1/2 - 11:47 - Following numerous repeat calls to a roof fire at a domestic property on Boundary Lane in Welwyn Garden City, Fire Control mobilised 4 appliances from @WGCGreenWatch, @Hatfield_FS, @HertfordFireStn & Welwyn and our Aerial Ladder Platform from Stevenage...
@RoyalAirForce Chinook dropping off the 1st @HVPCapability asset to Airy Holm Reservoir as part of today’s national HVP Exercise! Delivered with absolute precision! @HFRS@CDDFRS
At 10:50 this morning we received a call to a commercial building fire on Dunhams lane in Letchworth - 6 pumps attended from @baldock31firest@HitchinFire1@roystonfire@WGCGreenWatch and Stevenage all attended. As well as the Aerial ladder platform (ALP) from Stevenage.
@WGCGreenWatch attended a flooding at a premises on Andrewsfield, WGC. The flooding was effecting electrics. Crews isolated water and power making scene safe.
@WGCGreenWatch & @wheatofire21 crews attended a Portacabin well alight off St Albans's Road, Codicote. Crews used 2 hose reels to extinguish the fire. 🚒🚒
0959 - Fire Control received a call to a small deer stuck in fencing on Deerswood Avenue, Hatfield. A crew from @WGCGreenWatch attended and released the deer from the fence #allcallsstartwithcontrol
After a week of being deployed it is now time to begin the recovery & repatriation of all the @HVPCapability assets so they can be sent back to their Fire Services. This is one of the most important parts of the whole deployment and is often not planned for. #knockoffmakeup
@WGCGreenWatch crews attended a small fire in the open in Welwyn Garden City, King George's playing field at the skate park. Crews extinguished the fire and made the scene safe🚒
Thankfully just a false alarm this time! A resident had burnt his pizza setting off the communal alarm for the building, when cooking keep your kitchen door closed if possible and have a window open to provide fresh air and ventilation 🙂 @HertsFRSControl
And we’re off again, just arrived back in Welwyn Garden City and we’ve been alerted to attend a fire alarm activation in the Panshanger area! 🚒🚒 more details to follow... @HertsFRSControl @SC_IanVealeHFRS #allcallsstartwithcontrol
We’re in attendance at a fire involving 4 houses in Wareside at the moment, we have 10 pumps and an ALP making a superb effort to extinguish the fire! @HertsFRSControl @hertsfirechief @SC_IanVealeHFRS