St. Ives Community Fire Station

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Welcome to the official page for St. Stay up-to-date on incidents, news & events as they happen. St. Ives is an on-call fire station and attend a drill night every Monday evening from 7pm until 9pm.

You may have gone past the station this evening and thought we were dealing with a fire!! Fear not, we smoked out the st...
21/08/2023

You may have gone past the station this evening and thought we were dealing with a fire!! Fear not, we smoked out the station with synthetic smoke to simulate a commercial garage fire for drill night tonight.

With it now being the mid point of the year, here is an update on the incidents we have attended so far in 2023. 🚒81 - S...
03/07/2023

With it now being the mid point of the year, here is an update on the incidents we have attended so far in 2023. 🚒

81 - Shouts (83 at this point last year)
23 - Fires
23 - Special Service calls
2 - Road Traffic Collisions
14 - AFA's (Automatic Fire Alarms)
0 - Chimney Fires
13 - Stand-by duties

23.39pm last night (2nd July) the towns Firefighters were awoken as the pagers sounded. 2 appliances with a crew of 10 w...
03/07/2023

23.39pm last night (2nd July) the towns Firefighters were awoken as the pagers sounded. 2 appliances with a crew of 10 were mobilised to a tumble dryer fire at a large hotel in the town. 2 breathing apparatus, 1 Hose Reel Jet, 1 C02 extinguisher, 1 Safety Jet and a Thermal Imaging Camera were used to extinguish the fire. The fire was contained to the laundry room and had caused a fair amount of damage. Crews remained on scene to monitor and check for any undetected fire spread before returning back to station and back to their homes at 2.30am. 🚒

26/06/2023

Drill night was interrupted this evening as the pagers sounded at 19:38pm. 1 appliance with a crew of 6 were mobilised to an RTC (Road Traffic Collision) involving a motorbike and a van, to make the scene safe. Crews set to work controlling the traffic and providing assistance until the ambulance arrived before returning to station and continuing their drill night training. 🚒

Please give a warm welcome to our 2 new recruits. Kyran (left) and Toby (Right) who both live and work in the town.This ...
26/06/2023

Please give a warm welcome to our 2 new recruits. Kyran (left) and Toby (Right) who both live and work in the town.

This evening they attended their 1st of 4 pre-training drill nights. Over the next few weeks/months they will be following a schedule of learning, including practical core skills and theory, at station and with the training department, as they prepare themselves for a 2 week 'Approved to Ride' course in September. When they have passed the course they will officially be "On the Run" as Firefighters in Development ready to serve their community.

We welcome them to the station and look forward to watching their progress and look forward to seeing them out on the pump on shouts later this year.

26/06/2023

At 8:20am this morning, the pagers sounded and the towns Firefighters made their way to station. 1 appliance with a crew of 5 were mobilised to the Trencrom area for a horse that had fallen and become stuck in barbed wire.

Crews used various small tools, and horse treats, to release the horse, and then assisted the owner in getting him back in his field.

Drill night tonight for the station. We train every Monday from 7-9pm. 🚒

24/06/2023

A busy day for the On Call firefighters of St Ives today as the pagers have sounded multiple times.

At 12.22pm an appliance with a crew of 4 were mobilised to Stand-by at Helston Fire Station whilst they were dealing with another incident.

Then at 16.33 firefighters again, left their homes and workplaces to attended the station, this time for another Stand-by move to Penzance, while they were dealing with a fire in a mobile catering van. 1 appliance with a crew of 5 left the station and 3 minutes later at 16.36 were then sent to the incident in Penzance to provide assistance. En-route to the incident it was determined that no further resources were required and the crew were then proceeded back to Penzance Fire Station to provide stand-by cover.

Keep an eye out for our 1/2 way through the year update coming soon. 🚒

We also have some news coming up on our newest recruits, due to begin their career very soon.

23/06/2023

Firefighters in the town were paged at 13.16pm this afternoon and 1 crew of 5 were sent to the Man's Head area of town for a reported grass fire. On arrival crews found a small area or grass land smouldering near the cliffs edge. A wildfire backpack and beaters were used to extinguish and damp down the area before returning home.

05/06/2023

At 14.08pm this afternoon firefighters from St Ives were paged. 1 appliance with a crew of 5 was mobilised to Carbis Bay for a vehicle with a large oil leak. Crews made the scene safe before the arrival of the highways team. On return to station the appliance was proceeded to the Guildhall for a seagull trapped in wire/netting on the roof. Crews used a triple extension ladder and small tools to release the bird and hand it over to the RSPCA who were on scene.

Drill night tonight and we have a crew heading down to the harbour for some pumping exercise. 🚒

At 01.09am this morning the pagers sounded and firefighters made their way to St Ives community fire station. 1 applianc...
04/06/2023

At 01.09am this morning the pagers sounded and firefighters made their way to St Ives community fire station. 1 appliance with a crew of 5 was dispatched to a multi agency incident involving St Ives Coastguard Rescue Team Penzance Coastguard Rescue Team St. Ives Community Fire Station Police and the South Western Ambulance service.

A casualty had fallen approx. 20ft from the main road above the railway carpark into deep vegetation.

A great example of multi agency working was on display as teams worked both from above, and below, to successfully rescue the casualty and bring them safely to the ground where they could be taken to hospital.

There was an on-site debrief between all involved before heading back home.

At 11:31am today the on-call firefighters from St Ives were paged. 1 crew of 5 firefighters were sent to a property in t...
01/06/2023

At 11:31am today the on-call firefighters from St Ives were paged. 1 crew of 5 firefighters were sent to a property in the town where a young boy had unfortunately got his arm stuck inside the side mechanism of a pull out sofa bed. Crews worked at dismantling the sofa bed with small tools and a bit of practical thinking, whilst keeping the boy as calm and pain free as possible. In the end all was well and the arm was freed from the mechanism and the sofa bed rebuilt.

Then later in the afternoon, at 13:19pm, the pagers sounded again and crew members made their way to St Ives community fire station. A member of public had called in a fire sighted in the distance towards Carbis Bay from the Balnoon/B3311 area. An appliance with a crew of 5 were dispatched to investigate. A thorough search of the Balnoon and Carbis Bay area was conducted in conjunction with speaking to the original caller. No fire was located or found and crews returned back to station.

The caller did the right thing by calling it in, especially as Cornwall is currently under a High to Very High wildfire risk.

If you find a fire in the countryside don’t attempt to tackle it, call 999 and ask for the fire service immediately. Pass as much information about the location as possible, use the app What 3 Words if you have it to pinpoint the exact spot.”

Don’t assume someone has already reported it.

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Saint Ives
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