well alight on arrival, 2 HPHR, and 4BA used to deal, the cause was not thought to be accidental.
124 Thu 29/05/03 23:56 Fire, type unknown, seen from the Rushington estate, looking towards the Rushington Business Park. A bonfire found in the garden of another house.. Stop: FAGI, A/C by C/B.
123 Wed 28/05/03 16:52 Car fire, reported on a small estate almost to the top of Salisbury Road. On arrival we found a private car, parked up, with an over heated engine, no signs of fire, Stop: FAGI, A/C by over heated engine.
122 Tue 27/05/03 10:38 RTA washdown, assist ambulance, lorry off the road, A326 Totton. A lorry had left the road, and gone down an embankment, possibly due to sudden illness on the part of the driver. The 105 ladder was used to provide a bridge between the lorry and the road level, to ease the passage of the stretcher to safety. Stop: SSCC.
121 Mon 26/05/03 20:00 RTA washdown Jacobs Gutter Lane. A car had felled a traffic light, ripped off a couple of wheels, and come to a rest a few yards down the road, having lost the contents of the oil sump as well! Scene made safe by HFRS.
120 Sat 24/05/03 01:24 AFA at a local industrial unit, (one of our recent regulars) alarm caused by electrical fault on AFA system.
119 Sat 24/05/03 00:30 Report of fire, in a flat, in a sheltered block of local authority flats. No signs on arrival. It seems that an confused old lady had raised the alarm, but we never got to the bottom of what she had seen.
118 Thu 22/05/03 21:00 As we were booking back at home station, we were sent on to: - RTA washdown, Junction Road Totton. A car had failed to negotiate the bend, and had collided with a reservation in the road. Breaking most of his front suspension in the process, The oil in his gearbox was all over the road. Stop: SSCC, scene made safe.
117 Thu 22/05/03 20:39 Fire in cooker, at a private address in Totton. On arrival we were met by the occupant who told us the fire was now out. The cooker was checked, and the electricity shut off to the cooker unit. Stop: OOA.
116 Thu 22/05/03 17:36 Stand by Redbride Hill Fire Station. A fire in Southampton had emptied the city of pumps. No further calls.
115 Sun 18/05/03 22:02 AFA at a local authority run block of flats, very near to the station. Whilst crewing the machine, one of the residents came over to the station, to inform us, that there was smoke issuing. When we arrived we found smoke issuing from a common room, accessed from the outside of the building. A small amount of rubbish had caught fire. Stop: 2 BA 1 HPHR, PPV in use.
114 Sat 17/05/03 17:50 AFA at a large local business headquarters. The alarm was sounding in the workshop facility. Stop: A/C by electrical fault on AFA system.
113 Sat 17/05/03 02:18 Shed fire, to the rear of a house in the Old Shirley / Freemantle area of Southampton. On arrival we found a large shed, on a lane, running between the rear of two rows of houses, well alight. 1 HPHR 1 Jet, used to deal. Fire thought to be suspicious, Police on scene. Damage also to neighboring sheds and garages.
112 Fri 16/05/03 00:42 Fire, at a large factory building ( formerly a cinema) now a block of flats. A small fire involving the floor of a vestibule, just inside the main front door. It is thought that a discarded cigarette may have started the fire. A resident returning home, discovered the incident, and tackled the fire with a foam fire extinguisher, however there was already a small hole had been burned in the wooden floor. Stop: Small fire, OOA, cutting away in progress.
111 Thu 15/05/03 23:50 Pile of rubbish bags on fire, on a local authority housing estate, North of the center of Totton. 2 HPHR used to deal.
110 Mon 12/05/03 19:45 ( no rest for the wicked) AFA at a local authority run sheltered home for the elderly. Stop: A/C by fumes from cooking.
109 Mon 12/05/03 19:00 SSC. Lady locked in Bathroom. A Lady, trapped in a bathroom, due to failure of the door latch on the bathroom door. First we had to gain access to the house, and then the bathroom. Access to the house, was gained via a ladder to a first floor bedroom, and then a little amount of brute strength used to gain access to the bathroom. Stop: SSCC: 1 female released from bathroom.
108 Mon 12/05/03 18:23 Skip fire, on a local authority estate, in Totton. 1 skip, well alight. Stop: 1 jet, 1 Open end.
107 Mon 12/05/03 06:10 Lorry on fire, somewhere between Junction 2 of the M27, and Calmore Estate. Two pumps dispatched to the scene, neither could find anything, after getting back on to control, they told us to look in a lay by, near to the junction with the A326. There we found a broken down lorry, with a blown engine. Stop: FAGI, A/C by excessive smoke from engine.
106 Sun 11/05/03 21:54 Car fire, near to Safeway's West Totton. A scrap car, on a trailer, awaiting removal to a scrap yard, well alight on arrival. 2 HPHR and 2 BA used to deal.
105 Sun 11/05/03 07:04 Fire in storage shed at a local authority run block of flats, in Calmore. On this occasion, it involved a mattress stored in a storage room, on the first floor. There also appeared to be another seat of fire, but this had not taken hold. Stop: small fire, first floor, cause not thought to be accidental, 2BA, 1 HPHR, PPV in use.
104 Sun 11/05/03 00:17 Car fire, outside of a private address in Eling. A private car, on the highway, well alight, and setting fire to the electricity pole right next to it as well. 2 BA, 2 HPHR used to deal, cause not thought to be accidental. SEB requested to check the electricity pole.
103 Sat 10/05/03 22:28 Road works furniture, involved in fire, near to the top of Water Lane, Totton. A pile of plastic roadwork's furniture, awaiting collection, after the completion of work, had proved too tempting to someone, who had set the pile alight. A local householder had doused the fire with a bucket of water, and we just made sure it was all out, using 1 HPHR.
102 Fri 09/05/03 23:20 Skip fire, in a private residential area in Totton. A builders skip, in a driveway, had been torched. 1 HPHR used to knock the fire back, and then an open end used to drown the fire.
101 Fri 09/05/03 17:43 Reed beds alight, near to Eling. As we turned into the station, we could see a large cloud of smoke, and expected a fair sized job. On arrival we found a reasonable area of reeds alight, probably sparked by an old sofa, which had been dumped, and then set alight. The reeds were a fair way from the road, and the hose reels would not reach, so we had to take the LPP down to the river, and feed a length of hose from there. Stop: Reeds, 1 JET.
100 Thu 08/05/03 17:02 Van on fire, near to the West Totton Bypass. On arrival we found a van, with the engine and passenger compartments well alight. 2 HPHR and 2 BA were used to deal with the fire, which was stopped from going into the rear of the van, where some very expensive looking tooling was stored.
99 Mon 05/05/03 21:57 Rubbish bags on fire, on a small recent development, off Calmore road, Totton. A small pile of rubbish bags, well alight on arrival. 1 HPHR used to deal.
98 Sun 04/05/03 02:57 Fire at a chemical processing plant, at Hardley. The incident had already mostly been dealt with by the works fire brigade, prior to the arrival of the four pumps and SEU from HFRS. A small leak had triggered the scare. No action by HFRS.
97 Thu 01/05/03 22:11 Fire in the bin shed of a local authority run block of flats. Basically the same problem as shout number 25 earlier this year. However on this occasion, the main electricity main was involved in the fire, and this had caused a power failure to a large area of the estate. 1 HPHR 4 BA, PPV used to deal.
96 Thi 01/05/03 01:18 Fire in the open, outside of a private address near to the center of Totton. Stop: bags of rubbish, 1 HPHR.
95 Wed 30/04/03 16:23 Smoke issuing, Toilets, Testwood Rec, Salisbury Rd, Totton. A small fire consisting of rubbish in a refuse container. 1 HPHR and 2 BA used to deal.
94 Sun 27/04/03 08:03 AFA at a new industrial unit, on the Houndsdown Industrial Park. Stop: A/C by toast.
93 Sat 26/04/03 23:07 report of a property fire, towards the North of Totton. On arrival we found no signs of a house fire, but did find a smoking chimney. We dealt with a minor chimney fire. Stop: Chimney, rods in use.
92 Sat 26/04/03 21:05 Car fire, on land behind Testwood Rec. After some "off-roading" we arrived at the scene to find an abandoned car, well alight. 1 HPHR used to deal.
91 Mon 21/04/03 22:49, fire, make pumps six, at a school building on Millbrook estate. The old school building, soon to be demolished, had been broken into, and a fire started. Most of the fire was out by the time we arrived on the scene, but there was still a considerable amount of damping down to do. The Aerial Ladder Platform was also called upon, to assist in the operations.
90 Sun 20/04/03 23:55 From Redbridge Hill, call to Fence and rubbish on fire, in the Calmore area of Totton ( back to our patch!) The fire had been dealt with by the caller with a garden hose, by the time we arrived, (Stop: OOA) and we were sent back to Redbridge Hill to continue stand by. No further calls, and about 01:30 we were sent home.
89 Sun 20/04/03 22:56 On booking mobile from the last call, we were sent to Redbridge Hill fire station, to stand by. Seems our thoughts were correct about another job going on in Southampton.
88 Sun 20/04/03 22:32 Skip on fire, to the rear of retail premises, Winchester Road, Shirley. (By the fact we were going to be dealing with this call, we deduced that Redbridge Hill were already involved on another incident.) The contents of a skip were well alight on arrival, 1 HPHR and 1 open end used to deal, and damp down.
87 Sun 20/04/03 13:09 AFA at a local authority run block of flats, very close to the station. Stop: A/C by fumes from overdone food in Microwave.
86 Sun 20/04/03 00:20 Fire, pumps five, to a domestic property on Millbrook council estate. Even before we arrived at the scene we could see smoke and flames over the roofs of other houses, and the first impression was of a well established fire, which had taken hold of two terraced houses, and was out through the roof of both of them. Some considerable time was spent fighting the fire, which, by the nature of involving two houses, had to be fought on several fronts. Both the electricity and the Transco were called to the scene, due to unsafe services. Both houses were a total loss.
85 Fri 18/04/03 20:51 Fire in Copse, in the middle of a housing estate in West Totton. A small area gorse and trees in the middle of a park area had been ignited, probably deliberately, and was well alight when we arrived, however it was soon knocked back, and damped down. 1 jet 1 HPHR.
84 Thu 17/04/03 15:56 Fire in trees, at an address in West Wellow. It appears that an elderly gardener had been pruning an area of woodland, and decided to burn the arrisings on site. However, in the present tinder dry weather, in an area of pine trees with a nice dry blanket of pine needles on the floor, this probably wasn't a very good idea! 1 HPHR, 1 Jet used to deal.
83 Thu 17/04/03 08:19 Report of a property fire, at a private address in the Pooks Green area of Marchwood. Stop: Small fire, grill pan OOA.
82 Thu 17/04/03 00:02 Car fire, in a car park, behind a retail outlet, in the center of Totton. A ( presumed) stolen forty year old car was well alight. Stop: car, passenger compartment Sev, 2 HPHR, 2 BA.
81 Wed 16/04/03 22:26 Caravan on fire, to the rear of a private address in North Totton. A touring caravan well alight on arrival. 2BA, 1 HPHR, and 1 Jet used to deal. One of the gas bottles was venting off, as we arrived! This was the latest in a line of caravan fires in the local area within a couple of months.
80 Tue 15/04/03 00:34 Fire in an office building, in the center of Totton. On arrival we found smoke issuing from a disused site office. A small fire had been lit in an office, which had been broken in to. 1 HPHR, and 2 BA used to deal with the fire, and search the rest of the building.
79 Mon 14/04/03 17:45 Bin fire, near to Totton and Eling Community Center. Stop: Litter Bin Sev 1 HPHR
78 Mon 14/04/03 01:30 Report of a bin on fire, outside of a private address on Calmore estate. Nothing found at the address given, then one of the residents came out to say petrol had been poured over an area and set light to. Stop: OOA.
77 Sat 12/04/03 21:33 Smoke in the area, on a road, on the Calmore Estate. On arrival we found a bonfire had been lit, at the bottom of a drive, of a private house, to dispose of some garden refuse. Stop: A/C by C/B.
76 Thu 10/04/03 21:57 AFA at a local community center. No cause found for the alarm, mainly due to the fact that it was reset in error, by local staff, after we had arrived. Stop: A/C by electrical fault on AFA system.
75 Thu 10/04/03 19:48 Caravan on fire, in a field by the side of the road, on the A35 outside of Totton. On arrival we found a caravan well alight on a farm. Two people with it seemed very unconcerned, and eventually told us that they had set it alight to get rid of it. Stop: A/C by C/B.
74 Tue 08/04/03 09:05 On returning to Totton, and whilst filling up with fuel at the local filling station, the call came in over the radio to:- AFA at a local hospital. We were met by the maintenance staff, who told us that they were testing the alarms, and had forgotten to isolate the panel from the call out system. Stop: FAGI, A/C by weekly test of fire alarm system.
73 Tue 08/04/03 07:38 ( after a very short nights sleep!) Skip on fire, rear of a big retail unit, on Nursling Industrial Estate. The contents of a large skip, had been found to be on fire, and so had been ejected out onto a yard area. 2 HPHR and some drag forks used to turn over the smoldering rubbish and extinguish a very deep seated fire.
72 Mon 07/04/03 20:04 Stand by at Ringwood Fire station. A thatch cottage fire in Bransgore had emptied the local area of about ten pumps. No further calls.
71 Sun 06/04/03 20:44 Stand by Ringwood Fire Station. A thatch cottage on fire, in the Bransgore area had removed all the resources from the area. No further calls.
70 Sun 06/04/03 22:23 Whilst on the back to home station, from the above shout, we were called up on the radio to:- Car on fire, in the grounds of a local hospital ( in exactly the same spot as shout number 63!) Another abandoned car ( which had not been there at the time of the previous shout) had been torched. Stop: 2 HPHR 1 BA.
69 Sun 06/04/03 22:07 Rubbish on fire in a residential street in Totton. Stop: 1 HPHR, then by radio to....( above)
68 Sun 06/04/03 21:05 Portable toilet on fire, in a residential area of Totton. A plastic "builders toilet" had melted to a, well alight, pool of plastic on the ground. Stop: Portaloo Sev! 2 HPHR.
67 Sun 06/04/03 16:18 Just as we were completing the paper work, on station, from the previous shout, another call came in to:- Grass on fire, commercial road Totton. Stop: 1 HPHR.
66 Sun 06/04/03 15:16 Car on fire, in the grounds of a local hospital. A car, which was assumed to be abandoned, well alight on arrival. Stop: Car, passenger compartment sev, 2 HPHR 2 BA.
65 Sun 06/04/03 11:15 Bushes on fire, in the West Totton area. Stop: 1 HPHR
64 Sat 05/04/03 15:57 Fire in the woods, in a green area of Totton. A small area of brambles found to be alight. Stop: 1 HPHR.
63 Mon 31/03/03 21:45 Stand By St. Marys fire station. A flat fire, with persons reported, in the Portswood area had emptied Southampton of pumps. No further calls.
62 Mon 31/03/03 20:06 Whilst on drill at the fire station, the bells went down sending us to:- hedge on fire, A36 North of Ower. Stop: A/C by C/B ( bonfire on private land, behind the hedge.)
61 Mon 31/03/03 01:21 Fire, Persons Reported, at a local fast food outlet in Totton. On route we saw a large plume of smoke in the direction of the premises, and on arrival we were met with lots of panicking, which led us to believe that we may have a job, however, the front of the shop seemed to be unaffected by fire or smoke. As things turned out, a lock up lean-to to the rear of the shop, was alight, and this had caused minor heat damage to the rear of the kitchens. Stop: Fire in shed, 1 HPHR no persons involved.
60 Sun 30/03/03 21:35 Litter Bin alight on a public playing field on Jacobs Gutter Lane. Stop: 1 HPHR.
59 Sun 30/03/03 20:34 Rubbish on fire, outside of an address on Calmore Estate. Stop: Rubbish, 1 HPHR.
58 Sat 29/03/03 18:21 Reported Property fire at a nursery premises, in central Totton. Black smoke could be seen from the fire station as we turned out. On arrival we found a fire external to the building. Stop: small fire, against the wall of the building 1 HPHR.
57 Sat 29/03/03 17:01 Bushes alight at an address in West Totton. Fire was almost out on arrival, however the scene was damped down with 1 HPHR, to be sure.
56 Sat 29/03/03 14:30 Garages on fire, at an address in Millbrook. Stop: was sent by one of the Redbridge Hill Pumps, prior to us arriving on site.
55 Sat 29/03/03 02:28 Van on fire, at the end of a residential road in Totton. A van well alight on arrival, Stop: Van sev, 2 HPHR, 2 BA.
54 Thu 27/03/03 18:53 Reports of youths lighting fires, on a park area in West Totton. The remains of a small fire found. Stop: small fire OOA.
53 Thu 27/03/03 01:00 Bin fire, Ringwood Road. A litter bin, well alight on arrival. 1 HPHR used to deal.
52 Sat 22/03/03 10:12 Chimney fire at a private house on West Totton. A reasonably straight forward chimney, possibly caused by burning wood, and not keeping the chimney regularly swept. Stop: Chimney, Chimney rods in use.
51 Sat 22/03/03 17:35 AFA at a local supermarket. Stop: A/C by accidental breakage of fire alarm call point ( possibly by miss-handling the big security bar for the back door!!!)
50 Wed 19/03/03 20:51 Youths lighting fire, at a play area in the Rushington area of Totton. A small bonfire, in a ditch was soon found, and extinguished using the contents of a couple of buckets of water.
49 Tue 18/03/03 17:19 Car fire, on Ringwood Road, Netley Marsh. A car, parked in a yard of other broken down cars, well alight on arrival, 2 HPHR, 2 BA used to deal.
48 Sun 16/03/03 22:26 Fire near to allotments, near to the Salmon Leap. A builders skip was well alight on arrival, 1 HPHR to knock it back, then an open end to drown it!
47 Tue 11/03/03 07:17 Fire, type unknown, at a large plant hire premises, on one of the industrial estates around Totton. On arrival we found the remains of a bonfire. Stop: A/C by C/B.
46 Tue 11/03/03 00:14 Caravan on fire, to the rear of a property on the Calmore estate. A touring caravan, parked on private land, well alight on arrival. A reasonably spectacular fire to pull up to, was soon brought under control, by 2 HPHR, and 4 BA. Stop: Caravan SEV.
45 Sat 08/03/03 16:21 Chimney fire, at a house on the Houndsdown estate. Stop: Chimney rods used to extinguish.
44 Sat 08/03/03 12:01 AFA at a local private sheltered housing complex of Flats. Stop: A/C by electrical fault on AFA system.
43 Sat 08/03/03 04:23, Rubbish piles against the door of the changing rooms, of the Testwood Rec. Pavilion. Stop: 1 HPHR.
42 Thu 06/03/03 21:37 Fire in Bins, on the Millbrook Coucil Estate. We were turned back by control as not required, when Redbridge Hill became free, and attended the incident.
41 Thu 06/03/03 17:36 Fire in abandoned riding school, just north of Totton. On arrival we found this was conrolled burning. When we expressed concern that the fire was close to a thatched cottage, the attendant said he was not worried, as it was HIS cottage! Stop: C/B.
40 Tue 04/03/03 23:03 Reports of an uncontrolled bonfire, in the back garden of an unoccupied house. The last final gasp of smoldering embers were soon doused with 1 HPHR!
39 Tue 04/03/03 21:31 A pile of rubbish awaiting collection by the council dust cart had been set alight. Stop: 1 HPHR.
38 Tue 04/03/03 18:56 Car on fire, in the middle of the playing field, Testwood Rec, Totton. A presumed stolen car, had been driven around the field, and then torched. The fire was fought with one hose reel jet, extended from the nearest road, dragged across the muddy field, and then augmented by a couple of lengths of delivery hose. Stop: 1 private car SEV, 1 HPHR.
37 Tue 04/03/03 05:40 Stand by at St. Mary's Fire Station, in the center of Southampton. A six pump incident at a large building in Town had emptied the city of pumps. No further calls.
36 Sat 01/03/03 21:41 RTA washdown. A van and a car had had an unexpected meeting, and paint thinners was dripping out of the decorators van. The road was washed down, and the vehicles made safe. Stop: SSCC.
35 Sat 01/03/03 05:19 Call to a fire, type unknown, on the playing field of a local school. On arrival we found a car well alight, 1 HPHR, and 2 BA used to deal.
34 Fri 21/02/03 00:30 Rubbish on fire on a street to the north of Totton. A pile of bags of rubbish well alight, and just catching a hedge, as we arrived, 1 HPHR used to deal.
33 Thu 20/02/03 04:48 AFA at a local business HQ. Stop: A/C by electrical fault on system.
32 Wed 19/02/03 17:29 AFA at a local private sheltered block of flats for the elderly. Stop: A/C by fumes from cooking.
31 Mon 17/02/03 17:29 AFA at a local authority run block of flats, very near to the station. Stop: A/C by fumes from cooking.
30 Sun 16/02/03 01:33 Reported fire, at a private address on the Housndown Estate in Totton. Stop: FAM. ( This was the second such call to the same street within a week!)
29 Sat 15/02/03 21:46 Stand by at Redbridge Hill Fire Station. Two call in quick succession had emptied the entire city, a chemical incident at the docks, and a "persons reported" shout. Pumps were being diverted from on to the other, and we were sent in, to fill one of the gaps. Neither of the calls proved to be long jobs, and we were only stood by at redbridge hill for about 20 minutes. No further calls.
28 Sat 15/02/03 20:59 Litter Bin alight, near bus stop, Ringwood Road. Totton. Stop: 1 HPHR.
27 Thu 13/02/03 12:21 AFA at a local private sheltered block of flats for the elderly. Stop: A/C by fumes from cooking.
26 Thu 13/02/03 08:03 Fire originally reported, as type unknown, at the rear of a private address in the Hammonds Green area of Totton. On arrival at the address we could see smoke and flames coming from an area quite a way to the rear of the property. Having consulted the map, we made our way to the Calmore Area, and found our incident, on the site of a previous fire ( see shout 20 ) The remaining buildings had been demolished, and the combustible material was being burned off in a controlled fashion. Stop: A/C C/B, no action by HFRS.
25 Wed 12/02/03 23:07, Fire in internal bin shed of local authority run flats, on Calmore Estate. A small fire contained within the bin shed, had smoke logged a lot of the block. The fire was extinguished with 1 HPHR and 2 BA and the area damped down and cleared of debris. The PPV fan was used to clear smoke from the corridors and the odd flat. The cause of the fire was under investigation, as it is possible it was not accidental.
24 Wed 12/02/03 18:13 Rubbish bags on fire, outside of a private address near to the center of Totton. 1 HPHR used to deal.
23 Sun 09/02/03 22:23 Car on fire, on the outskirts of Totton. It seems that an attempt had been made to destroy the car, by fire, but that had been reasonable uncesseful. the car was only lightly smoldering when we arrived, a quick squirt with 1 HPHR was all that was needed to put it out. Stop: Small fire passenger compartment, 1 HPHR.
22 Sun 09/02/03 20:31 Fence on fire, on one of the council estates in Totton. A fast spreading fire had engulfed some fence and a large hedge, and looked quite impressive when we first arrived, was soon dealt with using 2 HPHR.
21 Sun 09/02/03 17:47 Car fire, outside of a private address, on the outskirts of Totton. What was beginning to be a well established fire, in the passenger compartment of a car, had been stopped from enveloping the whole of the passenger compartment, by the timely action of the owners in throwing some water over the flames. It is thought that an electrical fault had started the fire. No action by HFRS (OOA).
20 Thu 06/02/03 14:19 Fire in the open, on the Calmore Estate. On arrival we found a reasonably well developed fire burning in a "yard" area. The fire originally seemed to involve a wooden shed, and spread to combustible material stored near by, including a fence, and the contents of a small barn. Stop: shed, SEV, 1 HPHR 1 JET.
19 Mon 03/02/02 10:25 AFA at a large local lorry workshop. Stop: AFA due to diesel fumes from lorry exhaust in workshop.
18 Sat 01/02/03 17:53 Call came in to a building fire, Community center, Netley Marsh. On turning out, control informed us that this was actually a rubbish bin, outside of the building. Stop: Small fire rubbish bin 1 HPHR.
17 Sat 01/02/03 04:40 Call came in as smoke in the area, of Water Lane, near to the center of Totton. Responding fire fighters spoke of a fire to the rear of some derelict buildings in that area, so we checked there first, to find a contractors van well alight. A reasonably new van had been crashed through a height limitation barrier, and torched. Due to the nature of the fire a line of 45mm hose, and a branch was used to deal. Stop: 1 Van SEV, 1jet, 1 HPHR 2 BA.
16 Fri 31/01/03 21:45 Caravan on fire, to the rear of a house on the Calmore estate. On arrival found a caravan well alight, to the rear of a couple of garages. There was no one in the caravan, which was stored, just off the road. 2 HPHR we immediately deployed, and the owner was asked if there were any gas cylinders on board, which there were, so we used on of the hose reels, to cool the gas cylinders. The two garages were checked for fire spread, none was found, and the fire was doused, using 2 HPHR and a jet, used as a monitor for the cylinders. Stop; Caravan SEV, cause thought not to be accidental.
15 Fri 31/01/03 20:10 Skip on fire, in the garden of a private house, near to the center of Totton. 1 HPHR used to deal with a superficial fire. Stop: Rubbish!
14 Thu 30/01/03 23:20 Stand by at St Marys Fire Station. ( A thatch fire in the Horton Heath Area, and a couple of other minor calls, had emptied the area of pumps) No further calls, we returned home about 02:30.
13 Thu 30/01/03 16:11 AFA at a local retail establishment. A slightly overdone toasted teacake had sparked the scare. Stop: A/C by fumes from cooking.
12 Tue 21/01/03 15:47 RTA trapped, in the Ridge are of Romsey. The address given was incorrect, and we did not find the scene, meanwhile the police had arrived, and advised us that were were not required, as this was minor injuries only, so we returned to home station.
11 Mon 20/01/03 17:43 RTA trapped, Jacobs Gutter lane, a car had been shunted, and one occupant had suffered neck injuries, the roof was removed to facilitate removal of the casualty from the car on a long board. Stop; SSCC, 1 casualty rescued, and removed to hospital by HAS.
10 Sun 19/01/03 20:53, Car on fire, outside of a private address just north of the center of Totton. Nothing much happening on our arrival. It was subsequently that some fuel had been poured over the roof of the car, and ignited, but as only a small amount of fuel had been used, it had burned off before it could do any damage, Stop: Car, OOA, no action HFRS.
9 Fri 17/01/03 10:56 AFA at a local Business Enterprise Center. ( See shout below, and have a guess at the stop message for this incident!) Stop: A/C by engineer testing system.
8 Fri 17/01/03 10:10 AFA at a local Business Enterprise Center. Stop: A/C by engineer testing system.
7 Tue 14/01/03 11:26 ( From Basingstoke) Lift trapment, two doors along from the previous call! The power failure had trapped someone in a lift. Stop: 1 person released from lift by HFRS. This was the last call at Basingstoke, as the contract I was working on for HFRS came to a close the following day.
6 Tue 14/01/03 11:08 (From Basingstoke) Van on fire M3 motorway. The two wholetime pumps had been dispatched to an AFA at an office block in the center of Basingstoke, however, whilst we were turning out, one of the pumps was redirected to the motorway, and we were then redirected to the AFA. This proved to be caused by a power failure in the area. As we booked mobile to return to home station, we were sent on to...(see above)
5 Sun 12/01/03 17:35 AFA at a local factory, making home furnishings. This is one of our regular calls. There is a sprinkler system installed throughout this factory, and every time the weather freezes and then thaws, we get a sprinkler related alarm from this system. Today was no exception. A burst pipe, had then thawed, and water was pouring out all over the place. Stop: A/C by mechanical fault.
4 Tue 07/01/03 04:50 Car on fire, Ashurst Bridge Road. An apparently abandoned car had seemingly been torched Stop: Car, sev, 2 HPHR 2 BA.
3 Sun 05/01/03 20:39 Fire in rubbish bags, left out for collection, in a private street, near to the center of Totton. 1 HPHR used to deal.
2 Thu 02/01/03 19:13 AFA at a local college. Unable to trace fault, building undergoing building, and electrical works. Stop: Unknown alarm.
1 Wed 01/01/03 17:12 AFA at a local sheltered block of flats for the elderly. Stop; A/C by fumes from cooking.