Shelton Fire Department Weekly Calls

Shelton Fire Marshal James Tortora submitted the following summary of the Shelton Volunteer Fire Department’s calls from the last week.

On 1/22/18 at 11:49 am the Echo Hose Co. #1 and the White Hills Co. #5 responded to an odor in the building at #469 Howe Avenue. Firefighters determined the odor was from construction in an occupancy in the same building. a rescue truck responded.

On 01/22/18 at 1:53 pm the Echo Hose Co. #1 responded to a public service call at #14 Country Place. 

On 01/22/18 at 4:05 pm the Echo Hose Co. #1 responded to the Wells Fargo Bank #320 Coram Avenue after a truck struck the overhang at the drive thru. Damage was confined to a small portion of the overhang. There were no hazards as a result. A rescue truck responded.

On 01/22/18 at 6:24 pm the Echo Hose Co. #1 responded to a fire alarm sounding at the Hewitt Memorial Hospital at #45 Maltby Street. There was no fire. An engine responded.

On 01/23/18 at 6:25 am the Echo Hose Co. #1 and the Pine Rock Co. #4 responded to #17 Grove Street for smoke in the house. A furnace backfire caused the smoke. A ladder truck responded.

On 01/23/18 at 10:10 am the Echo Hose Co. #1 and the Huntington Co. #3 responded to a motor vehicle accident on Route 8 south near exit 12. An engine and a rescue truck responded.

On 01/23/18 at 2:42 pm the White Hills Co. #5 and the Huntington Co. #3 responded to smoke in a house at #26 Hiawatha Trail. There was no fire. Smoke from cooking was the cause. Two engines responded.

On 01/23/18 at 3:33 pm the Huntington Co. #3 responded to a public service call, water main break, at #406 Canoe Break. A rescue truck responded.

On 01/23/18 at 9:22 pm the Echo Hose Co. #1responded to a public service call, at #3 High Plains Road. An engine responded.

On 01/24/18 at 3:44 pm the Pine Rock Co. #4 and the Echo Hose Co. #1 responded to a fire alarm sounding from the Dianon Pathology at #1 Forest Parkway. There was no fire. The alarm was accidentally transmitted during a sprinkler test. An engine, a utility truck and a tower truck responded.

On 01/24/18 at 6:22 pm the Huntington Co. #3, Echo Hose Co. #1 and the Pine Rock Co. #4 responded to the Shoreline Animal Hospital at #895 Bridgeport Avenue for smoke in the building. There was no fire. Firefighters found a ballast in an overhead light fixture was over heated. Two engines a rescue truck and the tower truck responded.

On 01/25/18 at 6:02 am the Echo Hose Co. #1 and the Pine Rock Co. #4 responded to a report by a passerby of a fire alarm sounding at the Helen DeVaux Housing Complex at #91 Howe Avenue. No alarm was found on the property. One unit responded.

On 01/25/18 at 9:45 am the Echo Hose Co. #1 and the Pine Rock Co. #4 responded to a fire alarm sounding at #175 South Constitution Boulevard. There was no fire. An engine responded.

On 01/25/18 at 5:59 pm the Huntington Co. #3 and the Echo Hose Co. #1 responded to a motor vehicle accident on Route 8 north bound near exit 12. Two engines and two rescue trucks responded

On 01/25/18 at 6:52 pm the Huntington Co. #3 and the Echo Hose Co. #1 responded to a report of an odor of natural gas in the area of 1001 Bridgeport Avenue. Two engines and a rescue truck responded.

On 01/25/18 at 8:17 pm the Echo Hose Co. #1 and the Pine Rock Co. #4 responded to a motor vehicle accident on Bridgeport Avenue near John Street. An engine and a rescue truck responded.

On 01/26/18 at 3:11 am the Echo Hose Co. #1 and the Pine Rock Co. #4 responded to a fire alarm sounding at #20 South Constitution Boulevard. There was no fire. An engine responded.

On 01/26/18 at 9:06 am the Huntington Co. #3, Echo Hose Co. #1 and the Pine Rock Co. #4 responded to the Hilton Garden Inn at #25 Old Stratford Road for a fire alarm sounding. There was no fire. Paint dust from construction caused the alarm. An engine and a tower truck responded.

On 01/26/17 at 10:17 am the Huntington Co. #3, Echo Hose Co. #1 and the White Hills Co. #5 responded to #65 Trap Falls Road for a fire alarm sounding. There was no fire. A fire alarm box was struck by a fork lift causing the alarm. An engine responded.

On 01/27/18 at 11:48 am the Huntington Co. #3 responded to #7 Princess Terrace for a fire in an oven. The fire was out upon arrival of fire units. An engine responded.

On 01/27/18 at 12:45 pm the Pine Rock Co. #4 responded to a motor vehicle accident on Ojibwa Trail. An engine and a rescue truck responded.

On 01/28/18 at 10:22 am the Echo Hose Co. #1 and the Huntington Co. #3 responded to a motor vehicle accident on Nells Rock Road. Two engines responded.

On 01/28/18 at 11:54 am the Pine Rock Co. #4 and the Echo Hose Co. #1 responded to #450 Long Hill Avenue for a fire alarm sounding. There was no fire. Smoke from cooking caused the alarm. An engine and a ladder truck responded.

On 01/28/18 at 1:20 pm the Pine Rock Co. #4 and the Echo Hose Co. #1 responded to #6 Netop Trail for an odor of gas. Nothing was found by firefighters. Two engines responded.

On 01/28/18 at 1:41 pm the Huntington Co. #3, Echo Hose Co. #1 and the White Hills Co. #5 responded to #917 Bridgeport Avenue for a fire alarm sounding. There was no fire. Three engines responded.

On 01/28/18 at 1:42 pm the Huntington Co. #3 and the White Hills Co. #5 responded to #15 Mohegan Road for a fire alarm sounding. There was no fire. Two engines responded.

On 01/29/18 at 3:01 am the Echo Hose Co. #1 responded to #101 Center Street to assist EMS with a patient. A rescue truck responded.

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