Date: 23rd March 2008
Time: 0422
Type: Unknown outside
Address: The Crown, High Street, Lowestoft
Initial Attendance: Normanshurst 01
Final Attendance: Normanshurst 01, 02
Up, bright and early this morning to a Make Pumps 2 at The Crown, in the High Street. The tip sheet just said it was Unknown outside rear.
We went mobile with a crew of four – Dennis Newton in charge, Cheesey driving and myself and Jason riding BA.
Cheesey came into Crown Street from the wrong end (it’s a one-way street) as this is the only way you’ll get a fire engine down there. Ladder 1 was in the High Street with both high pressure reels off and a covering jet.
Two cars had been involved in a fire which was very close to taking hold of the old brewery buildings at the back of The Crown. Mel Buck and Al Soards were in BA and had extinguished the fire in the cars and stopped it spreading. All the buildings at The Crown are connected and a fire there could prove a big job if unchecked.
Jason and I had a BA wear, taking over from the Green Watch duo. It was simply a case of giving the cars a good drink and likewise with the doorway next to the cars and the edge of the roof immediately above.
A quick check in and out with the Thermal Image camera confirmed that there weren’t any hotspots left.
Back on station an hour later, serviced our BA sets, had a welcome brew and then off home.
Always amazes me how cars catch light at such an early hour! Perhaps someone took it into their own hands to settle a score or maybe someone was just wandering home after a night on the town and fancied a bit of ‘fun’. Either way, 0422 was slightly earlier than I had planned to get up this morning!
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