Dawlish Fire Station attended over 500 incidents in 2022, data shows

Dawlish Fire Station attended a total of 523 incidents in 2022, according to new data.

An on-call fire and co-responder station, it logged 129 fire engine incidents as follows:

• 44 automatic fire alarm incidents;
• 18 domestic fires;
• 16 controlled burns;
• 9 trapped/ lift rescues;
• 9 gains of access;
• 7 commercial fires;
• 6 vehicle fires;
• 5 fire 'other' incidents;
• 2 gas/ hazardous incidents;
• 2 road traffic collisions;
• 2 small animal rescues;
• 1 carbon monoxide alarm incident;
• 1 dangerous structure incident;
• 1 internal flooding incident;
• 1 rescue from open water;
• 1 assist of other agency.

It also attended 394 co-responder incidents.

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