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SOME HISTORICAL PHOTOS AND VIDEOS...
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SHED FIRE, GREY ST 3RD FEBRUARY 2012
Shortly before 4pm on Sunday we were responded to a shed fire at a property on Grey St.
The fire quickly spread to some bamboo and pampus along the river bank and raced along setting alight two phoenix palm trees.
The shed and the river bank were well involved in fire on arrival and the brigade quickly set to work to contain the fire. However with a steady Easterly blowing embers from the palm trees blew across the road and started a fire in Campbell Tube and also a fire on the roof of a house opposite.
With the the fire having already been upgraded to a 2nd alarm even more trucks were responded with pumps arriving from; Ngatea, Paeroa, Puriri, Turua and Tapu. A number of police units also arrived to help with crowd control as there was a large crowd standing far too close to the fire and working ground.
The fires were quickly contained with the only major loss being the shed and an office. With great work from the brigade and a favourable wind direction the houses beside the shed were saved from fire.
Check out the video and photos below.
Shortly before 4pm on Sunday we were responded to a shed fire at a property on Grey St.
The fire quickly spread to some bamboo and pampus along the river bank and raced along setting alight two phoenix palm trees.
The shed and the river bank were well involved in fire on arrival and the brigade quickly set to work to contain the fire. However with a steady Easterly blowing embers from the palm trees blew across the road and started a fire in Campbell Tube and also a fire on the roof of a house opposite.
With the the fire having already been upgraded to a 2nd alarm even more trucks were responded with pumps arriving from; Ngatea, Paeroa, Puriri, Turua and Tapu. A number of police units also arrived to help with crowd control as there was a large crowd standing far too close to the fire and working ground.
The fires were quickly contained with the only major loss being the shed and an office. With great work from the brigade and a favourable wind direction the houses beside the shed were saved from fire.
Check out the video and photos below.
K99 House Fire. Richmond St Thames, 29th September 2012.
Siren went up at around 00:15 responding our pump tender 551 to a scrub fire. 5 minutes later this was upgraded to a well involved house fire and the pump rescue tender 557 was also responded. On arrival the house was going for it from end to end. Access was very difficult up a long narrow path and the house was an old miners cottage in very close proximity to another house. For this reason the incident was upgraded to a 2nd Alarm and trucks responded from Ngatea, Turua and Puriri. The Ngatea truck could see the glow from Orchard East Rd.
The first delivery went to protecting the neighbours house and the following to an external attack on the house of which the the front collapsed after 15 minutes.
The first delivery went to protecting the neighbours house and the following to an external attack on the house of which the the front collapsed after 15 minutes.
