47498

Incident Date

31/08/2016

Incident Time

14:12

Number of Appliances

4

Officers in Attendance

Operations

Stations

Ellesmere, Oswestry

Incident Types

Fire In Open

Special Appliances

Incident Support Unit

Equipments

Beaters, Hosereel jet, Main jet

Station Grounds

Oswestry

Details

Fire involving approximately 100 SQM straw and stubble alight, strong winds have fanned flames and hindered progress so crews made up for extra resources as a precaution to protect nearby property. Crews have been using beaters and extended hose reel jets as well as the fogging unit from the Incident Support Unit (ISU). Damping down now in progress