Eccleshall Fire Station

INCIDENT: At 18:06 hours Eccleshall Appliance was mobilised by Fire Control to an automated report of a fire alarm activating at a commercial property in Eccleshall.
On arrival there was no sign of fire, after a thorough inspection of the building had been completed. It was established that there had been a fault with the alarm.
Paperwork was completed with the on site staff before the appliance returned to Eccleshall Fire Station.

INCIDENTS: At 23:02 hours on Monday Eccleshall appliance was mobilised alongside Stafford and Stone appliances by fire control to a report of a house fire in the Tillington area of Stafford.
Upon arrival it had been established by Stafford crew that all persons were accounted for and the cause of the call was due to burnt food stuffs.
Eccleshall appliance was released from the incident and went to refuel at Stafford Fire Station.
... At 23:34 whilst still at Stafford Fire Station Eccleshall appliance was mobilised by Fire Control to a report of a chimney fire in the Tixall area.
Upon arrival smoke was observed issuing from the chimney. The smoke continued even after the extinguishing the fire in the fireplace.
Chimney rods were used with a chimney rose (a special hose reel connected to the end of the chimney rods) to reach up the chimney and extinguish any debris on fire.
Further inspections were completed internally and externally before confirming the chimney fire was extinguished.
All the equipment used was cleaned prior to restowing it on the appliance and returning to Eccleshall station.
As you can imagine it can be a dirty job sometimes especially when dealing with chimney fires and the pictures show one of our Firefighter’s kit after the incident before it was sent for cleaning!
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INCIDENT: At 07:28 hours Eccleshall & Stafford Appliances and Newport Appliance from Shropshire Fire and Rescue Service were mobilised by Fire Control to a report of an RTC (Road Traffic Collision) in the Moreton area.
On arrival it was established that there had been one vehicle which had left the road and come to rest in the hedgerow.
The occupant of the vehicle was assessed by an Ambulance crew before being transported to hospital for precautionary checks.
... The vehicle was made safe before Eccleshall, Stafford and Newport appliances left the scene.
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INCIDENT: At 05:40 hours Eccleshall Appliance, Stafford Appliance and a Station Manager were mobilised by Fire Control to a report of fire At Fletchers Family Garden Centre in Eccleshall.
On arrival it was established that the fire was at gentleshaw wildlife centre and not Fletchers where one of the animals closures was fully involved in fire and overhead power lines had also been brought down.
A third appliance from Stone was also mobilised to support the incident.
... The fire was brought under controlled and extinguished by crews using two hose reel jets and one main jet.
Whilst some animals were rescused sadly some animals including three tortoises and one meerkat could not be saved.
The power was isolated by Western Power Distrubtion and may have affected some local properties. They continued to work to restore the power to the area and will supply power back for the Garden Centre with a portable generator until the mains supply can be fixed.
Eccleshall crew remained at the incident until approximately 08:30 damping down. The owners of Fletchers & Gentleshaw both attended the scene alongside a vet to check on the animals.
We hope that Gentleshaw Wildlife Centre are able to get back to usual as soon as possible and continue the great work that they do for animals and they will confirm later whether they will open today or not.
Fletchers garden centre will be open as usual.
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INCIDENT: At 20:39 hours Eccleshall Appliance was mobilised by Fire Control to a report a road traffic collision (RTC) on the Stafford Road, Eccleshall.
On arrival it was established that a tree had fallen onto a vehicle and brought down power lines.
The driver of the vehicle received a precautionary check by ambulance crews on scene.
... Eccleshall crew ensured the scene was made safe and requested the attendance of Western Power Distribution to isolate the affected powerlines.
A road closure was maintained by Eccleshall appliance for sometime.
The incident was then left with contractors who will remove the tree blocking the road and recove of the vehicle.
Western Power Distrubution aim to restore any power loss as quickly and safely as possible.
The road will remain closed for sometime and we thank those drivers who have had to divert their journeys.
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INCIDENT: At 20:43 hours Eccleshall Appliance alongside Newport Appliance from Shropshire were mobilised by Fire Control to a report of persons trapped following a road traffic collision (RTC) in the Forton area.
On arrival it was established that there had been a collision between a car and a HGV. One casualty was extricated by crews and transferred to hospital by ambulance.
All equipment was made up and the scene was left with the Police allowing crews to return back to home stations.

INCIDENT: At 07:29 hours Eccleshall Appliance was mobilised by Fire Control to a report of fire at a premises in Stafford.
En-route to the incident an informative message from Stafford appliance was sent stating that there was no fire present at the premises and no further appliances were required. Fire control then informed us to stand down from the incident.
The blues lights and sirens were turned off and we turned around and returned to Eccleshall Fire Station.

INCIDENT: At 19:49 hours Eccleshall Appliance was mobilised by Fire Control to a report of persons trapped following an RTC on the northbound M6.
On arrival it was established that there had been a multi vehicle collision however no persons were trapped.
Occupants of the vehicles were checked over by ambulance crews and one patient was transferred to hospital by ambulance for further checks.
... Once safe to do so the appliance left the scene and returned to Eccleshall Fire Station.
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SYMPATHY: Today Members of Eccleshall Orange Watch attended the funeral of John Johnson, affectionately known as ‘JJ’ at Holy Trinity Church, Eccleshall.
John joined the Fire Service in 1967 and left in 1993 after having been stationed at Eccleshall Fire Station for all of his career. He was the last serving Sub-Officer at the old Fire Station on the High Street and the first Sub-Officer of the current Station on the Newport Road. He successfully led the station in the CFOA ...(Chief Fire Officers Association) national competitions and worked internationally in the RTC field.
The funeral was attended by both serving and retired Fire Officers from across Staffordshire, other Counties and from other Countries, the Fire Service Ceremonial Squad and a former Chief Fire Officer
Having also spent many years with Staffordshire Ambulance Service there was presence from many former and current Ambulance Service colleagues.
‘JJ’ was a true local and county hero and this was shown by the numbers of people who attended today.
Our thoughts are with his family Sheila, Tina, Neil, Jonny and his friends at this time.
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INCIDENT: At 20:56 hours Eccleshall Appliance was mobilised by Fire Control to a report of a fire alarm activating at a domestic property in The Standon area.
On arrival it was established that there was no fire but the smoke detector had been activated due to burnt food.
Safety advice was provided to the occupier and reminded to always LOOK WHEN YOU COOK before the appliance returned to Eccleshall Fire Station.

INCIDENT: At 05:52 hours Eccleshall appliance was mobilised with Stafford appliance to a report of an RTC on the A518 At Aqualate.
On arrival it was clear that a vehicle had left the roadway due to ice and collided with a tree. The driver of the vehicle was extricated and taken to hospital by Ambulance.
Please be careful on the roads today and drive to the conditions as there may be severe icy patches especially on untreated roads.

DRILL: Tonight we practised our basic life support skills of CPR and using defibrillators. Thanks to Eccleshall Community First Responders Martin Watson for coming down with their training kit!

TRAFFIC WARNING⚠️: M6 Junction 14 southbound entry slip road will be closed tonight (10 January 2019) from 23:00 for emergency repairs to the barriers.
The closure will be in place from 11pm and it is anticipated that the work will only take a few hours to complete before the entry slip road can be re-opened.
Traffic will be diverted north to junction 15 and then back down the southbound carriageway.

INCIDENT: At 13:00 hours Eccleshall Appliance was mobilised by Fire Control to a report of an RTC (Road Traffic Collision) in the Norbury area.
On arrival it was established that there had been a two vehicle collision. Thankfully none of the occupants were trapped in their vehicles.
An ambulance and police were requested to attend. On arrival of the ambulance they checked over the occupants of the vehicles whilst fire crews conducted traffic management on scene.
... The vehicles were made safe before Eccleshall appliance left the incident.
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INCIDENTS: At 19:04 hours Eccleshall Appliance and Stafford Appliance were mobilised by Fire Control to a report of a RTC (Road Traffic Collision) in the Lawnhead area.
On arrival an upturned car was found with the occupant inside. Crews stabilised the car and the ambulance crews monitored the health of the occupant. After a short time the occupant was carefully extricated from the vehicle before ambulance crews took the occupier to hospital for a check over.
Fire crews lef...t the incident with the police and the road reopened shortly after.
At 20:18 whilst en-route to refuel the appliance Eccleshall was mobilised by Fire Control to a report of a chimney fire in the Gnosall area.
On arrival no obvious signs of fire were observed. After a thorough check inside the property using a TIC (Thermal Imaging Camera) it was confirmed there was no chimney fire.
Eccleshall then refuelled the appliance and returned to Eccleshall Fire Station.
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