Three people were trapped in the elevator in one of the Estevan hotels at about 5:30 a.m. on Sept. 29. The call came from the northeast side of the city. Estevan Fire Chief Dale Feser said the elevator got stuck because of the power outages the city was experiencing that morning.

“The crews went and stabilized the scene. We were able to lower the car to the main floor and extracted the people out of the elevator without incidents,” said Feser.

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Later the same day at about 4 p.m., firefighters were called to the central part of Estevan to a two-vehicle collision. There were no injuries. Crews that arrived stabilized the vehicles, made sure there were no leaks as a result of the collision and turned the scene over to the Estevan Police Service.

On Sept. 26, firefighters received a fire alarm that went off at a commercial occupancy. The owners phoned to report that it was cooking related.

“They were preparing popcorn and … created enough smoke to set off the fire-alarm system,” said Feser.

The EFRS also partook in the annual tabletop exercise out at the Federated Co-op bulk fuel facility north of Estevan on Sept. 24. They went through the emergency contact information and ran a few different scenarios to make sure that the staff has a proper response in place.

“One of them was a shelter in place for inclement weather, in which a tornado was going through the area, just to make sure that the staff there knows exactly what to do and who to contact,” said Feser.

The other scenario involved a bobtail fuel-delivery truck that has rolled down to its side delivering propane.

“Another one that was another larger-scale incident for the facility itself making sure that they do shut down or the emergency shuts down switches … and contacting 911 and all of the contact prep that they have for emergency response plan,” explained Feser

Later that evening volunteer firefighters participated in their regular 1001 training. The EFRS also continued with the public school fire safety inspections throughout the week.