SHELTON — SHELTON VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT
WEEKLY RESPONSES
Submitted by Fire Marshal James M Tortora
On 08/30/21 at 9:16 am the Echo Hose H& L Co. #1 and the Pine Rock Park Co. #4 responded with a unit to a fire alarm sounding at #8 Laurel Lane. There was no fire. Smoke from cooking caused the alarm.
On 08/30/21 at 10:55 am the Echo Hose H & L Co. #1 responded with a ladder truck to assist the Derby FD at #17 Elizabeth Street in Derby.
On 08/30/21 at 3:28 pm the Huntington Co. #3 responded with a rescue truck to #28 Strawberry Lane for a public service call.
On 08/31/21 at 11:31 am the Pine Rock Park Co. #4 and the Echo Hose H & L Co. #1 responded with an engine to #7 Soundcrest Drive for a fire alarm activation. There was no fire.
On 08/31/21 at 1:01 pm the Pine Rock Park Co. #4 and the Echo Hose H & L Co. #1 responded with an engine to a motor vehicle fire in the parking lot of #1 Forest Parkway. Firefighters extinguished the fire that was in the dashboard of the vehicle but not before the fire caused extensive damage.
On 08/31/21 at 1:35 pm the Echo hose H & L Co. #1 and the Pine Rock Park Co. #4 responded with two engines to a fire alarm sounding at Carmine’s Restaurant #360 River Road. There was no fire.
On 08/31/21 at 2:40 pm the Echo Hose H & L Co. #1 responded with a unit to #43 Coram Road for a carbon monoxide alarm sounding.
On 08/31/21 at 5:06 pm the White Hills Co. #3 and the Huntington Co. #3 responded with an engine to a fire alarm sounding at the Elizabeth Shelton School #138 Willoughby Road. There was no fire.
On 08/31/21 at 5:16 pm the Pine Rock Park Co. #4 and the Echo Hose H & L Co. #1 responded with a unit to smoke coming from the Wooster Island on the Housatonic River off River Road. The smoke was from an attended bonfire on the island.
On 09/01/21 at 02:56 am the Huntington Co. #1 and the Echo Hose H & L Co. #1 responded with an engine to a fire alarm activated at #315 Aspetuck Trail. There was no fire.
On 09/01/21 at 10:36 pm the Echo Hose H & L Co. #1 and the White Hills Co. #5 responded with an engine and a ladder truck to a fire alarm activated at #475 Howe Avenue. There was no fire.
On 09/01/21 at 5:47 pm the Echo Hose H & L Co. #1 responded to with an engine to a fire alarm sounding at #73 New Street. There was no fire.
On 09/01/21 at 7:39 pm the Echo Hose H& L Co. #1 and the Pine Rock Park Co. #4 responded with two engines to a fire alarm sounding at #8 Laurel Lane. There was no fire. Smoke from cooking caused the alarm.
On 09/01/21 at 9:32 pm the Huntington Co. #3 responded with an engine and a utility truck to power lines down on Gray Street near North Street.
On 09/01/21 at 10:39 pm the Echo Hose H& L Co. #1 and the Pine Rock Park Co. #4 responded with an engine and a ladder truck to a fire in an electrical outlet inside the Matto Wine Bar #389 Bridgeport Avenue. The fire was out upon arrival of firefighters.
On 09/01/21 at 11:37 pm the Huntington Co. #3 responded with a rescue truck to a public service, pump-out at #190 Mohegan Road.
On 09/01/21 at 11:41 the Echo Hose H & L Co. #1 and the Huntington Co. #3 responded with an engine and a rescue truck to a motor vehicle accident on route 8 southbound near exit 12.
On 09/01/21 at 11:47 pm the White Hills Co. #5 responded with a rescue truck to a public service, pump-out at #115 Thompson Street.
On 09/01/21 at 11:51 pm the Pine Rock Park Co. #4 responded with a utility truck to a public service call; pump-out at #735 Long Hill Avenue.
On 09/01/21 at 11:53 the Echo Hose H & L Co. #1 responded with a rescue truck to assist a person trapped in a vehicle in a few feet of water in the area of River Road and Wright Street.
On 09/02/21 at 00:05 am the Huntington Co. #3 responded with a rescue truck to a public service, pump-out at 11 Lane Street.
On 09/02/21 at 02:22 am the White Hills Co. #5 responded with a rescue truck to a public service, pump-out at #15 Queen Street.
On 09/02/21 at 02:28 am the Huntington Co. #3 responded with a rescue truck to a public service, tree fell on a deck at #1 Lexington Court.
On 09/02/21 at 8:24 am two units responded to the area of Birchbank Road for an odor of gasoline in the Housatonic River.
On 09/02/21 at 4:00 pm the White Hills Co. #5 responded with an engine to #12 Henry Drive for a carbon monoxide alarm sounding.
On 09/02/21 at 6:20 pm the Pine Rock Park Co. #4 and the Echo Hose H & L Co. #1 responded with an engine to #28 Oronoque Trail for a fire that occurred in a microwave oven causing smoke in the residence.
On 09/03/21 at 9:04 am the Echo Hose H& L Co. #1 and the Pine Rock Park Co. #4 responded with an engine and a ladder truck to a fire alarm activated at #10 Mountainview Drive. There was no fire.
On 09/03/21 at 11:30 am the Echo Hose H& L Co. #1 and the Pine Rock Park Co. #4 responded with an engine to #80 Country Place for an odor of gas.
On 09/03/21 at 5:29 pm the Echo Hose H& L Co. #1 and the Pine Rock Park Co. #4 responded with an engine and a rescue truck to a motor vehicle accident on Howe Avenue at Maltby Street.
On 09/04/21 at 3:50 pm the Echo Hose H & L Co. #1 and the White Hills Co. #5 responded with an engine and a ladder truck to the Merion Apartments at #185 Canal Street for an odor of natural gas in an apartment.
On 09/05/21 at 2:34 pm the Echo Hose H & L Co. #1 and the White Hills Co. #5 responded with a marine unit and a rescue truck to the upper Housatonic River to search for a possible person in the water near the Deby dam. No one was located after a search of the water and its banks.
On 09/05/21 at 2:51 pm the White Hills Co. #5 and the Huntington Co. #3 responded with an engine to an open burning at #19 Dodge Drive.
On 09/05//21 at 3:43 pm the Huntington Co. #1 and the Echo Hose H & L Co. #1 responded with an engine and a rescue truck to a motor vehicle accident on route 8 north bound between exits 12 and 13.
On 09/05/21 at 4:45 pm the White Hills Co. #5 responded with an engine to the area if Leavenworth Road and Indian Well Road for power lines on fire on top of a utility pole.
On 09/05/21 at 9:40 pm the Huntington Co. #1 and the Echo Hose H & L Co. #1 responded with an engine and a rescue truck to an odor of natural gas at the Mark Apartments #740 Bridgeport Avenue.
