Ōmokoroa Volunteer Fire Brigade

The first day of the new year saw firefighters responding to a structure fire which thankfully turned out be a rubbish fire in Waipapa Block Road.

A cyclist crashed off her e-bike in the Cooney Reserve requiring medical attention and a lift onto a stretcher on Friday the 9th followed the next day by a nose to tail crash on the Te Puna stream bridge. Thankfully no injuries were sustained by drivers or passengers, but traffic control was put in place.

Two calls to alarm activations around 9.30pm on Monday the 11th, one to Ōmokoroa Point School, the other to Fresh Choice supermarket saw three fire trucks from Tauranga attached. Both turnouts were false alarms. Thursday the 14th again had two callouts to alarm activations, this time to Pahoia School with Katikati as backup. Again two false alarms. A minor accident during peak hour traffic on Friday afternoon did not add to the chaos on the road. On the 20th, a reported fire in a rubbish truck in Plummer Road was investigated with no sign of fire.

The First Responders turned out to the two crashes along with calls to other medical incidents including chest pains, breathing difficulties and abdominal pains. The team has responded to ten medical calls in the first twenty days of the month.

2020 was a very busy year for the First Response unit, attending 142 medical and accident events. Firefighters responded 111 times bringing the total number of times our volunteers were involved turning out to 253.

Once again, a big thank you to these dedicated people who help look after all types of emergency incidents in and around their community 24 hours a day 7 days a week.