Waterford companies was dispatched to the Crystal mall, on arrival they found a active fire in the kitchen ventilation system in the food court. Crew knocked knocked down the interior fire as the truck made the roof. With the sprinkler system activated the fire was confined to the vent system. The fire was under control in about 15 mins. M/A from New London responded.
Bozrah fire and M/A was dispatched at 14:15 to 21 Stanton RD for a dwelling fire, Et-126 and car 126 arrived to find an 2 story dwelling with fire showing on the "B" side wood chimney 1st floor to roof line. Et-126 stretched a 1.75 inch handline and knocked the main body of fire down then stretched in to check for extension, which none was found. Crews from Yantic and Colchester assisted in searching and overhauling while other crews set up water supply. The fire was under control in a few minutes.
Norwich fire Dispatched Laurel Hill and Norwich FDs to the area of the former state hospital for a possible building fire. After searching the 300 acre land mass, they found a vacant 2 store dwelling on the back side of the hill, well involved. With limited access and the building collapsing they took a controlled burn posture. NFI at this time.
Around 1:pm 1-28-23, Bozrah Fire Department and heavy M/A responded to Schwarts Rd for a commercial building fire. These are condition on Arrival, of a 400ft long barn.
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Taftville
Ct, 12 Prentice Street, around 19:20 the original call was for a
motorcycle explosion, to the rear, possible structure fire. PD arrived
and gave fully involved, Car 2 then arrived to find fire showing from
one room and the rear of the dwelling. Eng 21 then arrived and stretched
in and began fire attack. The main body of fire was knocked down in a
short time. Moderate fire damage to the dwelling. NFI at this time.
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Engine 2 (reserve engine) as the crew stretched in, the pump failed. At the time Engine 21 was arriving and changed to first due operations, The original hand line was relocated to E-21s pump. During this time, Tower 25 and Truck 1 arrived.
Car 2 while en-route requested the 2nd alarm, which added Yantic Engine 33, Rescue 3, Occum Engine 41 &42 and Mohegan Tribe as FAST.
As Engine 33 arrived conditions were deteriorating, the driver of eng-33 laid-out from tower 1 up the road to the hydrant. The crew was staged along with Rescue 3s crew.
Several hand-lines had been stretched into the building, over the next few minutes conditions continued to worsen. The first in crew had just exited the building, as a mayday was heard by some of the fire ground crews, but not all. Command was able to make contact, with the firefighter Eng-2. FAST was activated and was heading to the front door to make access to the 2nd floor, at that time the firefighter from Engine 2 was noticed on the B side 2nd floor middle windows, breaking out the glass, by Car 38. He directed Rescue 3s crew to grab the ladders from the ground and place them to the window. As they secured the first ladder, the firefighter started his bailout. He was able to do and head first bail, and flip around. He bailed with no injuries, and after medial cleared him on scene, he returned to his crew. In all training, was the key to a successful rescue.
During this, Fire vented from the roof then a few minutes later rear of the building. Command had evacuated the building and the fire went defensive. This incident is under review, as the cause is under investigation. A fuller report can be found online @ NorthEast Squad Concepts.
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During the fire it was raining and in the photos, I have some water spots.
Mystic Ct, November 27, 2022. A recent 4 alarm fire at a marina complex fire the buildings, covered an area about 300'x200', with one dwelling on the corner of the lot, One section was well involved at the time of dispatch, With winds between 10-30mph and heavy rain. The fire threaten the residential area 150ft away. First due companies were confronted with fire storm conditions and set up exposure protection on several streets, the fire quickly consumed the buildings in less then 40 mins. Arriving companies had one main direction to get close to the building and that was filled with blowing embers bouncing off every exposure for a block. The first pump to the rear of the building was Marine unit , once crews made access to the boat which was docked 200ft from the original fire building they began operating, then the marine unit relocated to a 2nd location on the D side of the complex, the marine unit supplied, 2 deck monitors and a 5" supply line to a ladder pipe for several hours. Crews remained on the scene all night. This was the largest fire in town in 20 years and this area has had several major fires over the last 150 years.
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Early photo, Unknown Photographer.
Around 09:10, New
London, fire responded to Mott St for a dwelling fire, They arrived to
find 2 Dwellings well involved with a 3rd lighting off. Command
requested a, 2nd and shortly later a 3rd alarm. With fire conditions,
and wind coming off the sound, crews worked to contain the fire to the
original 3 dwellings, a portable
monitor was placed into service on the main building and exposure D,
along with several hand-lines from all sides, as the tower ladder was
placed into operation.
Command directed companies to work the different exposures to bring the
fire under control. The primary fire building, collapsed about and hr
and half into the
fire. Crews overhauled the exposures, due to being on the mouth of the
Thames river, crews dealt with Hurricane windows as the vented the
dwellings, this hindered some operation in the first mins as they were
discovered. After about 2 hrs the fire was under control. Minor damage
to a few other exposure buildings was noticed. In all about 6 engine and
5 ladders with support vehicles responded.
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33 Pequot road, Connecticut Scrap Yard. Metal scrap pile, Yard Fire. Around 6am, Montville and all town departments was dispatched to Connecticut scrap yard for the reported fire, on arrival of M-1 the top of the metal scrap pile was heavily involved extending rapidly, A request for a tanker taskforce was requested along with and extra ladder and engines.
As long distance water supply was established, the fire spreed to a 100x100 ft area, and now was deep seated in the pile. Command requested extra alarms for tanker which brought in a total of 14. Water supply was delivered by a 1500'+ lay from a hydrant, 2 draft lines from the river about 500' away, and two fill sites approximate 1.5 miles away. One was from a dry hydrant and the 2nd was a city water supply system.
Crews worked the incident from about 14hrs. over the course of the fire, the tankers averaged around 60,000 -90,000 gallons each.
Nov 11, 2022. Lebanon Ct, Scott Hill Rd and Rt-2 commuter lot. Fully involved car fire, parked in the lot. Dispatched around 22:15, Lebanon, Bozrah and Colchester for the tanker. responded, Due to the location this is a multi department response.
New London Ct, W/F 611 Ocean Ave
New London FD received call for smoke coming from a window. First due found smoke from the OMD, and upgraded the assignment. Once the first crew made entry a working fire was declared. Crew found the main body of fire and had it under control in a few minutes. NFI
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