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.
