Firefighters have been dealing with an early morning fire at a static home in a Harrogate trailer park.
Crews from Harrogate and Knaresborough were summoned to Shaws Trailer Park on Knaresborough Road in Starbeck at 5.11am.
The scale of the fire is unknown.
North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service’s incident report this morning said:
“This incident is ongoing. Crews are using two hose reel jets, and two breathing apparatus to deal with the incident.”
Shaws Trailer Park, a residential park home estate, has 140 permanent park homes.
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Reduction in Harrogate fire engines to begin next year
The reduction in the number of fire engines based in Harrogate overnight is expected to take effect next year.
North Yorkshire Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner Zoë Metcalfe announced the move last year as part of her three-year fire service blueprint on how resources would be deployed in the county.
The reduction, which is part of a shift towards fire prevention, prompted widespread concerns about safety, particularly life-threatening delays at Starbeck level crossing if a second fire engine were required in an emergency.
Conservative Ms Metcalfe also agreed to reduce the number of overnight fire engines at Scarborough and to have on-call rather than full-time firefighters at Huntington, near York.
Harrogate fire station
Her draft fire and rescue annual report for 2022/23, which was discussed by a panel today, says North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service is consulting with trade unions around the implementation of the changes to Huntington station.
The report adds this is expected to be finalised by the end of the year then ‘Harrogate will form the second phase of implementation’.
Harrogate firefighters affected will be redeployed to other stations or roles, including fire prevention roles.
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Harrogate and Scarborough will have two larger emergency rescue fire engines during daytime, when most fires occur. They currently have one of these and one smaller tactical response appliance. Her report says:
“This will increase the capacity and capability to respond to an emergency when demand is at its greatest, improve resilience across the service area and increase the opportunity to undertake prevention and protection activities during these hours.
“This change will take place at Harrogate first and, on completion of a full review of the implementation of the change, be extended to Scarborough.”
An ambulance waiting at Starbeck level crossing — there are fears this will happen more frequently to fire engines under the changes.
Councillor Pat Marsh, a Liberal Democrat who represents Stray, Woodlands and Hookstone on North Yorkshire Council, said the changes were putting people “at risk”.
She added:
32,000 chickens killed in fire in Harrogate district“I totally support the emphasis on prevention but we still need to make sure that if accidents and incidents happen we have the right response with the appropriate number of fire engines and firemen.
“The government should set a standard service per head of population. Our Residents should get the service they pay for not a reduced service.”
More than 32,000 chickens have been killed in a fire on the edge of the Harrogate district.
Firefighters from Harrogate, Knaresborough and Ripon were called to commercial premises near Upper Dunsforth yesterday afternoon.
The water bowser from Boroughbridge was also summoned.
Station manager Tony Walker tweeted:
“No injuries reported but sadly over 32,000 chickens have perished in the blaze.
“Significant damage to the building. Fire Investigation underway.”
North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service’s incident report said the fire occurred to a shed measuring about 250ft x 50m and help was requested at 3.37pm.
Station manager Tony Walker tweeted several photos of the incident, including these below.
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A main road through Ripon is closed this morning as emergency services deal with a collision.
North Yorkshire Police, along with ambulance crews and North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Services, are at the scene of the two-car collision on Bondgate Green between Ripon Bowling Club and Ripon Builders Merchants.
The road is currently blocked and vehicles are being diverted onto other routes while the scene is cleared.
There is not yet any information about whether anyone has been injured.
The Stray Ferret will post further updates as they become available.
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Woman gets trapped up tree after escaping cows near Ripon
Firefighters were called to help a woman last night who got trapped up a tree near Ripon after escaping cows.
The woman climbed the tree “to escape a herd of cows that had surrounded her while walking through a field”, according to North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service’s incident report.
The female, who has not been named, was with her dog at the time.
The incident report said Ripon firefighters were summoned to Ure Bank Terrace at Sharow at 6.38pm.
It added:
“Crews moved the cows away from the tree allowing the walker and her dog to leave the field uninjured.”
But that wasn’t the end of the firefighters’ mission. The incident report added:
“On returning to the fire engine crews discovered a vehicle that had gone into a ditch whilst turning round.
“Crews assisted in removing the vehicle from the ditch using crew power and vehicle wedges.”
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Person trapped in Harrogate hotel lift suffers panic attack
Firefighters were summoned to a Harrogate hotel today when a person trapped in a lift suffered a panic attack.
A crew from Harrogate were called to the hotel on Ripon Road at 9.21am this morning.
According to North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service’s incident report, three members of staff were stuck in a lift.
The report does not say which hotel it was or how long they were trapped.
It said:
“Crews gained entry to the lift and administered oxygen to one occupant who was suffering from a panic attack.
“Incident then lift with life engineer.”
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Multiple fire crews called to barn blaze at Kirkby Malzeard
Crews from four fire stations were called to Kirkby Malzeard last night to deal with a fire in a barn containing hay bales.
Firefighters from Ripon, Bedale, Lofthouse and a water bowser from Boroughbridge rushed to a farm at Ringbeck Road at 6.11pm.
North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service’s incident report said:
“Crews worked to protect surrounding buildings and to extinguish the fire.
“The farmer assisted with a tractor in turning the bales over as crews battled with a changeable wind to extinguish the fire.
“The fire resulted in 100% damage to approximately 85 hay bales and also fire damage to the roof of the barn.”
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Toaster and alarm clock cause false alarms for firefighters
Firefighters in Harrogate responded to two unusual false alarms today.
At 8.46am, a crew from Harrogate responded to reports of a fire alarm sounding on Kings Road in the town.
North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service‘s incident report said:
“This was a false alarm caused by burnt toast.”
Shortly afterwards, the Harrogate crew was summoned to The Spinney in Knaresborough at 10.01am after another fire alarm went off. The incident report said:
“This was a false alarm, where an alarm clock had been mistaken for a fire alarm.”
It was the third strange false alarm in less than a day for the Harrogate firefighters, who responded to a house alarm going off at 5.04pm yesterday on Leeds Road.
Again, there was no fire — the cause this time was described “a faulty deaf alarm”.
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A house has been badly damaged by fire in Harrogate this afternoon.
Firefighters were called to Hill Top Crescent in Bilton at 3.26pm and are still in attendance. The road was cordoned off.
North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service’s incident report said three fire engines from Harrogate, Knaresborough and Ripon attended.
It did not say whether anyone was injured.
The report added:
“Fire in a garage spread to an attached bungalow.
“Crews have used breathing apparatus, hose reels, main jets and a quantity of firefighting foam.
“The cause of the fire is to be investigated.”
The damaged roof
The road was cordoned off.
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Firefighters have been tackling a major incident in Ripon this evening in which fire has badly damaged three homes in Magdalens Close.
There are no reported casualties.
North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service said a gas leak is believed to have caused the fire.
Crews from Ripon, Harrogate, Northallerton, Boroughbridge, Bedale and Thirsk were summoned to a row of three brick-built terraced houses.
It is understood the fire began around 7pm in the roof void of one of the properties and spread to the two adjoining houses.
Residents of the close watched as firefighters dealt with the blaze and brought it under control.
Police and paramedics were on the scene and a section of Magdalens Road between Princess Road and North Bridge was shut while emergency services handled the incident.
North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service’s incident report said:
“The fire spread rapidly to the property located to the left.
“Crews sectorised the fire and used two hose reel jets, four main jets and numerous breathing apparatus sets to tackle the fire.
“A gas leak was located in one of the properties so a gas engineer was requested to attend. Crews brought the fire under control and managed to prevent further spread to the last property.”
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