SHELTON VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT
WEEKLY RESPONSES
Submitted by Fire Marshal James M Tortora
On 11/30/21 at 11:23 am the Huntington Co. #3 responded with an engine to assist police gaining entry to a home at #22 Treeland Road.
On 11/30/21 at 9:25 pm the Echo Hose H & L Co. #1 and the Pine Rock Park Co. #4 responded with an engine to a fuel spill on Nells Rock Road near Buddington Road.
On 11/30/21 at 9:28 pm the Huntington Co. #3 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 11/30/21 at 9:37 pm the Echo Hose H & L Co. #1 and the White Hills Co. #5 responded with an engine to a motor vehicle accident on Oak Avenue at Elm Street.
On 12/01/21 at 7:04 am the Echo Hose H & L Co. #1 and the Huntington Co. #3 responded with an engine to the Shelton Lakes Health Care Center at #5 Lake Road for an odor of natural gas outside the rear of the building.
On 12/01/21 at 11:33 am the Echo Hose H & L Co. #1 and the Huntington Co. #3 responded with an engine to the Shelton Lakes Health Care Center at #5 Lake Road for smoke in the attic area of the building. Firefighters investigated and found the smoke was caused by a motor in a furnace in the ceiling had burnt up.
On 12/02/21 at 11:54 am the Huntington Co. #3, Echo Hose H & L Co. #1 and the Pine Rock Park Co. #4 responded with an engine, a rescue truck and a ladder truck to a fire in the kitchen at the Urban Greek Restaurant at #702 Bridgeport Avenue. Firefighters arrived and found an electrical outlet had short circuited and burned.
On 12/02/21 at 4:26 pm the Huntington Co. #3 responded with a unit to a walk-up public service call at their firehouse at #44 Church Street.
On 12/02/21 at 7:02 pm the Huntington Co. #3 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 12/02/21 at 7:07 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 fire alarm activation. There was no fire. Smoke from cooking caused the alarm.
On 12/02/21 at 8:35 pm the Huntington Co. #3 and the Echo Hose H & L Co. #1 responded with two engines and a rescue truck to an odor of gas inside the home at #4209 Avalon Drive.
On 12/02/21 at 9:03 pm Huntington Co. #3 responded with an engine and a rescue truck to #5 Meadowlark Drive for a small fuel spill.
On 12/03/21 at 2:10 pm the Huntington Co. #3 responded with an engine to the area of Ripton Road and Quaker Ridge Road for an open burning.
On 12/03/21 at 3:13 pm the Echo Hose H & L Co. #1, White Hills Co. #5 and the Pine Rock Park Co. #4 responded to a structure fire at #102 Wooster Street. Upon arrival firefighters found no structure fire but a smoke condition from food cooking on a stove.
On 12/03/21 at 3:53 pm the White Hills Co. #5 and the Huntington Co. #3 responded with two engines to a brush fire on Leavenworth Road at the Monroe town line.
On 12/03/21 at 5:21 pm the White Hills Co. #5 and the Huntington Co. #3 responded with two engines and a tanker truck to a brush fire on Leavenworth Road at the Monroe town line.
On 12/03/21 at Pine Rock Park Co. #4 and the Echo Hose H & L Co. #1 responded with two engines and a rescue truck to a motor vehicle accident on Forest Parkway.
On 12/04/21 at 7:45 am the Huntington Co. #3 and the White Hills Co. #5 responded with an engine and a ladder truck to an odor of gas in the area of Booth Hill Road and Mohegan Road.
On 12/04/21 at 7:59 am the Huntington Co. #3, White Hills Co. #5 and the Echo Hose H & L Co. #1 responded with two engines and a ladder truck to a structure fire at #20 Brookfield Drive. Upon arrival firefighters extinguished a fire on a rear enclosed porch of the home. The fire caused minor damage to the structure. There were no injuries. The cause of the fire is under investigation by the Fire Marshal’s Office.
On 12/04/21 at 3:23 pm the Huntington Co. #3 responded with an engine to the area of Booth Hill Road and Emily Lane for an open burning.
On 12/05/21 at 01:36 am the Huntington Co. #3 responded with an engine to a motor vehicle accident on Huntington Street at Commerce Drive.
On 12/05/21 at 2:54 pm the Huntington Co. #3 and the Echo Hose H & L Co. #1 responded with an engine, a rescue truck and a ladder truck to a motor vehicle accident on route 8 north bound between exits 11 and 12.
On 12/05/21 at 3:55 pm the Huntington Co. #3 and the White Hills Co. #5 responded with an engine and a ladder truck to #44 Whitewood Drive for a fire alarm activation.
On 12/05/21 at 8:09 pm the Huntington Co. #3 and the Echo Hose H & L Co. #1 responded with an engine and a rescue truck to a motor vehicle accident on Bridgeport Avenue near exit 11 off ramp.
On 12/05/21 at 10:51 pm the Huntington Co. #3 and the Echo Hose H & L Co. #1 responded with an engine to a fire alarm activation at #5 Trout Creek Road. There was no fire.
