Bentley District Fire Department
At 11:49 a.m. on July 6 crews were sent to an alarms call in Bentley. This turned out to be a cooking incident and was deemed a non-emergency.
On July 23 at 4:08 p.m. eleven members were sent to a rural structure fire called in by a passerby. Blackfalds FD was called in to assist. Upon investigation and contact with the landowner this turned out to be a controlled burn with a permit in place.
Shortly before noon on July 27 only a few members were available to attend the scene of a travel trailer fire at Brewer’s Campground on the south side of Gull Lake. Lacombe Fire Department was immediately called as Mutual Aid. A trailer was fully involved in the heavily treed area and nearby campers were evacuated. A quick-thinking neighbour had removed the propane tanks and batteries of the unit before retreating. The fire was extinguished using water and foam but the trailer was a complete loss. While the family had been away at the beach and were all safe, the family dog was unfortunately inside and died in the fire. Once the fire was completely out, the BFD left the scene in the care of the owner who had arranged for a tow truck to remove the unit.
On July 31 crews were called to an accident on Highway #12 west of Bentley. A westbound truck towing a cargo trailer had gone over the railroad tracks and lost control, fishtailing and ending up in the north ditch, rolling the trailer. The driver was safely out so fire crews established traffic control on this busy Friday afternoon. The truck and trailer were towed from the scene and the BFD was released by RCMP.
Crews were sent to another accident on August 8 at 1:18 p.m. This occurred at Highways 12 and 20, where a southbound vehicle turning left towards Bentley collided with a northbound one. Traffic was rerouted around the scene on this busy Saturday afternoon while both drivers were attended to by firefighters and EMS. One patient was transported to hospital and tow trucks were summoned to clear the vehicles from the intersection. Crews cleaned the roadways of debris before reopening the highways to the weekend traffic.
On August 15 at 5:36 p.m. seven members were sent to another alarms call, this one at Sunbreaker Cove on Sylvan Lake. Crews were stood down en route but Engine continued to the location to investigate. This was a cooking incident and deemed another non-emergency.
And at 7:23 p.m. on August 18 firefighters were sent again to Sunbreaker Cove, for an accident near the boat launch. A Sea-doo had accidentally struck a person near the shore, sending that person for a nasty flight onto shore. EMS were already at the scene and had the situation under control, so crews were stood down en route.