Echo Hose Hook & Ladder Co.1

At 1136hrs companies 1,4 & 5 were dispatched to 40 Woonsocket Ave for a structure fire. Car 6 (Wilson) arrived with smoke showing. Engine 2 arrived, stretched a line and quickly knocked down a deck fire with some extension into the house. Command held Engine 2 and Ladder 1 to check for extension. Units cleared 1 hour later.

At 20:03hrs Engine 2 was requested to 44 Emmett Ave in Derby for a working fire. Derby units found a 2.5 story wood with fire in the attic and made a quick knock down. Engine 2 arrived onscene and once the incident was placed under control proceeded to cover Derby company 2

At 1720hrs companies 1, 5 & 4 were dispatched to 273 Canal Street for a structure fire. Engine 2 and Tower 7 arrived and found a set fire on the 2nd floor of an abandoned building. The small fire was quickly placed under control and the police department and FM officer are investigating.

At 1035hrs companies were dispatched to River Rd in the area of South Constitution Blvd for a motor vehicle accident. Engine 2 arrived and found a a 2 car accident with patient still in the vehicle. The crew forced open the drivers door to removed the patient. Two patients were transported to the hospital by Echo Hose EMS

At 16:33hrs companies 3 & 1 were dispatched to Route 8 North in the area of exit 11 for a car vs tree with possible entrapment. Both companies arrived finding a car wrapped around the tree with 1 patient trapped. Crews deployed cutters and spreaders removing both drivers side doors and the "B" post extricating the patient in 10 minutes. The patient was in critical condition at the time of transport to the hospital.

 

Units onscene- Engine 35, Engine 2, Squad 30, Squad 5, Echo Hose EMS

At 14:45hrs company 5 was dispatched to Route 110 @ Maple Ave for a reported gas leak. Engine 52 quickly arrived finding a severed 6 inch gas line with heavy gas venting from the street and requested an engine from company 1. Engine 2 arrived and hit a hydrant and stretched a line. Crews evacuated a nearby gas station, shopping center and several homes. The leak was contained in 1 hour

Members intersted in conducting a walk-through of the renovated school for 5th & 6th graders on Perry Hill Rd are invited for the following date and times:

Thursday, August 26th

Daytime: 0900 hrs

Evening: 1900 hrs

Apparatus are requested to assemble in the front parking lot and then we will go in as a group. Any questions contact a company line officer.

At 2024hrs Companies 3 & 1 were dispatched to Route 8 North between exit 12-13 for a car fire. Engine 2 arrived and found a vehicle well involved. The crew stretched a line and quickly extinguished the fire. Engine 35 was also onscene and assisted. Car 6 (Wilson)  had command

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At 19:36hrs Company 1 was dispatched to the City of Derby to a structure fire on MT. Pleasant Street. Tower 7 and Car 6 (Wilson) arrived and found heavy fire in 2 1/2 story wood frame with exposure problems. Crews started an interior attack and the fire quickly traveled from the 2nd floor up through the roof. Crews were pulled out temporily to hit the heavy fire and quickly re-entered to complete extinguishment. Multiple lines were stretched and the bulk of the fire was knocked down in 1 hour. Derby and Shelton units were onscene hitting hot spots until around 22:00hrs. Ansonia responded as the RIT. One firefighter was transported to the hospital for smoke inhalation and no other injuries were reported.

 

 

Link to story with video and pictures

 

http://valley.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/fire_in_derby2/

Shelton Voters To Weigh In On Fire Truck Purchases

by Kate Ramunni | Jul 28, 2010 10:07 pm - Valley Independent Sentinel

They’re older than many of the volunteer firefighters who drive them.

That was the message Shelton Fire Department officials had for the Board of Aldermen Tuesday when a small contingent attended the board’s special meeting to appeal for the funds to buy four new trucks – two rescue trucks, a pumper and a ladder truck.

After listening to their plea, city officials vowed Tuesday to work overtime to get a referendum question on the Nov. 2 ballot asking to approve more than $3 million for the trucks.

The four trucks – one 24 years old, two more than 25 years old and the fourth 33 years old — would actually replace six that are currently in use, Fire Chief Fran Jones said.

Four trucks would be retired for good, he said, while two others, both built in the early 1990s, would be placed on stand-by status.

“Some of my firefighters driving these trucks weren’t even born when they were made,” Jones said.

And every year when the trucks are sent for mandated certification, it’s always feared that they will fail, he said.

“We are still making it,” Jones said, “but every year when they come back we’re scared they won’t meet the standards.”

Because of the amount of money involved, residents must approve the purchase at a referendum, according to the City Charter.

The trucks are one of several items that need upgrading, Jones said.

“We have many needs in the department, and we are taking it one step at a time,” he said.

(Click on the video at left to see a promotional video from the Echo Hose Co.)

Some of the steps are small, Jones said, like the recent order placed for 75 sets of fire gear.

The apparatus upgrades are one of the larger – and most expensive steps, he said, but is necessary for the protection of both the public and the firefighters.

And there’s other needs that should be addressed, he said, such as replacement of air packs that are so old they will soon be considered obsolete.

The air packs provide oxygen to firefighters while inside a burning building.

“In three years, [the Shelton department’s] air packs will be at the end of their life cycle,” Jones said, “and the cylinders will be
considered obsolete.”

It’s all part of the department’s capital improvement plan, Fire Commissioner Bruce Kosowsky said, but it has become more difficult to implement since the ordinance mandating a replacement fund for such purchases was eliminated.

Initially the board, led by chairman John Anglace, appeared to favor postponing the vehicle purchase until more details were available, but by the end of the presentation, they vowed to work to get the proposal before the voters in November.

“We will hold a special meeting and do whatever we have to in order to pull this together,” Anglace said.

Link to article on the Valley Independant Sentinel:

http://valley.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/shelton_fire_department_wants_4_new_trucks/