ESTEVAN - The Estevan Fire Rescue Service responded to several calls last week.
Firefighters were called out to an overhead hazard on May 31 at about 7 a.m., as a power line on Kensington Avenue was arching.
“Once crews arrived on scene, we were able to secure the location to prevent people from coming into the area. It was a low hazard as it wasn't arcing terribly bad. SaskPower did arrive and the scene was turned over to them to continue repairs for that particular location after they isolated power,” said Estevan Fire Chief Dale Feser.
Later that afternoon a commercial fire alarm went off south of Estevan. Crews contacted the manager immediately and learned that there was a crew that was on site working on the fire suppression system and neglected to call the monitoring agency. With no emergency occurring, firefighters did not respond to that location.
“A reminder that anytime you do any work on suppression, sprinkler systems or fire alarm systems, prior to commencing the work you always want to make sure that the monitoring agency is informed and then again afterwards when the work has been completed,” Feser said.
On June 4 at about 8 a.m. firefighters responded to a residential smoke alarm that went off in the northeast area of the city. It was quickly found that cooking breakfast got away from the homeowner, resulting in excessive smoke that triggered the alarm. The homeowner was actively ventilating the building, so there wasn’t enough smoke remaining for any further actions on behalf of the fire department.
Shortly after that, fire crews were called out again. An elevator was stuck in a building in central Estevan, and a person was trapped inside.
“Crews arrived on scene to find that one person was still trapped in the elevator car system. We safely isolated the elevator and lowered it to the main floor and were able to get the individual out of the elevator without incident,” Feser said.
The elevator then was isolated until it could be repaired.
The EFRS also provided a crew for fire suppression, in case it would be needed, over the weekend at the Estevan Motor Speedway’s races.
“We are glad to see that that's up and running and providing citizens great entertainment for the area,” Feser said.
