The end of the week turned out to be busy for the Estevan Fire Rescue Service (EFRS).
Members of the EFRS, alongside the Estevan Police Service (EPS) and Estevan Emergency Medical Services, responded to a two-vehicle collision that occurred at about 3 p.m. on Nov. 6 on 13th Avenue.
Firefighters assisted with removing two occupants that were trapped in one of the vehicles. They were then turned over to EMS, but Estevan Deputy Fire Chief Rick Davies said that it seemed that the injuries were minor.
The scene was turned over to the EPS to investigate the incident.
One of the vehicles was knocked on its side in the collision.
The next call for service came in just after 3 p.m. on Sunday. Firefighters were dispatched to a business on the east side of Estevan to assist with an elevator rescue.
"There was a person that was trapped in the basement floor of the building in the elevator due to a power outage that was happening within the city," said Davies.
Fortunately, since the elevator got stuck in the basement, firefighters were able to quickly get the person out without an incident.
"Thankfully the elevator was in the basement, so all we had to do is go in and use our special tooling to get the doors open," Davies explained.
He added that when elevators get stuck on higher floors or in between levels they have to first manually get the elevator to a certain floor, which, depending on the type of elevator, may not always be possible.
Shortly after fire crews returned to the station, they were called for service again. The call came in at about 4:30 p.m. This time a tree branch came in contact with a power line and caught on fire on the north side of Estevan. Crews responded and secured the area until SaskPower arrived.
"But by then the branch burned off the power line. So we confirmed that there were no other fires to worry about and turned the scene over to SaskPower for them to do their minor repairs," Davies said.
