Date: 2nd November 2008
Time: 0052
Type: Fire
Address: Kingswood Close, Lowestoft
Initial Attendance: Normanshurst 01 and Clifton 01
Final Attendance: above plus Normanshurst 02 – persons reported.
Another shout in the wee small hours. When you get to my ripe old age, you need all the beauty sleep you can get!
Hot-footed it over to the station and saw we were off to Kingswood Close, south of the river from us.
The tip sheet said 'persons reported' which always gets the adrenalin pumping. Having been into a flat and found a casualty, you know that these things can kick off and it all tends to focus the mind wonderfully!
We mobilised with a crew of four – Dennis Newton (OIC), Andy 'Cheesey' Armes (driver) and myself and Greg in BA. We're normally tight for numbers on a Saturday night hence going with just four. This should then mean we have enough to crew the PRT.
We were just about to commit to the incident when the Stop message went in, saying that all persons were accounted for, two people receiving oxygen therapy from the Fire Service and that the services of the third pump (us) were no longer required.
Back to Normanhurst, give Ladder 2 a quick rinse, have a brew and try to keep out of the way of the toxic farts that seem to be rife at this time of the morning!
Back home to lay awake for ages before sleep eventually (and I mean eventually) washes over me…