SHELTON VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT WEEKLY RESPONSES
Submitted by Fire Marshal James M Tortora
On 07/20/20 at 4:50 pm the Huntington Co. #3 and the Echo Hose Co. #1 responded with an engine and two rescue trucks to #16 Fraser Place for an odor investigation.
On 07/21/20 at 12:08 pm the Echo Hose Co. #1 and the White Hills Co. #5 responded with an engine and a ladder truck to a fire alarm activation at #191 Meadow Street. There was no fire.
On 07/21/20 at 6:34 pm the Huntington Co. #3 and the White Hills Co. #5 responded an engine and a ladder truck to #336 Huntington Street for a fire alarm activation. There was no fire. Smoke from cooking caused the alarm.
On 07/21/20 at 7:19 pm the White Hills Co. #5 and the Echo Hose Co. #1 responded with an engine to a fire alarm activation at #18 Rosa Lane. There was no fire.
On 07/21/20 at 8:39 pm the Huntington Co. #3 and the White Hills Co. #5 responded an engine and a ladder truck to #81 Blueberry Lane for a fire alarm activation. There was no fire. Smoke from cooking caused the alarm.
On 07/22/20 at 07:59 am the White Hills Co. #5 and the Huntington Co. #3 responded with an engine to a motor vehicle accident on Maple Avenue at Leavenworth Road.
On 07/22/20 at 3:43 pm the Huntington Co. #3 responded with an engine to the Stop & Shop gas station at #900 Bridgeport Avenue for a small gasoline spill.
On 07/22/20 at 11:08 pm the Echo Hose Co. #1 and the White Hills Co. #5 responded with an engine and a ladder truck to #10 Geissler Drive for an odor of natural gas.
On 07/22/20 at 12:27 pm the Echo Hose Co. #1 and the Pine Rock Co. #4 responded with an engine to Walmart at #465 Bridgeport Avenue for a small brush fire on the property.
On 07/23/20 at 1:07 pm the Pine Rock Co. #4, Echo Hose Co. #1 and the Huntington Co. #3 responded with an engine and a ladder truck to #63 Spoke Drive for a fire in a gas grille that was next to a house. The fire was out upon arrival of fire units. The fire was confined to the grille.
On 07/23/20 at 1:55 pm the White Hills Co. #5 and the Huntington Co. #3 responded with an engine and a ladder truck to a fire alarm activated at #89 Okenuk Way. There was no fire.
On 07/23/20 at 10:14 pm the Pine Rock Co. #4 and the Echo Hose Co. #1 responded with an engine and a ladder truck to a fire alarm activation at the Morgan Carpet & Flooring Store at #843 River Road. There was no fire.
On 07/23/20 at 10:16 pm the Pine Rock Co. #4 and the Echo Hose Co. #1 responded with two rescue trucks, an engine and a tower truck to River Road at Quail Court for a tree and live power lines down on an occupied vehicle. Firefighters waited for the UI Company, who arrived shortly thereafter to de-energize the lines then firefighters assisted the occupant out of the vehicle.
On 07/23/20 at 10:42 pm the Huntington Co. #3 responded with an engine to the area of #8 Quaker Ridge Road for power lines down in the road.
On 07/24/20 at 12:10 pm the Echo Hose Co. #1 and the Pine Rock Co. #4 responded with an engine and a ladder truck to #1 Controls Drive for a fire alarm activation. There was no fire. Smoke from a burnt air handling motor caused the alarm.
On 07/24/20 at 3:39 pm the White Hills Co. #5 responded with an engine to #60 Stendhal Drive for a carbon monoxide alarm activation.
On 07/24/20 at 5:58 pm the Huntington Co. #3 and the White Hills Co. #5 responded with an engine and a ladder truck to a fire alarm activation at #78 Longmeadow Road. There was no fire.
On 07/25/20 at 00:26 am the White Hills Co. #5 responded with an engine to a motor vehicle accident on Leavenworth Road.
On 07/25/20 at4:34 pm the Huntington Co. #3 and the White Hills Co. #5 responded with an engine and a ladder truck to a fire alarm activation at #10 Whispering Pines. There was no fire.
On 07/25/20 at 4:45 pm the Echo Hose Co. #1 and the Pine Rock Co. #4 responded with an engine and a rescue truck to a motor vehicle accident on River Road at Constitution Boulevard South.
On 07/25/20 at 5:03 pm the Huntington Co. #3, White Hills Co. #5 and the Echo Hose Co. #1 responded with two engines, a ladder truck and a rescue truck to a house fire at #196 Ripton Road. Firefighters upon arrival found a fire had gotten into the walls of the home thru an attached outdoor fireplace. Deterioration of the fireplace flue was believed to have cause the fire.
On 07/26/20 at 1:20 pm the Echo Hose Co. #1 and the Pine Rock Co. #4 responded with an engine and a ladder truck to the Good Shepard Church at #186 Coram Avenue for a fire alarm activation. There was no fire.
On 07/26/20 at 3:23 pm the Huntington Co. #3 and the White Hills Co. #5 responded with a unit to a motor vehicle accident at Walnut Tree Hill Road and Mohegan Road.
