SHELTON VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT
WEEKLY RESPONSES
Submitted by Fire Marshal James M Tortora
On 11/15/21 at 8:56 am the Echo Hose H & L Co. #1 and the Pine Rock Park Co. #4 responded with an engine and a rescue truck to a motor vehicle accident, vehicle off the road and struck a house, at #321 River Road.
On 11/15/21 at 4:12 pm the Huntington Co. #3 and the White Hills Co. #5 responded with two engines and a ladder truck to a fire alarm activation at #28 Walnut Tree Hill Road. There was no fire. Smoke from cooking caused the alarm.
On 11/15/21 at 9:57 pm the Huntington Co. #3 and the Echo Hose H & L Co. #5 responded with an engine and a ladder truck to TJ Maxx at #865 Bridgeport Avenue for a fire alarm activation. There was no fire.
On 11/15/21 at 10:25 pm the Echo Hose H & L Co. #1 responded with an engine to assist police with a disabled vehicle on Bridgeport Avenue and Access Road.
On 11/17/21 at 7:59 pm the Echo Hose H & L Co. #1, Pine Rock Park Co. #4 and the Huntington Co. #3 responded with three engines and a rescue truck to a motor vehicle fire at the Oak Ridge Waste and Recycling Plant at #90 Oliver Terrace.
On 11/18/21 at 6:45 am the Huntington Co. #3 and the ECHO Hose h & L Co. #1 responded with an engine to a motor vehicle accident on Shelton Avenue at Aspetuck Trail.
On 11/18/21 at 6:47 am the Huntington Co. #3 and the White Hills Co. #5 responded to the area of #175 Isinglass Road for a utility pole on fire.
On 11/18/21 at 8:57 am the Echo Hose H & L Co. #1, Pine Rock Park Co. #4 and the Huntington Co. #3 responded with an engine and a rescue truck to an odor of natural gas in the building at the Marketplace Plaza at #395 Bridgeport Avenue. Firefighters checked numerous occupancies in the plaza and found the gas odor was from the kitchen stoves in Taco Co.
On 11/18/21 at 10:14 am the Huntington Co. #3 and the Echo Hose H & L Co. #1 responded with an engine and a rescue truck on Commerce Drive.
On 11/18/21 at 11:59 am the Huntington Co. #3 and the White Hills Co. #5 responded with an engine to #48 Applewood Drive for a fire alarm activation.
On 11/19/21 at 7:45 am 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. Firefighters worked to free a person trapped in a large dump truck that had rolled over onto its side.
On 11/19/21 at 9:17 pm the Echo Hose H & L Co. #1 responded with a unit to the area of #185 Kneen Street for an unknown alarm sounding.
On 11/19/21 at 9:32 pm the White Hills Co. #5, Huntington Co. #3 and the Echo Hose H & L Co. #1 responded with an engine and a ladder truck to #26 Stendahl Drive for smoke in the house. Food from cooking was the cause.
On 11/20/21 at 6:23 am the Echo Hose H & L Co. #1 and the Pine Rock Park Co. #4 responded with two engines to #403 Papere Ridge for a carbon monoxide alarm activation.
On 11/20/21 at 12:16 pm the Huntington Co. #3, Echo Hose H & L Co. #1, Pine Rock Park Co. #4 and the White Hills Co. #5 responded with three engines and a ladder truck to a fire alarm activated at the BrightView Shelton Complex at #30 Beard Saw Mill Road. There was no fire.
On 11/20/21 at 4:54 pm the Huntington Co. #3 and the Echo Hose H & L Co. #1 responded with two engines to a fire alarm activated at #1000 Bridgeport Avenue. There was no fire.
On 11/20/21 at 8:46 pm the Echo Hose H & L Co. #1 and the Pine Rock Park Co. #4 responded with an engine and a rescue truck to #11 Golec Avenue for an odor investigation.
On 11/21/21 at 10:14 am the Pine Rock Park Co. #4 responded with an engine to a diesel fuel leak in the road in the area of #21 Algonkin Road.
On 11/21/21 at 10:41 am 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 Hilton Garden Inn at #25 Old Stratford Road. There was no fire.
On 11/22/21 at 01:27 am 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.
