With several changes of pump in recent times a piece of equipment was missing Of course this piece was needed so 522 was called.

521attended. Having gained access they discovered a faulty detector/smoke alarm

5th chimney based call of the year.

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A very unusual incident, a car having left the road was undiscovered for 22hours. Both Leominster pumps and one from Bromyard attended to assist in the release of the driver.

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Both pumps were called to Skymark on the industrial estate. On arrival the east end of the factory was well alight. It was quickly made pumps 4, pumps 6, pumps 10 and finally pumps 15. Neighbouring services of Shropshire and mid & west wales provided assistance. The town of Leominster was covered in thick black toxic smoke and large areas had to be evacuated to the bridge street leisure centre. The factory was destroyed although the highly flamable solvent silos were protected. The town crews also managed to retrieve the companies IT servers.

521 was recalled to the incident as relief, 522 attended later to recover some of the equipment used during the incident.

521 had another early start but this time they were faced with a very dusty detector head at the local DIY store, Quickly dealt with and returned to station.

Final inspection by 521 then a hand over to the owner.

521 arrived to find a traveller had made himself a fire under a pine tree. He was told about the risks and asked to move aside whilst the fire was extinguished.

Both pumps attended this bus. The American passengers were escorted to safety prior to the arrival of the service.

521 attended to extinguish this fairly new Audi. The cause may have been electrical although a new diesel pump had just been fitted.

Both crews attended but there was little to do. The occupnat who was away from the property at the time, had left his lunch on whilst out. Little damage was done although the crews had to ventilate the property.

522 assisted 511 at this factory. There was a small fire on the roof which involved an amount of cutting away.

522 was joined by 461, 501, 542 and the carrier from Ross. Fans used to cool the birds had overheated and caused a fire. The 2 BA crews Leominster and Hereford. Acted quickly to form a break in the fire halting its spread.

Whilst 522 were out 521 was called to this AFA.

521 was joined by 511, the fire was out on arrival.

The crew of 521 attended to find a controlled bonfire being attended by the owner

Only one pump (522) attended to help lower this lift that had jammed just below the first floor

521 joined 541 and 542 at this school for children with educational need, The probable cause was a faulty detector head

Both pumps attended this RTC to make safe the vehicle that had gone throught the railings around the National Trust Land

522 was sent to assist 511 at this incident, no injury reported by the ambulance service but the car had to be stabalised before the driver could get out.

This make safe was attended by 521.

521 attended and quickly extinguished the motorbike

Both pumps attended to assist the ambulance crews release a woman from a car that had ended up in the hedge adjacent to the road.

An unusual call for 522, where a tree had falled on to kennels that housed 3 dogs. The crews were temporarily held up by a fourth "protective" rotty. When they got in to the property the dogs were soon released unharmed.

521 assisted Tenbury and Ludlow in the rescue of a man and his dog from this property. Worcester News

522 was dispatched to assist Leintwardines pump at this RTC.

Both pumps were a bit subdued when called to revist the site of Skymark Packaging, the site had been devostated on 17th June. A small fire had started in the once ink store.

Only the one Leominster pump was required (521) to deal with this hedge fire.

First one then the second pump were called to this AFA. The call centre belived it was two seperate incidents. No fire was found and the alarm was reset.

521 attended and quickly made safe the car.

There appeared to have been an RTC on Passa Lane, no persons at the scene, but a car in the hedge with the lights still on. The vehicle was made safe and handed over to the police.

A wheely bin had caught fire and was quickly extinguished by the crew of 521

521 assisted 531 with this bailer. It had ignighted in the farm yard but away from buildings

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522 joined 531 and Ludlows pump and a multi vehicle RTC. However the incident turned out to be a minor bump and the Leominster pump soon returned home

Although the Leominster pump (521) attended, they found no fire and returned home .

Both pumps attended this RTC, making vehicles safe and assisting the police with the traffic.

522 joined 461 at the Little Chef at the bottom of Dinmore (Leominster Side) to release a casulaty from the car.

522 and 521 attended this RTC but fortunately it was a make safe only.

Again 522 attended an RTC at Dinmore with 461

522 attended to discover the origine of a gas leak at the school. With new building works at the school the leak was discovered coming from a pipe outside the building. It was capped off by British Gas.

The toilets across from the station locks at around 7 for the night. A child had been using the toilet and found she could not get out. She managed to escape prior to the station attending.

Just as drill night had started the towns pump (521) was sent to assist Kingsland with a house fire.

Much later the same evening 522 was sent to investigate a cloud of smoke in the Caswell area. It turned out that a rubbish bag, left out for collection the next morning, had been set alight.

Both town pumps were sent to a make pumps six call at Netherwood between Tenbury and Bromyard. A shed full of hay was alight near a gas bullet. Plans were put in place and the incident was controlled.

521 went as relief shortly before six pm and were back by eleven pm having completed the job at Netherwood.

A lenght of hedging about 15 meters long was set alight, propbably by a carelessly smoker. The hedge was extinguished before it had time to spread to the rest of the hedge and garden

522 attended with 532 and Ludlow to this RTC. The Ludlow crews completed the rescue of a casualty who was taken away by air ambulance.

It is unusual to be called to a private residence by AFA. This call was found to have a defective system and left with the owner to get serviced.

Both pumps eventually attended to deal with this chimney, a Home Fire Safety Check was also completed with the stations crews fitting two smoke alarms before they left

521 attended to investigate this call. There was no fire in the area and the origin of the smoke, possibly a bonfire, was not discovered.

When 521 attended they discovered no vehicle in the area. The police had been asked to attend. It appeared as though the car that had been on its roof was righted by the occupants and driven away. The towns pump washed away a quantity of petrol from the road way.

Initially 521 was called for to attend the address. They discovered an attended fire but it was a bit close to a 40 ft hedge.

The OIC of 521 asked for assistance to ferry water to extinguish this bonfire.

522 was asked to assist 511 to locate and extinguish the vehicle. It was discovered deep in the woods and the risk of fire spread meant the use of foam was appropriate. The fire was extinguished quickly and cooling of the remains as well as the surroundng area was done.

Leominsters 521 was called to a make pumps 6 at this hire company in Hereford. The crew did very little but assist in running out some hose as the incident was mainly dealt with by Herefords ALP.

521 attended Eycote, to find a fault in the system.

Again 521 attended but had a bit more of a problem as the flats, previously owned by Marches housing, have passed in to private hands. The appropriate people to speak to were difficult to track down.

521 and 462 attended but the Leominster pump was not required by the Hereford crew and returned home.

Early evening call to Lion court for both pumps, candlesin one of the flats caused the alarm.

Another visit to the Lion Court but this time it is to the offices and some burnt toast

An elderly resident had cleanedout his Raeburn but had caused the alarms to activate.

521 only required,and the job was soon sorted.

This house had a private AFA system and the call centre mobilised both Leominster pumps. However the residents were outside gadening and no fire was foundin the property.

521 was called to Etnam street to deal with this flooding in the electric supply.

522 joined Fownhope and the boat as a man was threatening to jump off the bridge.He was persuaded to come away fromthe edge by the police.

521 again mobilised to the site housing the bank and library, a malicious activation of a break point caused the alarm.

522 was asked to assist in the recovery of 2 people at this RTC. With crews from Leintwardine and Kingsland the Towns crew were detained for a considerable time.

Both pumps attended this fire at Hamnish. Using hosereel and adapters as well as the thermal image camera the job was completed without amajor issue.

Both pumps were called to this early morning shout along with a crew from Ludlow. It was the result of a malicious call.

A call in the early hours sent the crew of 521 to a burning Peugeot. The crew dealt with it quickly although there was no driver in attendance.

A lorry had collided with a house at Stretford,Leominster joined Kingsland and the USAR team to deal with the incident.

521 was asked to attend as a relief crew to the above job.

521 was again mobiled to a fire at Barons Cross. A skip placed near the nusery was set alight.

Barons cross road was the destination for 522. A garden shed had been set alight by a smoldering compost heap.

A bin fire outside Boots the Chemist, 521 attende and dealt with it quickly.

Both pumps attended this property to find a tractor alight inside a barn with livestock. The animals were unhurt and the fire was controlled quickly.

521 attended Corn Square again, Second time in 3 days, to a bin fire.

Both pumps attended this incident as Kingslands pump failed to start. The bus contained 28 teenage school pupils that were all unhurt. The occupant of the car was "Medically" trapped and the crews removed the roof to aid her release.

A fairly minor collision, nobody hurt, meant a call for 521 to make the vehicles safe and assist in the removal of the vehicles.

522 were attending a bonfire at Orleton when they received this call. The bonfire was being attended to so the crews left the job with the occupier.

A quick make safe by the crew of 521

521 attended but found the cause of the "smoke" was no longer evident on the car.

Both pumps attended this incident. The removal of lagging was required in one bedroom to ensure there was no fire spread.

521 and 511 attended. The occupier who was bedridden had activated his call button. No fire was found and the owners carer was left in attendance.

522 attended with 511, a helicopter had colided with the aircrafts hanger. No persons were injured.

The building was under going renovation, The crew of 521 were unable to gain access, no fire was evident a fault with the system was the likely cause.

522 was asked to attend with the PDA, also mobilising 511 and 531. Leominsters pump arrived at the scene to discover an accidental alarm caused by decorators.

Both pumps attended this call. The woodburner was going well but the crews soon dealt with the problem.

A44 East nr Steensbridge, a simple make safe for the crew of 521

522 joined Ludlow at this 2 lorry RTC, no action other than making lorries safe was required. 521 and 511 also called but stood down.

An amount of smoke from cooking had set this detector head off, the crew of 521 ventilated the room quickly for the resident

Again a bit of over cooking had caused the alarm system to activate. 521 returned to ststion very soon.

522 was called to assist rescue a man under a skip, they were stood down by control and returned to station.

Both pumps joined 511 at Tyrrells to extinguish a fire in one of their fryers. Also attending was the ALP from Worcester.

The crew was asked to assist the ambulance crew with a casualty, the gentleman came around and no assistance from the service was required.

Both pumps again attended an unattended house, the neighbours heard a smoke alarm activating inside. The crews gained access to discover a water leak dripping on to the detector head.

521, 522 and 511 were called to this historic building. A heater in the Arched building had activated the alarm. A thorough search was carried out.

A chimney fire that had nearly blown out meant a call for 521, the use of a hosereel and chimney adapter soon finished the job.

Whilst 521 was attending the above chimney, 522 and 511 attended a job at Eardisland.

Both pumps attended this RTC near Warton. A car and a lorry collided. The driver of the car was released by the service personnel and taken to hospital by ambulance. 2 M.A.R.S. Doctors were also in attendance.

521 attended with 491, the crew from Kington worked inside whilst the Leominster crew put a ladder up to the chimney.

A bit of over enthusiastic cooking resulted in the activation of a smoke alarm. 521 attended and soon cleared the room of steam.

Again 522 attended to discover the alarms had been activated during a weekly test. Our control had not been informed.

522 attended to find the engineer working on the system

522 attended with 511 and 549. A small fire in an electric motor caused a small amount of damage, the venting system used by the company caused a small spreak of glowing embers to access another part of the factory. This was dealt with quickly and the company was able to restart production.

521 attended and was joined by 522 after control had stood down 531. Cutting away of an exposed timber was required to ensure the fire had not spread.

522 attended with 511, Persons released prior to arrival. Vehicle was made safe

521 was called to assist an ambulance crew with a large casulatly who had collapsed in his home. He had recovered enough by time the service arrived to leave the house himself.

521 was called to deal with this postal van fire. It turned out that the call was steam and burnt oil from a blown turbo.

Whilst Herefords pumps were out attending a large fire. The crew of 522 were asked to remain on stand by at the city station.

Both pumps were called to attend this fire. A group of youths were at the scene of a fire at a derelict site. The crews dealt with the fire quickly and left the scene and the youths to the Police.

An icy night caused a young motorist to loose control of her car and ended up on its roof. The crew of 522 arrived to make the car and area safe.