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Norfolk Fire and Rescue Service |

38 incidents covering the last 3 days.
Updates occur every 10 minutes. Last updated 18th May 2012 at 00:32
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| Incident | Time | Location | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|
| 001963 | May 17 2012 22:36:14 | Somerton | One pump from Martham responded to a car fire. The crew wore breathing apparatus and used hose reel jets to extinguish. |
| 001958 | May 17 2012 22:16:16 | Sprowston | Appliances from Sprowston, Carrow and Earlham responded to a shed fire. The crews used main and hose reel jets supplemented by a hydrant to extinguish. |
| 001957 | May 17 2012 21:12:42 | Yaxham | One pump from Dereham responded to an alarm activation. This was a false alarm caused by a system fault. |
| 001956 | May 17 2012 21:03:55 | Great Melton | Appliances from Hethersett and Carrow responded to a caravan fire. The crew wore breathing apparatus and used hose reel jets to extinguish. |
| 001955 | May 17 2012 20:27:53 | Easton | Appliances from Carrow, Earlham and Hethersett were called to a building fire. The crew used a hose reel jet to extinguish. |
| 001954 | May 17 2012 20:05:22 | Sprowston | one pump from sprowston attended an alarm sounding this was a false alarm due to cooking fumes |
| 001953 | May 17 2012 19:46:54 | Great Yarmouth | Pumps from Martham and Great Yarmouth responded to an alarm activation. This was a false alarm caused by dust. |
| 001952 | May 17 2012 19:18:35 | Great Yarmouth | Two appliance from Great Yarmouth responded to an RTC. The crew used HRE and provided vehicle stability and scene safety. |
| 001950 | May 17 2012 19:07:53 | Winterton On Sea | One appliance from Martham was sent to reports of a large gas cylinder venting however they were stood down before arrival as the premises re contacted 999 to advise that they had stopped it. |
| 001947 | May 17 2012 15:31:02 | Attleborough, | One appliance from Attleborough attended a bonfire in which crews used hose reel jets to extinguish. |
| 001945 | May 17 2012 13:48:37 | Bunwell | One appliance from Attleborough attended to a fence on fire. The brigade used hose reel jets and hand appliances to extinguish. A thermal imaging camera was used to check for hotspots |
| 001942 | May 17 2012 12:15:42 | Norwich | One appliance from Earlham attended an alarm sounding, they found this was a false alarm caused by cooking fumes. |
| 001939 | May 17 2012 10:55:37 | North Walsham | Appliance from North Walsham, Stalham and Carrow attended a road traffic collsion, crews manually extrictaed one casualty and made the scene safe. |
| 001938 | May 17 2012 10:36:10 | Stalham | One appliance from Stalham attended an alarm sounding, they found this was a false alarm caused by a failure to isolate. |
| 001937 | May 17 2012 10:15:00 | Sprowston | One appliance from Sprowston and one from Carrow attended to an alarm activation. This was a false alarm caused by a system fault |
| 001931 | May 17 2012 09:20:20 | Dereham | One appliance from Dereham attended a vehicle fire, firefighters wearing breathing apparatus used hose reel jets to extinguish the fire. |
| 001928 | May 17 2012 07:54:42 | Horsham St Faith,norwich | One appliance from Sprowston attended an alarm sounding. This was a false alarm. |
| 001926 | May 17 2012 07:13:30 | Downham Market | One appliance from Downham Market attended an alarm sounding - false alarm caused by a failure to isolate |
| 001923 | May 16 2012 22:23:14 | Fakenham | One appliance from Fakenham attended a fire outside - false alarm controlled burning |
| 001921 | May 16 2012 22:09:52 | Sprowston | One appliance from Sprowston attended reports of a fire - false alarm malicious |
| 001916 | May 16 2012 20:41:19 | Wiggenhall Saint Germans | An appliance from Outwell attended a small grass fire, which was started deliberately, it was found to be extinguished on arrival. |
| 001914 | May 16 2012 20:34:00 | Diss, | An appliance from Diss attended reports of a large fire outside, on arrival they found it was a large pile of builders rubbish which had been set fire to. They allowed the fire to burn out. |
| 001909 | May 16 2012 18:36:19 | Hethel | One appliance from Wymondham and one from Attleborough attended an rtc - one person extricated using hre |
| 001907 | May 16 2012 18:18:00 | Costessey | One appliance from Earlham and one from Sprowston attended a house fire - ba and Hose Reel Jets in use and ppv to clear the smoke |
| 001904 | May 16 2012 17:14:37 | Eye,suffolk | One appliance from Diss was sent to assist Suffolk however they were stood down before they booked mobile as the premises confirmed this was a false alarm. |
| 001902 | May 16 2012 15:47:26 | Little Walsingham | Appliances from Fakenham and Wells were sent to an alarm sounding, this was a false alarm. |
| 001901 | May 16 2012 14:36:42 | Wymondham,wymondham | An officer attended a small animal rescue, this was a bird stuck in a tree, the incident was passed over to the RSPCA. |
| 001899 | May 16 2012 14:11:42 | Brancaster Staithe | One appliance from Hunstanton was mobilised to an alarm activation, however the crew was stood down as it was confirmed as a false alarm. |
| 001898 | May 16 2012 13:58:04 | Kings Lynn | One pump from Kings Lynn responded to a lift rescue, however this was malicious false alarm. |
| 001892 | May 16 2012 10:57:30 | Norwich Centre | One appliance from Carrow responded to an alarm activaiton. This was a false alarm caused by failure to isolate during testing. |
| 001891 | May 16 2012 10:07:37 | Norwich Centre | One appliance from Hethersett was sent to an alarm sounding, this was a false alarm caused by an alarm test. The crew were stood down before arrival to the premises. |
| 001890 | May 16 2012 10:03:29 | Colney | Appliances from Earlham, Carrow and Sprowston were sent to a smell of burning, however this was a false alarm caused by cooking fumes. |
| 001888 | May 16 2012 09:37:38 | Worstead | An Officer attended an animal rescue to assist a stuck sheep. |
| 001887 | May 16 2012 09:36:34 | Kings Lynn | One appliance from Kings Lynn was sent to an alarm sounding, this was caused by a system fault |
| 001882 | May 16 2012 09:12:47 | ,great Yarmouth | Two appliances from Great Yarmouth were sent to a road traffic collision. Two vehicles were invovled and one person was trapped. The crews used Hydraulic Rescue Equipment to release the casuality. The crews made the scene safe and assisted the ambulance and police crews on scene. |
| 001879 | May 16 2012 07:18:17 | Shipdham | One appliance from Dereham was sent to assist the ambulance service. |
| 001878 | May 16 2012 03:37:34 | Watton | An appliance from Watton manually assisted to release a man who had got his foot stuck. |
| 001877 | May 16 2012 02:01:41 | Great Yarmouth | Two appliances from Great Yarmoutrh attended an alarm souding. This was a false alarm caused by a system fault. |

















