Estevan’s firefighters didn’t get much sleep in one recent night as they were called out on two separate occasions.
The fire alarm system went off at 12:30 a.m. and then at 2 a.m. on July 15 in a multi-apartment building in the central part of Estevan. After the investigation, the crews came up to a conclusion that in both cases alarms were false.
Deputy Fire Chief Rick Davies believes that it was the heavy humidity that set off the system.
“The detectors may sense a little bit different, maybe when you have heavy humidity it does trigger it,” said Davies.
He noted that the system was functioning the way it’s supposed to for the most part, and it was not one individual that set it off. Which means there won't be any repercussions for anybody because of the second consecutive false alarm.
Firefighters were also dispatched to fire and carbon monoxide (CO) alarms in different parts of the city on July 14.
“Approximately 4 p.m. we were called to a commercial building on the east part of the city, turned out to be a false alarm. And then at approximately 11:30 p.m. we were called to a residence in the west part of the city for a CO alarm. Nothing was found there,” said Davies.
On July 12, at around lunchtime firefighters were called to occupancy in the middle part of the city for an elevator rescue, which was due to malfunction with the elevator system. People were quickly removed.
In other recent fire department news, on July 8 the fire crew attended the Estevan Motor Speedway for the Dakota Classic Modified Tour.
“The races went pretty clean that night. There were no reports of them (fire crew) having to respond to anything,” said Davies.
On July 9, the regular evening training took place at the station.
The next day a group of firefighters went to the Estevan campus of the Southeast College to participate in the Superheroes Day.
And on July 11, a crew joined the pancake breakfast at the Churchill Park. Their fire truck was one of the biggest attractions for the kids, as they were allowed to get inside and ask questions about it. A lot of children took advantage of the opportunity.
“For the time that we were there we were pretty steady with kids, there were quite a few that came through and had a look at the truck,” said Davies.
