32901

Incident Date

30/05/2015

Incident Time

14:44

Number of Appliances

3

Officers in Attendance

Operations

Stations

Shrewsbury, Telford, Tweedale

Incident Types

Water Rescue

Special Appliances

Water Rescue Unit

Station Grounds

Tweedale

Details

Crews were called to reports of a canoeist in distress in The River Severn at Buildwas, 2 crews were mobilised from Telford Central Fire Station, an Operational Officer and the Specialist Water Rescue Unit from Shrewsbury. A second call was received just as the crews were booking mobile to the incident stating that the canoeist was safely out of the water, therefore was no longer any need for the Fire Service to attend.