ESTEVAN - Estevan Fire Rescue Service members were called out twice this week so far.
The first call for service came in on Tuesday at about 8 a.m. A carbon monoxide alarm went off in one of Estevan's residences. The family had safely evacuated the building upon fire crews' arrival, but there were still some pets in the home. Firefighters assessed the conditions, and there was no carbon monoxide found. The inspection of the detection device showed the battery was weak, which resulted in the device producing the beeping sound.
"So, nobody did anything wrong with this call. They called as soon as there was an issue with the carbon monoxide alarm. We were able to get in there and verify that there was no carbon monoxide or emergency occurring and informed the homeowner that they just need to change the battery," said Estevan Fire Chief Dale Feser.
"Just a gentle reminder, with carbon monoxide alarm emergencies or activations the city does not charge for a response for this. We just want to make sure that everybody's aware of that, so they are not reluctant to call 911 should a CO alarm occur."
On Wednesday at about 8:30 a.m. another alarm went off. This time it was a commercial fire alarm occurring in the northcentral area. Firefighters responded to the call to find that it was a cooking-related issue.
"There was no emergency occurring. The fire alarm panel was reset. And there's not enough smoke remaining in the building to be of any concern, so everybody returned to the fire station and returned to service," Feser said.
The EFRS also ran four fire extinguisher training classes on Tuesday and Wednesday for all city employees.
"They were in at the fire station, going through theory and practical skills for fire extinguisher training in the workplace," Feser said. "We do train all the city staff so that they are very confident and comfortable to use fire extinguishers at the workplace in the in the event of a fire, so should it occur they're doing the proper steps and procedures, calling 911 and able to fight small fires."
