ESTEVAN — On Aug. 7, just after 3 a.m., Estevan Fire Rescue Service members were dispatched for a mutual aid call to assist the Bienfait Fire Department with a structure fire occurring in the town of Bienfait.
Crews responded with a command unit, an engine and a tanker, and assisted Bienfait firefighters in extinguishing the house fire. Estevan firefighters spent about six hours at the scene.
Estevan Fire Chief Rick Davies said the cause of the fire was under investigation.
On Aug. 8 at about 8:30 p.m., fire crews also were dispatched to St. Joseph's Hospital to assist local EMS personnel. Members were on scene for about an hour.
Another call for service came on Aug. 13 at about 5 p.m., when a commercial fire alarm went off in the west-central area of the city. Incident command responded and quickly determined that there was no emergency occurring. Further investigation showed that it was possibly due to a faulty detection system.
Fire crews were also called to several fire alarms over the long weekend, which were false and didn’t require any action on behalf of the fire department.
