Dorchester fire crews called out more than 60 times in June
The majority of incidents were alarm calls
Dorchester fire crews tackled a heath fire, 6 road traffic accidents and several vehicle fires in June.
They were called out a total 61 times by their colleagues in Fire Control, why they say is fairly busy.
It's a reminder to members of the public that crews don't just respond to fires.
Dorchester firefighters also supported their colleagues from other stations with two local area exercises
Other call outs in June included:
- 6 road traffic collisions
- 25 alarm calls
- 1 hazmat incident
- 2 rescues from height
- 5 standby moves to other stations
- 4 small fires
- 6 property fires
- 1 heath fire
- 1 animal rescue
- 2 vehicle fires
- 4 assisting other agencies
- 1 rescue from lift
- 1 chimney fire
- 1 smell of burning
- 1 fuel spill
Group Manager Richard Coleman told Greatest Hits Radio Dorset:
"Dorchester is crewed by on-call firefighters, and the last month shows how varied the role can be - it's not just fires! Although we're not currently recruiting in Dorchester, we do need more on-call firefighters at most of our other fire stations, so if anyone is interested in joining the Service, I would urge them to visit our website at www.dwfire.org.uk/on-call-firefighters__."