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SHELTON VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT
WEEKLY RESPONSES
Submitted by Fire Marshal James M Tortora
On 03/02/20 at 2:31 pm the Huntington Co. #3 responded to Shelton Avenue for a motor vehicle accident. An engine responded.
On 03/03/20 at 00:39 am the Echo Hose Co. #1 responded to #30 Ten Coat Lane for a carbon monoxide alarm activation. A rescue truck responded.
On 03/03/20 at 8:48 am the Echo Hose Co. #1, Huntington Co. #3 and the White Hills Co. #5 responded to the Shelton Intermediate School at #675 North Constitution Boulevard for a fire alarm activation. There was no fire. An engine and the tower truck responded.
On 03/03/20 at 10:27 am the Pine Rock Co. #4 were dispatched to #60 Rocky Rest Road to assist EMS with a patient. The fire department was cancelled shortly thereafter.
On 03/03/20 at 11:49 pm the Echo Hose Co. #1 and the Huntington Co. #3 responded to route 8 north bound near exit 11 for a brush fire. An engine responded.
On 03/03/20 at 1:53 pm the Echo Hose Co. #1 and the Huntington Co. #3 responded to route 8 north bound near exit 12 for a car fire. There was no fire. Steam from the vehicle overheating was mistaken for a fire. A rescue truck responded.
On 03/03/20 at 8:16 pm the Echo Hose Co. #1 and the White Hills Co #5 responded to #159 Center Street for a fire alarm activation. There was no fire. Smoke from cooking caused the alarm. An engine and a ladder truck responded.
On 03/04/20 at 11:44 am the Pine Rock Co. #4 responded to the area of #866 River Road for a motor vehicle accident. An engine responded.
On 03/04/20 at 2:05 pm the Echo Hose Co. #1 responded to #118 Myrtle Street for a tree and power lines down. An engine and a rescue truck responded.
On 03/04/20 at 3:18 pm the Huntington Co. #3, White Hills Co. #5 and the Echo Hose Co. #1 responded to #19 Birchwood Drive for an interior collapse in a house. An engine and a ladder truck responded.
On 03/04/20 at 7:31 pm the Echo Hose Co. #1 and the Pine Rock Co. #4 responded to the area of #160 River Road for a motor vehicle accident. An engine and two rescue trucks responded.
On 03/05/20 at 6:34 pm the Echo Hose Co. #1 and the Huntington Co. #3 responded to route 8 south bound near exit 13 for a motor vehicle accident. An engine, a rescue truck and the tower truck responded.
On 03/05/20 at 7:03 pm the Echo Hose Co. #1 responded to #39 Coram Avenue for a carbon monoxide alarm activation. An engine responded.
On 03/05/20 at 12:32 pm the Pine Rock Co. #4 and the Echo Hose Co. #1 responded to the area of #781 River Road for a motor vehicle accident. An engine and a rescue truck responded.
On 03/07/20 at 1:26 pm the Echo Hose Co. #1 and the Pine Rock Co. #4 responded to the area of #309 Bridgeport Avenue for an open burning. No fire was found. Two engines responded.
On 03/07/20 at 2:30 pm the Echo Hose Co. #1 and the Pine Rock Co. #4 responded to the Ripton Housing Complex at #423 Howe Avenue for a fire alarm activation. There was no fire. Smoke from cooking caused the alarm. A ladder truck and the tower truck responded.
On 03/07/20 at 2:57 pm the White Hills Co. #5 and the Huntington Co. #3 responded to Leavenworth Road near Walnut Tree Hill Road for a large brush fire. Two engines responded.
On 03/07/20 at 3:57 pm the Echo Hose Co. #1 and the White Hills Co #5 responded to #309 Bridgeport Avenue for brush fire. Two engines responded.
On 03/07/20 at 6:34 pm the Echo Hose Co. #1 responded to the area of Sunwood Drive to assist police. An engine responded.
On 03/07/20 at 8:53 pm the Echo Hose Co. #1 and the White Hills Co #5 responded to the area of #118 Shelton Avenue for a motor vehicle accident. An engine responded.
On 03/08/20 at 03:26 am the Huntington Co. #3 and the White Hills Co. #5 responded to #16 Haverhill Drive for a dumpster fire. Two engines responded.
On 03/08/20 at 8:34 am the White Hills Co. #5 responded to Leavenworth Road at Maple Avenue for a motor vehicle accident. AN engine responded.
On 03/08/20 at 9:05 pm the Echo Hose Co. #1 and the White Hills Co #5 responded to#42 Deer Run Lane for an odor of burning in the home. Firefighters found the odor was from a burnt out electrical outlet. Two engines and a ladder truck responded.
On 03/09/20 at 7:03 am the Echo Hose Co. #1 and the White Hills Co #5 responded to River Road and Trolley Bridge Road for a motor vehicle accident. Upon arrival firefighters found a vehicle off the road and about 75 feet down an embankment. Firefighters using a rope rescue pulled the driver up the embankment safely to EMS personnel for treatment. An engine and two rescue trucks responded.
