
SHELTON — SHELTON VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT WEEKLY RESPONSES
Submitted by Fire Marshal James M. Tortora
On 11/17/20 at 5:03 pm the Echo Hose Co. #1 and the Pine Rock Co. #4 responded with an engine and a rescue truck to a motor vehicle accident on Bridgeport Avenue near Old Bridgeport Avenue.
On 11/18/20 at 00:13 am the Huntington Co. #3 and the Echo Hose Co. #1 responded with an engine and a rescue truck to a motor vehicle accident on route 8 north bound near exit 13.
On 11/18/20 at 12:30 am the Echo Hose Co. #1 responded with an engine to a report of power lines down on a bus at the school bus lot on Riverdale Avenue. Firefighters found the wires were cable wires not power lines.
On 11/18/20 at 2:13 pm the Huntington Co. #3 and the Echo Hose Co. #1 responded with an engine and a rescue truck to the Mark Apartments at #740 Bridgeport Avenue for a report of an odor of natural gas outside.
On 11/19/20 at 02:21 am the Pine Rock Co. #4 and the Echo Hose Co. #1 were dispatched to assist EMS at #115 Old Mill Road. Fire units were cancelled shortly thereafter.
On 11/19/20 at 3:36 pm the Echo Hose Co. #1 responded with an engine to the area of #39 Birch Street for an open burn.
On 11/20/20 at 12:45 pm the Echo Hose Co. #1 and the Pine Rock Co. #4 responded with an engine to a brush fire on Riverdale Avenue.
On 11/21/20 at 10:32 am the Pine Rock Co. #4 responded with an engine to a brush fire pm Agawam Trail.
On 11/21/20 at 12:43 pm the Echo Hose Co. #1 and the White Hills Co. #5 responded with two engines to a fire alarm activation at #E36 Beardsley Road. There was no fire.
On 11/21/20 at 6:30 pm the Echo Hose Co. #1 and the White Hills Co. #5 responded with an engine and a ladder truck to a fire alarm activation at #470 Howe Avenue. There was no fire.
On 11/21/20 at 9:51 pm the White Hills Co. #5 responded with a ladder truck to a mutual aid call to #17 Behrens Terrace in Monroe.
On 11/22/20 at 1:59 pm the Echo Hose Co. #1 and the Pine Rock Co. #4 responded with an engine and a ladder truck to a fire alarm activation at the Helen DeVaux Housing Complex at #91 Howe Avenue. There was no fire.
On 11/22/20 at 9:27 pm the Huntington Co. #3 responded with a unit to #88 Tuckahoe Drive for a public service call.
On 11/22/20 at 9:44 pm the Echo Hose Co. #1 and the Pine Rock Co. #4 responded with an engine and a ladder truck to a fire alarm activation at the Cedar Village at Carroll’s Condominiums at #320 Howe Avenue. There was no fire. Smoke from cooking caused the alarm.