East Great Plain Fire Departments 75th Anniversary Parade. 08-11-18

East Great Plain Fire Departments, 75th Anniversary Parade was help on Saturday August 11th at 5pm, With luck about a 3 hr window of good weather decided to poke its head out this weekend of heavy rains. During the short dry spell, the parade kicked off at 5pm, about 20 mins after it was over the heaven opened up again. Below are a few photos, for the full set see Laddsphotos .

Danielson, 2nd Alarm 08-01-18

Around 12pm Danielson Fire with M/A, was dispatched for afire in a dwelling at 38 Kent St. Crews arrived to find heavy fire coming from an enclosed porch, extending rapidly into the main section of the home. Crew made entry and knocked down the fire on the main floor, but the fire in the attic eventually weakened the roof and command, withdrew companies and went defensive. Shortly after, crews reentered and opened up to search for hot spots. The fire is under investigation by the FMO.
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Taftville, 2nd Alarm 07-22-18

On Sunday 07/22/2018 at 19:03 hrs, Taftville was dispatched to a building fire at 33 Frank St. Members were in the station for a meeting at the time of the alarm and could see the smoke from the station. ET-21 and Tower-25 arrived within 2 minutes of the alarm to find fire involving the breezeway, extending up the rear to the 2nd floor. Attack lines were deployed and fire suppression began. Due to many factors such as weather, Poor hydrant pressure, Etc a 2nd alarm was requested by Chief Jencks, which brought Occum, Yantic, City Eng-2 and Mohegan Tribe into the scene. Due to this house being located on a hill with little hydrant pressure. Occum was instructed to lay a supply line from South B St into the scene and pump the water up the hill. The fire was knocked down in 20 minutes from time of alarm. One firefighter was treated and transported for a illness due to weather. The cause in under investigation.

(Information from Taftville Fire Department)