SHELTON —
SHELTON VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT WEEKLY RESPONSES
Submitted by Fire Marshal James M. Tortora
On 04/18/22 at 12:40 pm the Echo Hose H & L Co. #1 responded with an engine to #45 Bridgeport Avenue for a public service, pump-out.
On 04/18/22 at 8:03 pm the Huntington Co. #3 responded with an engine and a rescue truck to #42 Lucille Drive for a carbon monoxide alarm activation.
On 04/19/22 at 6:29 am the Huntington Co. #3 responded with an engine to a tree on power lines on Hurd Road near McGuire Road.
On 04/19/22 at 4:57 pm the Echo Hose H & L Co. #1 responded with an engine to wires down in the road on Belmont Avenue.
On 04/19/22 at 6:31 pm the Echo Hose H & L Co. #1 and the Pine Rock Park Co. #4 responded with two ladder trucks to a fire alarm activation at the Ripton Housing Complex at #423 Howe Avenue. There was no fire. Smoke from cooking caused the alarm.
On 04/20/22 at 11:17 am the Pine Rock Park Co. #4 and the Echo Hose H & L Co. #1 responded with a rescue truck to #11 Sharon Court for a child who had their finger stuck in a non-moving garden tractor part. The child was freed within minutes.
On 04/20/22 at 12:37 pm the Echo Hose H & L Co. #1 and the Huntington Co. #3 responded with a rescue truck to assist EMS on route 8 south bound at exit #12.
On 04/20/22 at 12:48 pm the Echo Hose H & L Co. #1 responded with a rescue truck to assist the Derby FD with a brush fire on McGlaughlin Terrace.
On 04/20/22 at 3:19 pm the Echo Hose H & L Co. #1 and the White Hills Co. #5 responded with an engine and a ladder truck to the City of Ansonia Fire Department to cover Ansonia and Seymour while Ansonia FD was assisting at a structure fire in Seymour.
On 04/20/22 at 6:20 pm the Echo Hose H & L Co. #1 and the White Hills Co. #5 responded with an engine and a ladder truck to #91 Fourth Street in Ansonia for a stove fire.
On 04/21/22 at 12:24 pm the Echo Hose H & L Co. #1 and the White Hills Co. #5 responded with a rescue truck to assist EMS at #35 Middle Avenue.
On 04/21/22 at 12:33 pm the Echo Hose H & L Co. #1 and the White Hills Co. #5 responded with two engines and a rescue truck to assist EMS at #149 North Oak Avenue.
On 04/21/22 at 1:47 pm the Echo Hose H & L Co. #1, Pine Park Co. #4 and the White Hills Co. #5 responded with an engine, a rescue truck and two ladder trucks to a structure fire at #8 Laurel Lane. Upon arrival firefighters found an electric fireplace in the home on fire. Firefighters extinguished the fire in minutes. The home sustained minor snoke damage. The fireplace was destroyed by the fire. There were no injuries. Shelton Echo EMS responded and stood-by during the call.
On 04/22/22 at 1:39 pm the Pine Rock Park Co. #4, Echo Hose H & L Co. #1 and the Huntington Co. #3 responded with three engines to a large brush fire on Cherokee Trail.
On 04/23/22 at 2:10 pm the Echo Hose H & L Co. #1 and the Pine Rock Park Co. #4 responded with an engine and a ladder truck to the Helen DeVaux Housing Complex at #91 Howe Avenue for a fire alarm activation. There was no fire. Smoke from cooking caused the alarm.
On 04/23/22 at 4:45 pm the Huntington Co. #3 and the White Hills Co. #5 responded with an engine to a brush fire in the area of #101 Mohegan Road.
On 04/23/22 at 5:04 pm the Echo Hose H & L co. #1 and the Pine Rock Park Co. #4 responded with an engine to a public service call at #21 Woodland Park.
On 04/23/22 at 5:50 pm the Huntington Co. #3 and the White Hills Co. #5 responded with two engines to a brush fire in the area of #185 Nichols Avenue.
On 04/23/22 at 8:56 pm the Pine Rock Park Co. #4 and the Echo Hose H& L Co. #1 responded with three engines to a brush fire in the area of #49 Sharon Court.
On 04/23/22 at 10:58 pm the Huntington Co. #3 responded with a rescue truck to a carbon monoxide alarm activation at #18 Spruce Drive.
On 04/24/22 at 12:43 pm the Huntington Co. #3 and the Echo Hose H & L Co. #1 responded with an engine to a small mulch fire at #901 Bridgeport Avenue.
On 04/24/22 at 9:23 pm the Echo Hose H & L co. #1 and the White Hills Co. #5 responded with a rescue truck and a utility truck to a motor vehicle accident on Shelton Avenue at Meadow Street.
On 04/25/22 at 4:25 pm the White Hills Co. #5 and the Huntington Co. #3 responded with two engines to a motor vehicle accident in the area of #606 Walnut Tree Hill Road.
On 04/25/22 at 4:48 pm the Huntington Co. #3 and the Echo hose H & L Co. #1 responded with an engine to a fire alarm activation at KinderCare #1 Trap Falls Road. There was no fire.
On 04/25/22 at 11:00 pm the Huntington Co. #3, Echo hose H & L Co. #1 and the White Hills Co. #5 responded with an engine and a rescue truck to a fire alarm activation at #8 Progress Drive. There was no fire.
On 04/26/22 there were no Fire Service calls for the Fire Department.
On 04/27/22 at 11:47 pm the White Hills Co. #5, Echo Hose H & L Co. #1 and the Huntington Co. #3 responded with three engines and a ladder truck to a fire alarm activated at #235 Soundview Avenue. Enroute to the address fire units were advised of possible fire on the kitchen stove in the unoccupied home. Units arrived and through windows observed an active fire in the kitchen and forced entry to extinguish the fire. Firefighters extinguished the fire in minutes but not before the fire damaged the stove and microwave unit. The home also sustained minor smoke damage. The homeowner, who was not home, left a pot of food cooking on the stove which caused the fire.
On 04/27/22 at 7:38 pm the Echo Hose H & L Co. #1 responded with a unit to a public service call on Howe Avenue at Center Street.
On 04/28/22 at 10:03 am the Echo Hose H & L Co. #1 and the White Hills Co. #5 responded with an engine to Wooster Street at Oak Avenue for an odor of natural gas in the area.
On 04/28/22 at 4:58 pm the Pine Rock Park Co. #4 and the Huntington Co. #3 responded with two engines to assist the Stratford Fire Department at a brush fire on route 15 south bound prior to Cut Spring Road.
On 04/28/22 at 5:07 pm the Huntington Co. #3 and the White Hills Co. #5 responded with an engine, a brush truck, a tanker truck and a utility truck to a brush fire on Mohegan Road near Pennsylvania Avenue.
On 04/28/22 at 5:28 pm the Pine Rock Park Co. #4 responded with a ladder truck to Stratford Fire Headquarters #2750 Main Street for standby coverage.
On 04/28/22 at 5:30 pm the Echo Hose H & L Co. #1 responded to their station to standby for town coverage.
On 04/28/22 at the Huntington Co. #3 and the White Hills Co. #5 responded with two engines and a brush truck to a brush fire that re-kindled on Mohegan Road near Pennsylvania Avenue.
On 04/29/22 at 9:02 am the Echo Hose H & L Co. #1 and the White Hills Co. #5 responded with a rescue truck to a motor vehicle accident on Coram Avenue at White Street. One vehicle struck a building as a result of the accident.
Om 04/29/22 at 11:54 am the White Hills Co. #5 and the Echo Hose H & L Co. #1 responded with two engines to engines to a fire alarm activated at #19 Cynthia Lane. There was no fire. Smoke from a fireplace caused the alarm.
On 04/29/22 at 5:57 pm 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 south bound near exit 12.
On 04/30/22 at 8:09 am the Echo Hose H & L Co. #1 and the Huntington Co. #3 responded with an engine and a rescue truck to a motor vehicle fire on route 8 north bound near exit 12.
On 04/30/22 at 11:02 am the Huntington Co. #3 and the White Hills Co. #5 responded with an engine to Ladyslipper Drive for power lines down.
On 04/30/22 at 11:35 am the Huntington Co. #3, Echo Hose H & L Co. #1 and the Pine Rock Park Co. #4 responded with an engine and two ladder trucks to a fire alarm activated at the Courtyard by Marriott Hotel at #780 Bridgeport Avenue. There was no fire.
On 04/30/22 at 12:35 pm the Huntington Co. #3 and the White Hills Co. #5 responded with two engines to a brush fire on Florence Drive.
On 04/30/22 at 12:43 pm the Pine Rock Park Co. #4 and the Echo Hose H & L Co. #1 responded with an engine and a ladder truck to a fire alarm sounding at 348 Laurelwood Drive. There was no fire.
On 05/01/22 at 03:54 am the Echo Hose H& L Co. #1, Pine Rock Park Co. #4 and the White Hills Co. #5 responded with twos rescue trucks and two marine units to the Sunnyside Boat Ramp to assist police recover an unoccupied vehicle in the water.
On 05/01/22 at 2L24 pm the Huntington Co. #3, Pine Rock Park Co. #4 and the Echo Hose H & L Co. #1 responded with an engine and a rescue truck to a brush fire on Armstrong Road.
On 05/01/22 at 7:27 pm the Echo Hose H & L Co. #1 responded with an engine to an illegal open burn at #215 Division Avenue.
