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    • Calls for June 2016
      • A relatively busy month for the unit however all the callouts were for road closures of some sort. * 2nd June - Truck and Tailer fire in Petone * 2nd June - Truck v Tree in Upper Hutt * 17th June - Road closure in Lower Hutt * 19th June - House fire in Trentham * 21st June - House fire in Trentham * 26th June - Car v power pole in Lower Hutt

    • Call for May
      • A busy month in comparison to the rest of the year - 6 calls so far. * Hay shed fire Carterton on 6th May 2016 * Truck and trailer accident Blue Mountains Road on 10th May 2016 * Vehicle stuck in the river Totora Park Bridge on 11th May 2016 * Vehicle accident Rimutaka Hill on 13th May 2016 * Empty horse float blown over on Rimutaka Hill on 13th May 2016 * Gas explosion at apartment Eastern Hutt Road on 20th May 2016

    • Ute stuck in the river under the Totara Park Bridge on 11th May 2016
      • Drill had just finished when Rimutaka 491 was called for the rescue of 2 people stuck on their ute in the middle of the river. We were paged not long after for lighting. At the scene we also managed traffic (one way) across the bridge, provided gate access key for crews to get under the bridge and 2 life jackets (courtesy of SO English) for the rescue operation. Ute stuck in the river under the Totara Park Bridge Image courtesy of Donm Post read more

    • Calls for March 2016
      • Calls for this month were: * 1st March 2016 - Road Closure, Canteen on SH2 Maymorn due to scrub fire. * 16th March 2016 - Flooding, St Peter's and Paul's School, Lower Hutt due to burst hot water cylinder. * 16th March 2016 - 2nd Alarm response to Moonshine Road, Upper Hutt. No response required.

    • Calls for February 2016
      • Calls this month were: * 4th Feb - Scrub Fire Katherine Mansfield Road, Road Closure and Canteen. * 12th Feb - McDonalds Silverstream, Traffic Control, Crowd Control and Canteen. * 14th Feb - Scrub Fire Maidstone Park, Traffic Control and Canteen. * 15th Feb - Flooding, Hardware Bar Stokes Valley.

    • Calls for January 2016
      • Calls this month were: * 27th January - 3rd alarm response, unit required for lighting and refreshments in Gracefield * 27th January - Maymorn Rail Tunnel, part of the tactical plan response, call was a false alarm

    • Scrub Fire Upper Hutt - 5th Feb
      • Early in the evening HWOSU responded to a small scrub fire in Whitemans Vally Upper Hutt which soon developed into a large fire taking off up the hill. Unit assisted with road closures, traffic and crowd control. To read about this fire, check out the story on Stuff here

    • Calls for November 2015
      • Calls this month were: * 3rd November - Op Support required at Brookfields in Wainuiomata * 6th November - Road Closure at Upper Hutt College * 22nd November - Traffic Management and Crowd Control required for helicopter operations in Stokes Valley

    • Calls for October 2015
      • Calls this month were: * 13th October - Aquavacs required in Rata Street * 15th October - Traffic Control and Lighting required in Hardham Crescent * 18th October - Traffic Control & Canteen required in Galway Street * 21st October - Aquavacs requires in Railway Avenue

    • Calls for April 2015
      • A slow start to the month and a flourish of calls at the end of the month due to adverse weather conditions. Calls for April 2015: * 15th April House fire in Copeland Street, Lower Hutt - Traffic control, lighting, canteen. * 24th April House fire in Rintoul Street, Stokes Valley - K28 when 2nd alarm stood down. * 27th April Structure fire in Gracefield, Lower Hutt. * 28th April Flooding Cambridge Street, Wellington - Aquavacs. * 28th April Flooding Kilbirnie - Aquavacs. * 28th April Flooding Wallaceville House, Upper Hutt - Aquavacs.

    • Calls for Feb 2015
      • Feburary was a busy month relatively speaking for the unit. Here are the firecalls the unit attended during the month. * 10th Feb: House fire in Normandale * 20th Feb: Scrub Fire Wallaceville Hill * 21st Feb: Business Fire Park Street, Upper Hutt * 25th Feb: Domestic Flooding Marlborough Street, Upper Hutt * 27th Feb: House Fire Mandel Mews, Lower Hutt

    • Fire Call Sun 31st Aug 2014 Trinity Hotel Lower Hutt
      • The unit was paged for a second alarm (very quickly upgraded to 3rd alarm) structure fire at the Trinity Hotel, Queens Drive, Lower Hutt. HWOS along with assistance from the Wainuiomata Operational Support unit took over control of the road closure from police as soon as we arrived. During the course of the day the unit also set up canteen, escorted residents through the smoke damaged portion of the building to collect personal belongings and assisted fire safety with lighting capability.

    • Kiwi Storage building fire - 4th April
      • HWOSU were paged in the morning to assist Wellington Operational Support at the 5th alarm building fire in Kilbirnie. Unit members took over various tasks from Wellington so they could stand down to rest. Some of the taks involved traffic and crowd control, escort duties, K19, supply runs, refuling etc. Wellington came back on deck later in the adternoon with our members standing down for a couple of hours before our assistanace was requested once again. More information and pictures can be found here Video coverage can be found here

    • Building Fire - 20th Jan 2014
      • HWOSU were paged to a k99 well involved structure fire last night at the old Petone Collage. The hall was well alight with smoke billowing out which could be seen from Wellington and Upper Hutt. Members assisted with road closures, scene and crowd control and lighting

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