SHELTON VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INCIDENT RESPONSES
SUBMITTED BY FIRE MARSHAL JAMES TORTORA
On 4/28/25 at 7:10 pm the Echo Hose Co. #1 and the Pine Rock Co. #4 responded to a brush fire that spread to a neighbor’s storage shed in the rear of #125 River Road.
On 4/29/25 at 1:25 pm the White Hills Co. #5 responded to standby at the Monroe Fire Station #1.
On 4/29/25 at 6:02 pm the Pine Rock Co. #4 and the Echo Hose Co. #1 responded to an automatic fire alarm activated at the Bishop Wicke Health Care #384 Long Hill Avenue. There was no fire.
On 4/29/25 at 8:09 pm the Echo Hose Co. #1 responded to #31 Carley Street for an open burning.
On 4/30/25 at 4:49am the White Hills Co. #5 and Echo Hose Co.#1 responded to an automatic fire alarm activated at #94 Leavenworth Road. There was no fire.
On 4/30/25v at 6:24 am the Echo Hose Co. #1 and the Pine Rock Co. #4 responded to an elevator rescue at the Ripton Housing Complex #423 Howe Avenue.
On 4/30/25 at 4:31 pm the Huntington Co. #3 and the Echo Hose Co. # responded to an automatic fire alarm activated at the Brightview at #30 Beard Saw Mill Road. There was no fire.
On 4/30/25 at 5:08 pm the Huntington Co. #3 and the White Hills Co. #5 responded to a brush fire on Button Road.
On 5/1/25 at 2:00 pm the Huntington Co. #3 and the Echo Hose Co. # responded to assist EMS on route 8 north bound on the 9‑entrance ramp.
On 5/1/25 at 2:32 pm the Pine Rock Co. #4 and the Echo Hose Co. #1 responded to an automatic fire alarm activated at #757 Long Hill Avenue. There was no fire.
On 5/1/25 at 5:00 pm the Pine Rock Co. #4 responded to stand-by for the Stratford FD at #200 Oronoque Lane.
On 5/1/25 at 5:09 pm the Echo Hose Co. #1 and the White Hills Co. #5 responded to an electrical hazard inside at #427 Howe Avenue.
On 5/1/25 at 6:33 pm the Huntington Co. #3 and the Echo Hose Co. # responded to a motor vehicle accident in the area of #19 Church Street.
On 5/1/25 at 5:52 pm the Echo Hose Co. #1, Pine Rock Co. #4 and the White Hills Co. #5 responded to an odor investigation inside at #18 Oak Avenue.
On 5/1/25 at 7:53 pm the White Hills Co. #5 and Echo Hose Co.#1 responded to a motor vehicle accident in the area of #200 Leavenworth Road.
On 5/2/25 at 8:10 am the Pine Rock Co. #4, Echo Hose Co. #1 and the Huntington Co. #3 responded to a fire in a storage bin at #11 Forest Parkway.
On 5/2/25 at 10:30 am the Huntington Co. #3 and the White Hills Co. #5 responded to an illegal open burning at #30 Winthrop Woods Road.
On 5/2/25 at 2:55 pm the Huntington Co. #3 and the Echo Hose Co. # responded to an automatic fire alarm activated at the Shoreline Animal Hospital at #895 Bridgeport Avenue. There was no fire.
On 5/2/25 at 3:32 pm the Huntington Co. #3 and the White Hills Co. #5 responded to a fire alarm activated at #28 Stonehouse Road. There was no fire.
On 5/2/25 at 3:46 pm the Huntington Co. #3, White Hills Co. #5, Echo Hose Co. 31 and the Nichols Fire Department responded to a structure fire at #375 Waverly Road. Upon arrival firefighters found a fire in a bathroom ceiling. Quick action by firefighters had the fire under control in minutes but not before causing significant damage to the bathroom and part of the attic above. The Echo Ambulance also responded. The homeowner escaped without injury. The cause of the fire by the Fire Marshal’s Office is attributed to a malfunction in a bathroom ceiling light fixture.
On 5/2/25 at 8:37 pm the White Hills Co. #5 responded to a motor vehicle accident on Leavenworth Road near Maple Avenue.
On 5/3/25 at :48 am the Echo Hose Co. #1 and the Pine Rock Co. #4 responded to an odor investigation at #80 Coram Road.
On 5/3/25 at 6:57 am the White Hills Co. #5 responded to a power line down on Indian Well Road.
On 5/3/25 at 8:23 am the Huntington Co. #3 and the Echo Hose Co. # responded to an automatic fire alarm activated at the Extended Stay America Hotel at #945 Bridgeport Avenue. There was no fire.
On 5/3/25 at 11:30 am the Huntington Co. #3 and the Echo Hose Co. # responded to an automatic fire alarm activated at the #42 Huntington Plaza. There was no fire.
On 5/3/25 at 7:21 pm the Huntington Co. #3 and the Echo Hose Co. # responded to a motor vehicle accident in the area of #335 Shelton Avenue.
On 5/3/25 at 7:58 pm the Huntington Co. #3 responded to an electrical hazard on Blueberry Lane near Hawley Lane.
On 5/4/25 at 7:46 am the Pine Rock Co. #4 responded to #560 River Road for a carbon monoxide alarm sounding.
On 5/4/25 at 6:18 pm the Echo Hose Co. #1 and the Huntington Co. #3 responded to a motor vehicle accident on route 8 south bound near exit 11.
