Bilston Fire Station

Bilston responding to a flat fire at the start of shift today.

Such an important message.

Working with out collegues from Willenhall Fire Station.

Red Watch have been working alongside the crew from Tipton today to cut a female out of a vehicle after it was involved in a collision with a lorry near junction 10 of the M6.
Wishing her a speedy recovery.

Great news!

A busy Saturday for Blue Watch who have been taking part in a brigade exercise today focusing on Hazardous Materials.
Our realistic exercises allow us to learn and develop should we ever need to put these skills to the test at a real incident.

This is the aftermath of a bedroom fire Bilston & Willenhall attended this week. Unfortunately everything in it was destroyed or badly damaged. Thankfully we were able to intervene with our breathing apparatus teams in time to contain the fire to one room. No one was injured.
Tested your smoke alarm this week? Do it before it's too late. Need help installing smoke alarms? Get in touch, we can help.

Darkhouse Lane is now open after we were assisted by Network Rail to clear a trapped HGV.

We are currently assisting a lorry driver who's HGV has become wedged under a railway bridge.
Darkhouse Lane will be closed until further notice.

Some of White Watch still smiling on this muggy evening. Only three hours in and two 999 calls & three Safe & Well visits.
Stay safe out there ✌🏼

Simple but important message.

We have been out promoting chimney safety week and meeting some of the wilder members of our community this set.
The latest statistics show there are nearly 7000 chimney fires each year and most are preventable.
Remember to ALWAYS have working smoke alarms. Contact us immediately if you have none and/or would like us to come and carry out one of our free safe & well visits in your home.
... Big thank you to Pallet-Track Ltd for inviting us.
It is recommended that these measures are taken to help reduce the risk of chimney fire:
Chimneys must be swept on a regular basis this can be as much as three times in the burning season (winter) but at least once per season regardless of fuel type.
All wood burned must have a moisture content of no more than 17 percent.
It is important to purchase the correct size appliance for your room, an appliance which is too large will never be used hot enough to volatize all of the fuel within the wood and unburned fuel will pass up the chimney as smoke and condense within the flue as extremely flammable creosote.
To minimize creosote production in a wood stove these steps can be followed:
Once the fuel load has been ignited and the flue has been heated to its operating temperature, the stoves air supply should be adjusted to limit the amount of air to avoid over firing and excessive heat loss up the chimney. They should, however, be open enough to maintain moderate flaming combustion in the fire box. (The flames should fill the entire window or fire box without being sucked up the chimney).
To determine if this is maintained the condition of the fire should be checked through any glass panels and the density of the smoke as it exits the flue at the top should also be checked.
An internal probe type thermometer located within the flue can be used to ascertain if flue temperatures are of a sufficient temperature or if they are excessive, magnetic flue temperature thermometers can also be utilised to this end.
It is important when using a multi fuel stove that you control the burning of the appliance by the air inlets provided for this purpose not using any dampers which could obstruct the safe passage of exhaust from being able to exit the appliance.
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Our breathing apparatus teams are currently supporting engineers to extinguish a fire in complex ducting & machinery at a recycling plant.

Unfortunately due to extensive maintenance work Bilston Fire Station will be unable to host an open day this summer. However Fallings Park Fire Station will be holding one tomorrow (Saturday) kicking off at 10am. It promises to be a great day if you can make it!
What ever you're doing, have a great weekend and stay safe!