33273

Incident Date

17/06/2015

Incident Time

21:22

Number of Appliances

5

Officers in Attendance

Operations

Stations

Ellesmere, Oswestry, Shrewsbury

Agencies

Land Ambulance, Police

Incident Types

Water Rescue

Special Appliances

Incident Support Unit, Water Rescue Unit

Station Grounds

Ellesmere

Details

Police contacted SFRS to report that a few youths were seen jumping off boats into The Mere at Ellesmere, and were concerned for their safety. A Specialist Water Rescue team was mobilised from Shrewsbury, with crews from Ellesmere first on scene followed by Water First Responders from Oswestry. After an initial investigation and information gathered it became apparent that all the youths had safely left the water before the arrival of the Fire Service.