ESTEVAN — The Estevan Fire Rescue Service experienced a busy week with eight calls for service over seven days.
On Aug. 14 at about 1 p.m., firefighters were dispatched to a grass fire along King Street in the west end of the city. Estevan Fire Chief Rick Davies said the fire burned a small area along the street and was already put out upon their arrival.
"The fire had already been extinguished by a passerby, and we're thankful for that," Davies said. "We determined the fire was caused by a damaged communication line in the area, so crews remained on scene until those guys got there and confirmed that that line was off, and everything was okay. We also confirmed that there were no other areas on fire and everything was good."
Fire crews were dispatched to a commercial fire alarm going off in central Estevan on Aug. 15 just before 9 a.m. The incident command responded and determined the alarm was caused by system testing. It was confirmed there was no emergency and crews were stood down.
The same day around 6 p.m., firefighters were dispatched to a power line and tree fire in an alley in the southeast area.
"We secured and investigated the area and confirmed that a power line was down, but there were no signs of fire in the area at that time. We remained on scene until SaskPower arrived and confirmed that the power line was off. Then our crews went in and confirmed that there was actually no fire in the area, then the scene was left for SaskPower to perform repairs," Davies said.
Another power line outage and fire occurred southwest of Estevan on Aug. 16 just before 9 a.m. Fire crews responded and confirmed the power line was down and a small fire was occurring in a treed area. Firefighters secured the area and monitored it until SaskPower arrived and confirmed power was off. Firefighters then went in and fully extinguished a small fire in the trees. The scene was then turned over to SaskPower for repairs.
The same day at about 9:30 p.m., crews were called to a vehicle vs deer accident on Highway 39 east of Estevan.
"One westbound vehicle was involved and sustained fairly significant damage," Davies said. "It was not drivable. No injuries were reported at the scene. We provided traffic control, cleaned up the debris from the highway and moved the vehicle off the road. We remained on scene, providing traffic control until tow services arrived to assist the driver with his vehicle."
On Aug. 18 at about 1:30 a.m., the EFRS was called to a residential carbon monoxide alarm that went off in the southeast area of the city. One occupant was assisted by EMS on scene. Fire crews investigated the scene but didn't pick up any CO readings at the time.
Fire crews were also called to help with a spill clean-up on the southwest side of Estevan on Aug. 19 at around 5 p.m. A small amount of fluid leaked from a vehicle. Firefighters were able to quickly contain a leak and clean up the fluids.
A couple of hours later on the same day, crews were dispatched to a residential fire alarm in south Estevan. Members responded and determined the alarm was false and no emergency was occurring.
