ESTEVAN - Estevan had a variety of emergencies requiring first responders' assistance last week, including accidents, elevator entrapment, and fire alarms. And the Estevan Fire Rescue Service crews were where the community needed them the most.
On June 21 at about 7:30 a.m., a call came from the north-central area of the city, where a commercial fire alarm went off. Firefighters responded, but quickly determined that the alarm was triggered by maintenance work on site and their assistance wasn't required.
Shortly after that, at about 8:15 a.m., another call for service saw crews heading to southeast Estevan to perform an elevator rescue. Firefighters assisted in safely removing a number of occupants from an elevator at the location. Estevan Fire Chief Rick Davies said it was a malfunction with the elevator that didn't allow for the doors to open, so crews had to zero out the whole system and manually open it.
Later that evening at around 7:30 p.m., crews were dispatched for another fire alarm in central Estevan. It was quickly determined that the alarm was accidentally triggered, so they assisted with resetting it.
The next call for service came in on June 23 at 6:30 p.m., when crews were dispatched for another commercial fire alarm activation in the south-central area. It was soon found the alarm was also accidentally triggered and firefighters' assistance wasn't required.
On June 24 at about 9:20 a.m., crews responded to a vehicle versus pedestrian accident in west Estevan. Estevan EMS was already on scene helping one person with injuries, so firefighters returned to the station.
Firefighters were called to another accident involving a motorcycle on the east side of Estevan on June 25 just before 3 p.m. Firefighters responded and assisted EMS and Estevan Police Service at the scene.
