First In






I welcome you to my blog site; I hope to show you the fire service in NLC in some interesting events. During the next few years, I will improve on the content and photos to keep you coming back for more. I take pride in my photography and try my best to be first in when possible. The majority of the photos will be from the Norwich companies & surrounding area departments, but sometimes I Buff out of state cities for a change of pace.



As of late I have missed or worked a lot of the incidents. I have a great support group of Photographers to help the site keep up with all the incidents. There are too many to list, So thanks for your support. Thanks for visiting and enjoy .RD Ladd



As of July 2017, my site has had 319000 hits thanks for viewing. If you keep coming I will keep posting. First time visitors for older post click on the month links right side.



Remember: I'm not able to make every major event, so if you get some photos or video and would like to share them, please contact me @ laddr68@yahoo.com



If your interested in viewing all of the incident photos or purchasing a photo That I have taken click here.



This site will work with mobile devices.






Saturday, April 30, 2022

New London Ct, 3rd alarm with extra call. 04-30-22

 New London Ct, 3rd alarm with extra call.Around 9:30am. Initial call was for 65 Fuller St for a dwelling fire, First due Battalion, found 2 Dwellings on fire. Engine 2 arrived and started fire attack, A 200 and Truck 2, followed. Command requested a 2nd alarm, then a General alarm. The street was a dead end and limited apparatus access to the street. A-1 requested a 3rd alarm fairly quick. The incoming engines, laid several supply lines into Fuller street. Due to high winds and a gas fed fire, conditions deteriorated and commanded evacuated the dwellings. During the defensive operations, a brush fire started across the street in the wooded area, command requested a extra alarm for this exposure fire. Crews worked for about a hour with the heavy fire conditions, as extra companies arrived and boosted the water pressure conditions improved. Heavy damage to 2 dwellings and about 1+ acres of woods burned. The fire in under investigation. My photos are about 30 mins into the incident.

 More photos @ Laddsphotos



Side B, Exposure building





Embers from the dwelling fires, started a small brush fire across the street to The High-rise housing, an Extra alarm was requested for this fire.