Shelton Fire Marshal James Tortora submitted the following summary of the Shelton Volunteer Fire Department’s calls from last week.
On 01/02/17 at 5:46 pm the Pine Rock Co. #4 responded to a public service call at #58 Saginaw Trail. One engine responded.
On 01/02/17 at 7:12 pm the Pine Rock Co. #4 and the Echo Hose Co. #1 responded to a brush fire on Yutaka Trail. Firefighters found a bon fire in the rear of #112. Four engines responded.
On 01/03/17 at 7:54 am the Huntington Co. #3 and the Echo Hose Co. #1 responded to motor vehicle accident on route 8 north bound between exits 11 and 12. Two engines and one rescue truck responded.
On 01/03/17 at 1:19 pm the Huntington Co. #3, Echo Hose Co. #1 and the Pine Rock Co. #4 responded to a commercial fire alarm sounding at the Walgreens at #700 Bridgeport Avenue. There was no fire. The alarm was accidentally transmitted by worker repairing a roof top heating unit. Two engines and one ladder truck responded.
On 01/03/17 at 6:50 pm the Echo Hose Co. #1, Pine Rock Co. #4 and the Huntington Co. #3 responded to a truck fire at the Winter Brothers Transfer Station #46 Oliver Terrace. Firefighters arrived and extinguished a fire in the cab of a dump truck. Two engines and one rescue truck responded.
On 01/04/17 at 03:49 am the Huntington Co. #3 and the White Hills Co. #5 responded to a carbon monoxide detector sounding at #10 Beverly Drive. One engine responded.
On 01/05/17 at 4:30 pm the Huntington Co. #3 responded to a public service call at #382 Woodridge Road. One engine responded.
On 01/06/17 at 04:50 am the Echo Hose Co. #1 and the Huntington Co. #3 responded to a report of a garbage truck with its load on fire on route 8 south bound between exits 13 and 12. Upon arrival firefighters found the load not on fire, but a piece of cardboard had fallen from the truck and was ignited by the trucks exhaust. The fire was out by the time firefighters arrived. Two engines responded.
On 01/06/17 at 8:49 am the White Hills Co. #5 and the Huntington Co. #3 responded to a residential fire alarm sounding at #265 East Village Road. There was no fire. One engine responded.
On 01/06/17 at 2:45 pm the Echo Hose Co. #1 and the Pine Rock Co. #4 responded a commercial fire alarm sounding at the Inline Plastics building at #470 Bridgeport Avenue. There was no fire. A malfunction in a sprinkler alarm was the cause. One engine and one ladder truck responded.
On 01/06/17 at 3:58 pm the Echo Hose Co. #1 and the Pine Rock Co. #4 responded back to a commercial fire alarm sounding at the Inline Plastics building at #470 Bridgeport Avenue. There was no fire. A malfunction in a sprinkler alarm was the cause. One engine and one ladder truck responded.
On 01/09/17 at 04:32 am the Huntington Co. #3 and the White Hills Co. #5 responded to a carbon monoxide detector sounding at #9 Blackberry Lane. One engine and one ladder truck responded.
