Incident Summary

Read our incident round up 23rd - 30th November

• Crews from Port Glasgow Community Fire Station attended a house fire in the town. Firefighters wearing breathing apparatus successfully removed a male casualty from the building and extinguished the fire using hose reel jets.  The casualty was treated at the scene by ambulance personnel.
• Crews from Clydebank and Knightswood Community  Fire Stations were called to a kitchen fire on the 11^th floor of a multi storey block of flats. Firefighters wearing breathing apparatus tackled the fire.
• Firefighters from Castlemilk Community Fire Station attended a fire in the common close of a local tenement building. Crews wearing breathing apparatus fought the blaze using hosereel jets. A total of three casualties were treated at the scene for smoke inhalation.
• Crews from Cowcaddens and Knightswood Community Fire Stations attended a fire on the 12^th floor of a multi storey block of flats. Firefighters wearing breathing apparatus and using a main jet tackled the fire. One female casualty was treated at the scene for smoke inhalation by ambulance personnel.
• Crews from Greenock Community Fire Station were called to a blaze in a first floor flat of a tenement building in the town.   On arrival, firefighters discovered the building to be well alight. Donning breathing apparatus and using hose reel jets, the firefighters located all three casualties who were then treated for smoke inhalation by ambulance personnel.
• Crews from Cumbernauld Community Fire Station were called to a small kitchen fire on the 15^th floor of a multi storey block of flats. One male casualty was removed from the property.
• Crews from Helensburgh Community Fire Station attended a house fire in the town. Donning breathing apparatus, firefighters rescued two casualties from the property who were then transferred to hospital.  
• Firefighters from Cambuslang Community Fire Station attended a road traffic collision involving two vehicles.  Using hydraulic cutting and spreading equipment, firefighters removed three female casualties. Paramedics treated two casualties at the scene with another being transferred by ambulance to hospital suffering from suspected back and neck injuries.
• Firefighters from Newmilns Community Fire Station were called to an incident east of Darvel where a private car and a 4x4 with trailer had collided. Firefighters used hydraulic cutting equipment to free two casualties from the car. Ambulance personnel were at the scene to treat the casualties and an air ambulance was used to transport a doctor to the scene.
• Crews from Larkhall and Hamilton Community Fire Stations attended a road traffic collision on the A71, where initial reports suggested that a car had overturned and that the driver may be trapped within the vehicle. On arrival at the scene, fire crews discovered the driver to be free from the vehicle and being treated by paramedics. Firefighters remained at the scene to ensure that the vehicle was safe, and that there was no further risk to the public.     
• Crews from Polmadie, Castlemilk and Pollok Community Fire Stations attended a fire within the ground floor and first floor of a detached house in the south side of Glasgow. Using a main jet and breathing apparatus, firefighters were able to bring the blaze under control. No-one was injured in the blaze and the family dog was successfully rescued.
•  Firefighters from Largs Community Fire Station were called to a fire in a block of flats in the town. Using a hose reel jet and wearing breathing apparatus, firefighters quickly rescued a female casualty from a first floor flat.  A short time later, a second casualty was removed from the burning building. Both casualties were then treated by Scottish Ambulance Service personnel.
• Firefighters from Parkhead Community Fire Station rescued a male casualty from a ground floor tenement flat in the east end of Glasgow. Firefighters wearing breathing apparatus and using a hose reel jet were able to quickly extinguish the fire, locate the casualty and lead him to safety.
• Firefighters from Girvan Community Fire Station attended a road traffic collision involving two private cars on the A77 near Turnberry.  One casualty was rescued by firefighters using hydraulic cutting equipment. In total, three casualties were transferred to hospital for precautionary check ups.