Callouts for August:
- August 2: Special service, assisted ambulance with lifting a patient on Page St.
- August 5: House fire on Rutland Rd. Assisted by Toko, Inglewood and Eltham fire brigades.
- August 7: Motor vehicle accident Opunake Rd.
- August 7: Motor vehicle accident, car vs motorbike Opunake Rd. One fatality.
- August 7: Special service Opunake Rd, clean up after motor vehicle accident.
- August 7: Assist Inglewood Fire brigade, water tanker Egmont Rd, turned around before arrival.
- August 10: Special service, assisted ambulance with medical callout on Oberon St.
- August 11: Special service assisted ambulance with medical call Pembroke Rd.
- August 12: Special service power lines on fire, corner York Rd and Derby Rd.
- August 17: House fire Douglas Rd. Assisted Toko fire brigade. Eltham brigade also in attendance.
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