With freezing rain and snow covering the ground the fire crews had a bit of a quieter stretch with just a few calls lately.
Last Tuesday the crews were called out to a tree branch and power line fire. The call came in at about 8 a.m. and fire crews headed out to the east side of the city. It didn't take them long to get the situation under control.
"Once on scene, the crews stood by and closed the area off until SaskPower arrived. Once SaskPower arrived, they cut power to the area. The fire self-extinguished at that point so we turned the scene over to SaskPower, so they could do their repairs. And we left the scene," said Estevan Deputy Fire Chief Rick Davies.
The next call for service came in last Wednesday just before 8 a.m., when firefighters were dispatched to the central part of the city where a fire alarm went off in a living complex.
"Once we arrived it was determined that it was just an issue with the fire alarm system and there was no emergency happening. So the building was turned over to the maintenance people to have that all checked out and we returned to the station," Davies said.
Another call came in on Thursday afternoon. Fire crews were alerted to the east side of Estevan. A commercial fire alarm went off in one of the buildings and firefighters rushed to the scene. However, while the command unit was en route, they were notified that it was false. The fire department was stood down.
"Command carried on non-emergent. We inspected the building and made sure it was indeed false. And we left, we were there for a matter of a couple of minutes," said Davies.
The Estevan Fire Rescue Service was also a part of the Remembrance Day ceremonies at the cenotaph last week. They traditionally have a few members representing the agency and participating in the wreath-laying, but the situation was different this year and due to COVID-19 related restrictions, they only could have one member partake in the activities.
