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SHELTON VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT
WEEKLY RESPONSES
Submitted by Fire Marshal James M Tortora
On 01/04/21 at 5:24 pm the Pine Rock Park Co. #4 responded with a ladder truck to a public service call at #54 Lynn Terrace.
On 01/04/21 at 6:15 pm the Echo Hose H & L Co. #1, Huntington Co. #3 and the White Hills Co. #5 responded with an engine to an odor of smoke at the Shelton Lakes Health Care Center at #5 Lake Road. There was no fire. An electrical problem in a heating unit caused the odor.
On 01/05/22 at 7:22 am the White Hills Co. #5 and the Huntington Co. #3 responded with an engine to a car fire in the area of #62 Beardsley Road. The fire, that destroyed the vehicle, was the result of the vehicle hitting a utility pole. The utility pole was also destroyed.
On 01/05/22 at 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 north bound at exit 11.
On 01/05/22 at 9:40 on the Echo Hose H & L Co. #1 responded with a unit to a motor vehicle accident on Coram Avenue at Kneen Street.
On 01/05/22 at 8:10 am the Echo Hose H& L Co. #1 and the Pine Rock Park Co. #4 responded with an engine to a fire alarm activation at #1 Waterford Lane. There was no fire. Smoke from cooking caused the alarm.
On 01/05/22 at 8:17 am the Huntington Co. #3 responded with a unit to Cali Drive for a tree and power lines down in the roadway.
On 01/05/22 at 8:35 am the Echo Hose H & L Co. #1 and the Pine Rock Park Co. #4 responded with an engine to a motor vehicle accident on route 8 south bound near exit 13.
On 01/05/22 at 11:34 am the White Hills Co. #5 and the Huntington Co. #3 responded with two engines to #48 Stendahl Drive for a carbon monoxide alarm sounding.
On 01/05/22 at 1:22 pm the Pine Rock Park Co. #4 responded with a unit to assist EMS at #3 Murphy’s Lane.
On 01/05/22 at 2:38 pm the Echo Hose H & L Co. #1 and the Pine Rock Park Co. #4 responded with an engine to a fire alarm activated at the Oakdale Self Storage #486 River Road. There was no fire.
On 01/05/22 at 5:47 pm the Pine Rock Park Co. #4 responded with an engine to a tree on power lines in the area of Seneca Road at Algonkin Road.
On 01/06/22 at 12:54 pm the White Hills Co. #5 and the Huntington Co. #3 responded with an engine to a fire alarm activated at #408 Leavenworth Road. There was no fire.
On 01/06/22 at 10:33 am the Echo Hose H & L Co. #1 and the Huntington Co. #3 responded with an engine to a fire alarm activated at the Newtown Savings Bank at #815 Bridgeport Avenue.
On 01/06/22 at 3:25 pm the Huntington Co. #3 and the Echo Hose H & L Co. #1 responded with an engine to #15 Maggie Lane for a fire alarm activation. There was no fire.
On 01/06/22 at 3:52 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 alarm activated at the Richard Belden Cultural Center at #54 Grove Street. There was no fire.
On 01/06/22 at 6:54 pm the Echo Hose H & L Co. #1 and the Pine Rock Park Co. #4 responded with an engine to #47 Bridgeport Avenue for a fire alarm activated. There was no fire.
On 01/07/22 at 9:40 am the Huntington Co. #3 and the Echo Hose H & L Co. #1 responded with an engine and a rescue truck to a fire alarm sounding at the Extended Stay America Hotel at #945 Bridgeport Avenue. There was no fire.
On 01/07/22 at 12:33 pm the White Hills Co. #5 and the Echo Hose H & L Co. #1 responded with two rescue trucks and an ATV Unit to assist EMS at #280 Meadow Street.
On 01/07/22 at 4:59 pm the Huntington Co. #3 and the Echo Hose H & L Co. #1 responded with two rescue trucks to BTX at #12 Commerce Drive for an odor of a gas in the building. Firefighters arrived and found a discarded gas container in a trash compactor was the cause of the odor.
On 01/07/22 at 9:43 pm the Huntington Co. #3 and the Echo Hose H & L Co. #1 responded with an engine and a ladder truck to a fire alarm activated at the Chili’s Restaurant #828 Bridgeport Avenue. A small fire on a kitchen stove caused the alarm.
On 01/08/22 at 12:56 pm the White Hills Co. #5 responded with an engine to assist EMS at #12 Rugby Road.
On 01/08/22 at 1:09 pm the White Hills Co. #5 responded with an engine to a motor vehicle accident on East Village Road at Wabuda Place.
On 01/08/22 at 2:30 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 activated. There was no fire.
On 01/08/22 at 4:05 pm the White Hills Co. #5 and the Huntington Co. #3 responded with an engine to a motor vehicle accident on Leavenworth Road near Walnut Tree Hill Road.
On 01/09/22 at 00:34 am the Echo Hose H & L Co. #1 responded with a rescue truck to #60 Grove Street for a carbon monoxide alarm sounding.
On 01/09/22 at 8:57 am the White Hills Co. #5 and the Huntington Co. #3 responded with an engine to #2 Rodia Ridge Road for a fire alarm activation. There was no fire. Smoke from cooking caused the alarm.
On 01/08/22 at 8:21 pm the Echo Hose H & L Co. #1 and the Pine Rock Park Co. #4 responded with a rescue truck to #96 Hillside Avenue for an odor of gas in the building.
