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Archive page 4w2 - archived incidents 23 July 2009 to April 2010
THURSDAY 23 JULY - 2009
Call Ref: 6294
Time: 23:04-23:50
Location: A259 JUNCTION WITH WALTON LANE, BOSHAM, CHICHESTER
Incident: RTC - car and motorbike - female driver extricated from car using hydraulic rescue equipment - male biker given medical assistance at the scene by ambulance paramedics - male biker and female car driver both taken to hospital by ambulance paramedics - scene made safe
WrLx2 Chichester, HRT Chichester
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TUESDAY 28 JULY - 2009
Call Ref: 6537
Time: 06:22-07:57
Location: A23, SOUTHBOUND, WARNINGLID TO BOLNEY
Incident: Fire - articulated lorry carrying household goods destroyed by fire - 12BA, 2HRS, 2 foam HR, 2 dry powder extinguishers - water supply supplemented from BFC - accidental
WrL Hurstpierpoint, WrLx2 Haywards Heath, BFC Burgess Hill, WrL Burgess Hill, WrL Crawley, L4T Haywards Heath, BASU Horsham, WrL Horsham, WrL Turners Hill, TRU Officersx2
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TUESDAY 28 JULY - 2009
Call Ref: 6586
Time: 12:17-13:07
Location: RUSPER ROAD, HORSHAM
NEAR LITTLEHAVEN RAILWAY STATION
Incident: RTC - 2 cars - 2 male adults trapped - both persons released using high pressure airbags and hydraulic rescue equipment - both persons taken to hospital by ambulance
WrL Horsham, WrL Crawley, HRT Horsham
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SUNDAY 2 AUGUST - 2009
Call Ref: 6878
Time: 19:45-20:49
Location: ROOF OF "1ST CHOICE" SHOP, LONDON ROAD, BOGNOR
Incident: Assistance - 3 storey building - 1 girl on roof with injuries to shoulder following a fall - girl assisted from roof by F&RS using ALP - girl handed over to ambulance paramedics
WrL Bognor, ALP Worthing
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TUESDAY 11 AUGUST - 2009
Call Ref: 7395
Time: 23:49-03:47
Location: FRESHFIELD MILL FARM - SLOOP LANE, SCAYNES HILL
Incident: Barn Fire - dutch barn 30mx20m with asbestos sheeting roof containing 170 tonnes of straw 100% involved in fire - all livestock removed from barn along with 1 tractor by farmer before arrival of F&RS - 4HRS by F&RS to prevent fire spread - contents of barn allowed to burn out under control - arson
WrL Turners Hill, WrL Henfield, WrLx2 East Grinstead, WrC Littlehampton, WrL Littlehampton, CU Bognor, WrLx3 Crawley, BASU Horsham, WrL Horsham, WrL Chichester, WrL Shoreham, WrL Hurstpierpoint, WrL Findon, WrL Petworth
REPORT & Police witness appeal to 3 further fires
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SUNDAY 16 AUGUST - 2009
Call Ref: 7718
Time: 17:21-18:51
Location: FLATS - GUINEVERE ROAD, CRAWLEY
Incident: Bedroom fire - 2 storey terraced property consisting of 5 dwellings, 12mx15m - 100% of 1st floor damaged by fire, 50% of ground floor damaged by heat, smoke and water - 8BA, 3HR, 1 TIC - accidental ignition
WrL Horley, WrL Horsham, WrLx2 Crawley, L4T Haywards Heath
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FRIDAY 21 AUGUST - 2009
Call Ref: 8037
Time: 09:13-10:12
Location: O/S HILLBARN GARAGE - A27 SOMPTING CROSSROADS
Incident: RTC - 1HGV, 1 car and 1 ambulance - 3 persons trapped - 1 female extricated from car, 2 female paramedics extricated from ambulance using HRE and cutting equipment - all casualties conveyed to hospital by ambulance - vehicles and roadway made safe
HRT Worthing, WrL Worthing, WrLx2 Lancing, TRU
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MONDAY 28 SEPTEMBER 2009
Call Ref: 10629
Time: 12:49-15:53
Location: WATERGATE ESTATE, LOCKSASH LANE, WEST MARDEN
Incident: Fire - single storey barn with mezzanine floor containing straw and 2 tractors - barn also used for offices and storage 30x10m - 40% of barn and mezzanine floor destroyed - 2 tractors destroyed - 5HRS by F&RS - area turned over and damped down - accidental
WrL Chichester, WrL Bosham, WrL Horndean(HF&RS), WrC Bordon(HF&RS), CU Bognor, WrC Fareham(HF&RS), L4T Bognor
WrL Arundel, WrL Midhurst
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FRIDAY 2 OCTOBER - 2009
Call Ref: 10936
Time: 21:26-22:40
Location: 1ST FLOOR FLAT - TILGATE PARADE, ASHDOWN DRIVE, TILGATE
Incident: Fire - 3 storey building - shop on ground floor with flats above - 1st floor flat well alight - fire and smoke issuing from the first and second floors of building - 6BA, 2HRs used by F&RS - thermal imaging camera used to assist in locating any hot areas - 70% of 1st floor flat destroyed by fire, remainder of flat severely damaged by smoke - 2nd floor flat slightly damaged by smoke and ventilated naturally - 1 female adult treated by ambulance paramedics for smoke inhalation - cause of the fire under investigation
WrLx2 Crawley, WrL Horley, L4T Haywards Heath, Red Cross Support Unit
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MONDAY 5 OCTOBER - 2009
Call Ref: 11098
Time: 10:59-11:38
Location: RUSPER ROAD, RUSPER
Incident: RTC - 1 car overturned on road - female driver extricated by F&RS using hydraulic rescue equipment and taken to hospital
WrLx2 Crawley, HRT Crawley
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MONDAY 12 OCTOBER - 2009
Call Ref: 11640
Time: 16:59-17:42
Location: O/S OAKWOOD INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, GATWICK ROAD, CRAWLEY
Incident: RTC - car and van - male driver extricated from van by F&RS using hydraulic rescue equipment and taken to hospital by ambulance - scene made safe
WrLx2 Crawley, HRT Crawley
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SUNDAY 18 OCTOBER - 2009
Call Ref: 12045
Time: 21:37-00:10
Location: LICENSED CAFE - BEACH HOUSE PARK, LYNDHURST ROAD, WORTHING
Incident: Fire - single story building 15x15m run as cafe destroyed by fire, heat and smoke - 7HRS 20BA by F&RS - hot areas damped down - incident under investigation
WrLx3 Worthing, WrL Lancing, L4T Lancing, BASU Shoreham, WrL Steyning, WrL Bognor, WrL Shoreham, FIO
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TUESDAY 3 NOVEMBER - 2009
Call Ref: 13100
Time: 13:10-17:48
Location: PEGLAR COURT - PEGLAR WAY, CRAWLEY
Incident: Dangerous Structure - approx 50 sq metres of facia board fallen from 5 storey building in high winds injuring 2 pedestrians and damaging several cars - F&RS in attendance liasing with Police - safety cordons established - local roads closed by police
WrL Crawley, ALP Horsham, TRU Officersx2
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SATURDAY 7 NOVEMBER - 2009
Call Ref: 13285
Time: 11:34-12:10
Location: NEAR COUNCIL DEPOT- HURSTON LANE, STORRINGTON
Incident: Aircraft - glider crash landed into trees - pilot not trapped and assessed by ambulance paramedic at the scene - area cordoned off and handed over to police and gliding club rep
WrL Storrington, WrL Findon, WrL Steyning, HRT Worthing, L4T Storrington, L4T Petworth
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WEDNESDAY 25 NOVEMBER - 2009
Call Ref: 14540
Time: 11:08-11:42
Location: O/S WEST ASHLING MILL - DOWN STREET WEST ASHLING
Incident: RTC - The driver of a WRVS van had a miraculous escape this morning when a huge tree crashed down on his vehicle as he was driving through West Ashling near Chichester. Emergency services were called to Down Street, West Ashling shortly after 11am, but found the driver, a male believed to be in his thirties, had already managed to escape and was being helped by members of public. Remarkably he seemed relatively uninjured but was taken to hospital by ambulance for precautionary checks. The road was closed temporarily as West Sussex County Council Highways Dept cleared the fallen tree.
WrL Chichester, HRT Chichester
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THURSDAY 26 NOVEMBER - 2009
Call Ref: 14637
Time: 23:52-01:47
Location: HOUSE - HAMILTON GARDENS, ALDWICK, BOGNOR
Incident: Lightning Strike in area - detached house struck by lightning - smoke in house and a ceiling had collapsed - electrics isolated and salvage undertaken by F&RS
other lightning strikes in Grangefield Way, Aldwick and 2 properties in the Fairway, Aldwick were inspected but no action was required
WrL Bognor, WrL Chichester, L4T Bognor
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SUNDAY 6 DECEMBER - 2009
Call Ref: 15208
Time: 09:04 - 10:23
Location: A27 ARUNDEL - NEAR WHITE SWAN PUB
Incident: FATAL RTC - 2 cars - 2 male adults trapped in 1 car - 2nd car 10 feet down embankment with female driver trapped - male adults extricated by F&RS using hydraulic rescue equipment and taken to hospital by air ambulance - female adult extricated by F&RS using hydraulic rescue equipment and taken to hospital by ambulance, regrettably she later died of her injuries.
WrL Arundel, WrL Littlehampton, HRT Worthing
POLICE NEWS
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THURSDAY 28 JANUARY - 2010
Call Ref: 18238
Time: 02:04-04:24
Location: FISHERMAN JOY PUB,
CORNER OF MANOR ROAD AND EAST STREET, SELSEY
Incident: Fire - large pub consisting of 2 floors and cellar 30x30m - smoke issuing from ground floor window on arrival of F&RS - full search of building made by F&RS using BA and thermal imaging camera - no persons found in building - approx 75% of ground floor affected by fire, heat and smoke - 30% of 1st floor damaged by heat and smoke - 16BA, 8HRS, 3 ladders and 2 PPV fans, and 2 thermal imaging cameras used - incident believed to be arson but investigation ongoing with WSF&RS and Sussex Police
WrL Selsey, L4T Selsey, WrLx2 Chichester, WrL Bognor, CU Bognor, WrL East Wittering, WrL Bosham, BASU Chichester, WrL Shoreham, WrC Littlehampton, FIO
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SATURDAY 30 JANUARY - 2010
Call Ref: 18324
Time: 03:47-06:11
Location: FLATS - BRADSHAW ROAD, CHICHESTER
Incident: Fire - 2 storey building consisting of 4 flats - 100% of 1st floor and roof damaged by fire - remaining 1st floor flat 50% damaged by fire and 50% damaged by heat and smoke - ground floor flat affected by water - 18BA, 5HRS by F&RS - damping down and cutting away of affected areas by F&RS - 1 ALP and 1 TIC used - incident believed to be arson but still under investigation by WSF&RS and Sussex Police - WrLx2 Chichester, WrL Bognor, WrL East Wittering, WrL Bognor, BASU Chichester, WrL Shoreham, CU Bognor, ALP Worthing, FIO
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TUESDAY 2 FEBRUARY - 2010
Call Ref: 18477
Time: 10:10-11:11
Location: Near junction of CRAWLEY LANE & HIGH STREET, HANDCROSS
Incident: RTC - car and Light Goods Vehicle -female adult released from car by F&RS using hydraulic rescue equipment and taken to hospital by helicopter ambulance - scene made safe by F&RS
WrLx2 Crawley, HRT Crawley
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SATURDAY 20 FEBRUARY - 2010
Call Ref: 19413
Time: 23:37-02:43
Location: 3 STOREY SEMI DETACHED HOUSE, BALCOMBE ROAD, HAYWARDS HEATH
Incident: Fire - ground floor of house well alight on arrival of F&RS - 50% of ground floor damaged by fire - remainder of house damaged by smoke - 3HRS, 16BA used by F&RS - damaged areas damped down and cut away - sadly 1 dog died in this incident - accidental
WrLx2 Haywards Heath, WrL Burgess Hill, WrL Turners Hill, WrL Crawley, BASU Horsham, WrL East Grinstead, WrL Worthing, WrL Horley, FIO
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SATURDAY 27 FEBRUARY - 2010
Call Ref: 19687
Time: 15:23-16:44
Location: DOMESTIC GARAGE - ROWAN WAY, ANGMERING
Incident: Fire - domestic garage 100% damaged by fire, heat and smoke - 3 motorbikes in building destroyed by fire - 3HRs, 4BA - male adult who had been in the building at the time cleaning motorbike parts suffered burns and was given 1st aid at the scene before being taken to Worthing hospital by ambulance - neighbour who attempted to dampen fire with hose reel taken to hospital by ambulance with minor smoke inhalation - accidental
WrLx2 East Preston, WrLx2 Worthing, CU Bognor
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FRIDAY 12 MARCH - 2010
Call Ref: 20383
Time: 15:31-17:50
Location: DETACHED HOUSE - COOLHAM ROAD, WEST CHILTINGTON
Incident: Fire - Involving 1st floor and roof space - 100% of roof and 1st floor damaged by fire- 50% of ground floor damaged by fire, smoke and water - 6HRS, 8BA, 4 extension ladders and 1 roof ladder - salvage undertaken - accidental
WrLx2 Storrington, WrL Billingshurst, WrLx2 Horsham, CU Haywards Heath, WrL Petworth, WrLx2 Worthing, BASU Shoreham, WrL Shoreham, WrC Littlehampton, WrL Littlehampton, WrL Steyning, WrL Arundel, WrL Henfield, ICU Haywards Heath, TRU officersx2
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THURSDAY 15 APRIL - 2010
Call Ref: 767
Time: 11:50-12:39
Location: A24, NORTHBOUND, SOUTHWATER
Incident: RTC - car in collision with parked car - no persons in parked car - male and female adult extricated from car by FRS and taken to hospital by ambulance
WrL Horsham, WrL Partridge Green, HRT Horsham
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