Bolton hoax call transcripts

Call One - Bin fire

Control Operator: Thank you Fire Service, where is the fire?
Hoax Caller: Hello, do you know Bishops Road at Great Lever?
Control Operator: Bishops Road at Great Lever?
Hoax Caller: The bin’s on fire
Control Operator: Ok, whereabouts along Bishops Road is it?
Hoax Caller: Near the corner, near the cricket club
Control Operator: Near the corner, near the cricket club
Hoax Caller: A little kid has just lit it
Control Operator: Ok then, we are on our way to it now.

Call Two - The Brooklyn

Control Operator: Hello Fire Service
(Pause)
Control Operator: Hello Fire Service
Hoax Caller: Err (voice is very quiet) there is a fire at the (he muffles a word that is difficult to hear) Green Lane
Control Operator: The what?
Hoax Caller: The Brooklyn?
Control Operator: The... what are you saying?
Hoax Caller: The Brooklyn
Control Operator: What’s that?
Hoax Caller: It’s a pub. There’s a fire there.
Control Operator: Are you telling me the truth?
Hoax Caller: I am yeh
Control Operator: And what road is this on?
Hoax Caller: It’s on Green Lane
Control Operator: Where’s that? What town?
Hoax Caller: Great Lever
Control Operator: What is it exactly on fire in the pub?
Hoax Caller: Bins
Control Operator: Are the bins inside or outside?
Hoax Caller: They are at the Bowling Green
Control Operator: At the where?
Hoax Caller: The Bowling Green
Control Operator: So, the pub has got a bowling green and its outside there is it?

(Caller hangs up)

Call Three - Chip pan fire
We hear the call just as the Control Operator has asked the caller what the address is of the fire…

Hoax Caller: Green Lane, Great Lever
Control Operator: In Green Lane, Great Lever. What’s on fire there?
Hoax Caller: Just a kitchen… a chip pan.
Control Operator: The chip pan in the kitchen
Hoax Caller: I tried to put it out but it is spreading everywhere. I put a towel over it.
Control Operator: OK, what main road is Green Lane off?
Hoax Caller: Cresent Road
Control Operator: Cresent Road? Ok, we are on our way.