Cornwall Fire & Rescue Service Newsdesk

Royal Cornwall Hospital, Treliske Hospital, Truro at 27/12/2017 23:59

Fire crews from Truro and Tolvaddon Community Fire Stations were mobilised following the activation of a smoke sensor in a toilet in the Trelawney Wing. Hospital staff were sent to the area where the sensor is located and discovered evidence that the alarm had been set off by cigarette smoke. The fire crews were returned.

Smoking is not permitted on any part of the hospital site and there are numerous signs informing of this policy. This callous smoker has not only caused inconvenience to patients who are in hospital receiving treatment but they have also unnecessarily taken fire crews away from being available to attend genuine emergencies, should they have occurred in the area at the same time.

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