The Estevan Fire Rescue Service participated in training last week, and were called to a fire on Saturday night.
Firefighters, along with the emergency response teams from the Westmoreland Coal Company’s Estevan mine and SaskPower’s Boundary Dam Power Station, were at the fire hall from Dec. 5-7 for eight hours a day of medical first responder and emergency medical responder advanced level training and recertification.
“It certainly set the tone for working with mutual aid emergency response partners within the area,” said Fire Chief Dale Feser.
Then Dec. 8, the fire department was notified of a structure fire, adjacent to Highway 47 South near the SRI Homes property. When crews arrived on the scene, they didn’t find anything burning at the location. But they could smell smoke, and found that a nearby home had a large bonfire in the backyard.
“The tenant was disposing of tree branches. Crews were able to narrow that down to that being the cause of the call, and the property owner was informed they would have to extinguish immediately.”
The items that were being burned cannot be burned within city limits.
Feser said tree branches, leaves and any other construction materials need to be properly disposed of at the city’s landfill.
