SHELTON VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT WEEKLY RESPONSES
Submitted by Fire Marshal James M Tortora
On 07/13/20 at 7:15 am the Echo Hose Co. #1 responded to a motor vehicle accident on Coram Avenue at High Street. A utility truck responded.
On 07/13/20 at 10:28 pm the White Hills Co. #5 responded to #25 Village Drive for a carbon monoxide alarm activation. An engine responded.
On 07/13/20 at 1:33 pm the Echo Hose Co. #1 responded to #103 Richards Boulevard for a public service call; lockout. The homeowner was locked out of her car, which had a dog inside, and she was also locked out of her house. Firefighters arrived and assisted in gaining access for the owner.
On 07/14/20 at 1:34 pm the White Hills Co. #5 and the Huntington Co. #3 responded to a mutual aid to the Monroe FD for a house fire. Fire units were not needed and were cancelled shortly thereafter.
On 07/14/20 at 3:10 pm Echo Hose Co. #1 and the Pine Rock Co. #4 responded to a motor vehicle accident at Coram Avenue and Kneen Street. A rescue truck responded.
On 07/14/20 at 6:35 pm the Huntington Co. #3 and the Echo Hose Co. #1 responded to a motor vehicle accident on Shelton Avenue near Willoughby Road. An engine and a rescue truck responded.
On 07/14/20 at 6:54 pm the Echo Hose Co. #1 and the White Hills Co. #5 responded to Center Street at Perry Hill Road for a motor vehicle accident. An engine and a rescue truck responded.
On 07/15/20 at 01:44 am the Echo Hose Co. #, Pine Rock Co. #4 and the White Hills Co. #5 responded to a fire alarm activation at the Helen DeVaux Housing Complex at #91 Howe Avenue. There was no fire. A rescue truck and two ladder trucks responded.
On 07/16/20 at 04:51 am the Huntington Co. #3, Echo Hose Co. #1 and the Pine Rock Co. #4 responded to a fire alarm activation at the Orange Theory Fitness #702 Bridgeport Avenue. There was no fire. An engine and a rescue truck responded.
On 07/16/20 at 8:42 pm the Echo Hose Co. #1 responded to #11 Mount Pleasant for a public service call. An engine responded.
On 07/17/20 at 00:41 am the Echo Hose Co. #1 and the Pine Rock Co. #4 responded to an activated carbon monoxide alarm at #62 Westview Terrace. An engine and a rescue truck responded.
On 07/17/20 at 6:07 am the Huntington Co. #3, Echo Hose Co. #1and the White Hills Co. #5 responded to a motor vehicle fire on route 8 north bound between exits 12 and 13. Upon arrival firefighters extinguished a fire in a large delivery truck carrying linens. The fire destroyed the vehicle. An engine, a tanker truck and a utility truck responded.
On 07/17/20 at 8:57 am the Huntington Co. #3 and the White Hills Co. #5 responded to #15 Applewood Drive for an odor of propane in the home. An engine and a ladder truck responded.
On 07/17/20 at 10:08 am the Echo Hose Co. #1 responded to Elm Street for a wire down in the roadway. An engine responded.
On 07/17/20 at 11:42 am the Huntington Co. #3 and the Echo Hose Co. #1 responded to a motor vehicle accident on Old Stratford Road at the Route 8 overpass. An engine and a rescue truck responded.
On 07/17/20 at 11:17 pm the Huntington Co. #3 responded to #11 Centerview Drive for a transformer on fire on top of a utility pole. An engine responded.
On 07/18/20 at 7:36 am the Huntington Co. #3 responded to #43 Applewood Drive to assist EMS with a patient. Fire units were cancelled shortly thereafter.
On 07/18/20 at 12:07 pm the Echo Hose Co. #1 and the Pine Rock Co. #4 responded to #30 Hawthorne Avenue for a fire alarm activation. There was no fire. There was no fire. An engine responded.
On 07/18/20 at 3:46 pm the Pine Rock Co. #4 and the Echo Hose Co. #1 responded to a fire alarm activation at the Apple Tree Day Care & Pre-School at #117 Long Hill Cross Road. There was no fire. An engine and a ladder truck responded.
On 07/18/20 at 5:46 pm the Pine Rock Co. #4 responded to the Housatonic River to assist a boater whose boat was malfunctioning in the water. A marine unit responded.
On 07/18/20 at 8:03 pm the Pine Rock Co. #4 responded to the Housatonic River to assist a man overboard in the water. No further information was reported. A marine unit responded.
On 07/19/20 at 9:51 am the Echo Hose Co. #1 and the Pine Rock Co. #4 responded to #12 Woonsocket Avenue for a fire alarm activation. There was no fire. There was no fire. Two engines responded.
On 07/19/20 at 12:29 pm the Echo Hose Co. #1 responded to the area of Basking Ridge Road for a report of an illegal open burning. Firefighters responded with an engine but found no fire.
On 07/19/20 at 1:57 pm the Echo Hose Co. #1, Pine Rock Co. #4 and the White Hills Co. #5 responded to a structure fire at #156 Hill Street. Firefighters responded with two engines and a ladder truck and extinguished a fire that occurred outside a porch of a two-family home. Damage was confined to the outside of the home and a small portion under the porch. The Derby FD and Shelton EMS also responded to the call.
On 07/19/20 at 4:14 pm the Echo Hose Co. #1, Pine Rock Co. #4 and the Huntington Co. #3 responded to Inline Plastics at #42 Canal Street for a fire alarm activation. There was no fire. Firefighters responded with an engine and a rescue truck.
On 07/19/20 at 10:48 pm the Huntington Co. #3 and the Echo Hose Co. #1 responded to a motor vehicle fire on the exit 12 south bound ramp. There was no fire. An engine responded.
