This past month your fire department responded to 12 emergency calls:
At 3:56 pm on December 12 seventeen members were sent to RR 2-1 and Twp Rd 400 where a teen who was enjoying a ride with two others rolled the quad he was on. Eckville Fire, which was travelling back from a call near the area, stopped to assist. Traffic was managed while EMS attended to the patient, who apparently suffered a fractured ankle. He was carefully loaded into the ambulance for the trip to hospital.
On December 13 at 7:53 am crews were called to Birch Bay to assist EMS with loading a patient into the ambulance.
At 4:12 am on December 14 nineteen members responded to a call in Bentley. The homeowner had fallen and could not get up. A caringneighbour came to investigate and called 911. The BFD assisted EMS in getting the patient into the ambulance for the trip to the hospital.
At 6:19 pm that same day, firefighters were sent to a vehicle vs deer accident north of Bentley on Highway 771. The vehicle’s occupantswere virtually unharmed but the deer was badly injured so the authorities were immediately called to euthanize it. Traffic was managed until the vehicle was towed off the scene.
On December 16 at 10:24 am crews were called to a Bentley residence where alarms were sounding. This turned out to be fumes from a truck which was being started up activating the touchy alarm and was deemed a non-emergency.
At 5:05 pm on December 19 seventeen members were sent to a structure fire on Two Rd 410. A passerby near Centreview Road had reported seeing a three-storey house on fire, fully engulfed. Unfortunately the called did not remain near the scene so fire crews, including those from Eckville, spent an hour conducting a search of the reported area and adjoining areas. No structure fire was ever found. A monitored, controlled burn was being conducted nearby, with a few brush piles burning and after it was investigated, crews returned to the hall.
On December 21 at 6:15 pm crews were sent to a brush fire on Two Rd 410. This turned out to be the same brush piles, almost burned down by now. This was another non-emergency.
At 3:02 pm on December 23 a call was received of a passenger in a vehicle who suddenly lost consciousness. When BFD crews arrived they helped EMS with CPR on the patient, who was quickly loaded into the ambulance. One firefighter drove the ambulance while another later drove to the hospital to retrieve him.
We had no calls on Christmas Day, which was nice for everyone!
On December 28 at 10:27 am twelve firefighters were sent to Sunbreaker Cove, where an unfortunate new homeowner, on moving day, had backed a truck and cargo trailer up the slippery driveway, accidentally snapping off the gas line at ground level. The house was evacuated immediately, and fortunately no neighbours were home on either side of the affected residence. The gas company was called and arrived shortly thereafter to assess and remedy the situation.
At 8:46 pm on January 4 crews were called to assist Eckville Fire with a structure fire in Eckville. A neighbour had reported smoke coming from across their alley. Bentley was called down once Eckville crews discovered it was an old Christmas tree being burned in the neighbour’s fire pit.
On January 17 crews were sent with Bentley’s Tender to assist Blackfalds FD and Lacombe FD with a structure fire. This turned out to be a smaller outbuilding and hay bales nearby. Water trucks shuttled water in for some time before everything was extinguished.
And finally, on January 19 at 11 am Bentley Fire was sent to a 2-vehicle accident at the rural intersection of RR 1-5 and Two Rd 410, west of Bentley. The two trucks were in the west and east ditches and the two drivers were safely out so crews assisted EMS with patient care, preserved the scene, managed traffic and, after RCMP were finished their investigation, cleaned debris off the roadway.