SHELTON VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT WEEKLY RESPONSES
Submitted by Fire Marshal James M. Tortora
On 05/12/20 at 9:53 am the Huntington Co. #3 and the White Hills Co. #5 responded to a fire alarm activation at #38 Canfield Drive. There was no fire. An engine and a ladder truck responded.
On 05/12/20 at 9:25 pm the Echo Hose Co. #1 and the Huntington Co. #3 responded to a report of a motor vehicle fire accident route 8 north bound at exit 14. An engine and a rescue truck responded.
On 05/12/20 at 9:27 pm the Echo Hose Co. #1 and the Huntington Co. #3 responded to a report of a motor vehicle fire accident route 8 north bound at exit 12. An engine and a rescue truck responded.
On 05/13/20 at 10:31 am the Huntington Co. #3 and the Echo Hose Co. #1 responded to Buddington Road at Grace Lane for a small fuel spill. A rescue truck and a utility truck responded.
On 05/13/20 at 2:19 pm the Huntington Co. #3 and the Echo Hose Co. #1 responded to the Extended Stay America Hotel at #945 Bridgeport Avenue for a small brush fire. Two engines responded.
On 05/13/20 at 12:11 pm the Echo Hose Co. #1 and the White Hills Co. #5 responded to a fire alarm activation a the Sinsabaugh Heights Housing Complex at #187 Meadow Street. There was no fire. Smoke from cooking caused the alarm. An engine and the tower truck responded.
On 05/13/20 at 2:49 pm the Huntington Co. #3, Echo Hose Co. #1 and the Pine Rock Co. #4 responded to smoke in the building at #100 Beard Saw Mill Road. There was no fire. Smoke from cooking was the cause. An engine and the tower truck responded.
On 05/14/20 at 6:55 am the Echo Hose Co. #1 and the Pine Rock Co. #4 responded to #2 Ivy Brook Road for a fire alarm activation. There was no fire. The alarm was accidentally transmitted during a test of the fire sprinkler system. Two units responded.
On 05/14/20 at 11:14 am the Pine Rock Co. #4 responded to a motor vehicle accident on Long Hill Avenue at Wintergreen Lane. An engine responded.
On 05/14/20 at 1:18 pm the Echo Hose Co. #1 and the Pine Rock Co. #4 responded to the Ripton at #423 Howe Avenue for a fire alarm activation. There was no fire. An engine and a ladder truck responded.
On 05/14/20 at 1:37 pm the Echo Hose Co. #1 and the Pine Rock Co. #4 responded to the Talalay Industries at #510 River Road for a fire alarm activation. There was no fire. An engine and a ladder truck responded.
On 05/15/20 at 1:10 pm the Echo Hose Co. #1 and the Pine Rock Co. #4 responded to the Talalay Industries at #510 River Road for a fire alarm activation. There was no fire. An engine and a ladder truck responded.
On 05/15/20 at 4:56 pm the Echo Hose Co. #1 and the Pine Rock Co. #4 responded to #22 Orchard Street for an odor of natural gas. An engine responded.
On 05/15/20 at 6:07 pm the Echo Hose Co. #1, White Hills Co. #5 and the Huntington Co. #3 responded to electrical wires on fire on the outside of a home at #68 Wheeler Street. Upon arrival firefighters found the power lines from the utility pole to the home were on fire. Firefighters awaited arrival of power company repairmen to extinguish the fire. Damage was confined to the outside of the home. Two engines, a rescue truck and a ladder truck responded.
On 05/15/20 at 6:17 pm the White Hills Co. #5 and the Huntington Co. #3 responded to fire alarm activation at #36 Beardsley Road. There was no fire. An engine responded.
On 05/16/20 at 8:36 am the Huntington Co. #3 and the White Hills Co. #5 responded to #70 Fairlane Drive for a fire alarm activation. There was no fire. An engine and a ladder truck responded.
On 05/16/20 at 7:13 pm the Echo Hose Co. #1 and the Pine Rock Co. #4 responded to a motor vehicle accident on Bridgeport Avenue at the route 8 exit 13 south bound off ramp. An engine and a rescue truck responded.
On 05/17/20 at 10:10 am the Echo Hose Co. #1 responded to the Merion Riverwalk Apartments at #185 Canal Street for a carbon monoxide alarm activation. An engine responded.
On 05/17/20 at 12:58 pm the Echo Hose Co. #1 and the White Hills Co. #5 responded to a fire alarm activation a the Sinsabaugh Heights Housing Complex at #187 Meadow Street. There was no fire. Smoke from cooking caused the alarm. An engine and the tower truck responded.
On 05/17/20 at 4:58 pm the Echo Hose Co. #1 and the Pine Rock Co. #4 responded to a motor vehicle accident on Nells Rock Road. A rescue truck responded.
On 05/17/20 at 6:14 pm the Echo Hose Co. #1 and the Pine Rock Co. #4 responded to a motor vehicle accident on Coram Avenue at White Street. A rescue truck responded.
On 05/17/20 at 7:34 pm the Huntington Co. #3 responded to the area of Mimosa Lane fore smoke in the area. The smoke was from a fire pit being used in the area. An engine responded.
