Emergency services in Clarkfield in Mill End on Sunday afternoon. Credit: UGC A person was rescued from a bungalow fire yesterday afternoon. The emergency services responded to a fire at a property in Clarkfield in Mill End at around 4.30pm (Sunday June 6). Hertfordshire Fire & Rescue sent at least five crews to the scene and reported that they rescued one person. They were later taken to hospital by the East of England Ambulance Service. Firefighters put out the fire by 7pm. Crews from Rickmansworth, Watford, Garston, Kings Langley, and Borehamwood attended. Mobilised by @HertsFRSControl to this make pumps 6, good early tactical decision making by first attending crews #Community#OperationalTactics#IncidentCommandpic.twitter.com/AtNWLLLjtW Lee Slipanczewski (@Lee S HFRS) June 6, 2021
A crew of fishermen have been praised for their swift actions on the May bank holiday weekend, when they saved the life of a man who had fallen from his boat.
A crew of fishermen have been praised for their swift actions on the May bank holiday weekend, when they saved the life of a man who had fallen from his boat.
A MAN’S life has been saved by fishermen responding to a mayday call off a coastal town as lifeboat volunteers were en-route. Harwich’s inshore lifeboat was requested by UK Coastguard just before 7am on Saturday after receiving a mayday call someone had fallen from their boat. The mayday call - the highest priority call for assistance – was made for Harwich’s lifeboat to search 2.5 miles south east of Landguard Point, Felixstowe. However it was a crew onboard a fishing vessel who heard the man overboard call who were on hand to respond the quickest. The skipper of the boat, Peter Caunter, said: “We were in the vicinity of the position given, approximately 1.6 miles from us. We made best speed and, arriving at the scene, found a small angling vessel with one man on board and another in the water beside the vessel.