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May 6th, 2008-First Week Of May Proves Busy For Company 2

The first six days of May Company 2 was first in for two working fires, covered the Town of East Haven for a little over an hour while they battled a house fire in thier town, participated in a mutli-company drill, and responded on four other box assignments with two being small fires that were quickly contained, the third being electrical wires on the ground arcing threatening a house and starting a small brush fire and the last assigment was an oven fire which E2 was first in with C2 and Truck 1.  That fire was out on arrival.  E2 ran a total of 12 calls in these six days with a crew size of anywhere between 4 to 16 members.

Tuesday, May 6th, 2008-E2 Is First In For Second Time In A Week At Working Fire

At 1757 hrs, Branford Dispatch came on the air dispatching a Working Fire at the corner of Rogers St. & Meadow St.  E2 responded in less than a minute with a crew of 7.  As E2 pulled out, a large column of heavy black smoke could be seen in the sky.  E2 arrived first a minute later hooking up big to a hydrant right in front of the building.  Heavy fire was showing from an end unit  2 story condo.  The E2 crew quickly pulled the 2 1/2" handline and advanced through the front door knocking down heavy fire on the first floor.  E1's crew pulled a second line to the rear of the building knocking down fire on the outside.  While this was going on members of E1 & E2 pulled two more 1 3/4" handlines with one going into the exposure unit and another one going into the fire unit.  E2 also supplied water to E1.  The bulk of the fire was quickly knocked.  Guilford Fire arrived quickly with yet another impressive RIT team and set up thier Tower in the front and vented the building.  East Haven also arrived with thier Quint and put the ladder up to the D side of the building while Branford's Truck 1 laddered the rear.  All crews did another outstanding job at this fire.  Company 2 had a total of 16 members on scene.  You can see more photos at Beyond The Fire Line or Mary Johnson Photography.

 

upon arrival

E2 was first in

The rear of the condo

Saturday, May 3rd, 2008-E2 Is First In For Fire At Dutch Wharf Marina

At 2226 hrs a resident on Harbor St. had called in and reported seeing heavy fire possibly coming from the Dutch Wharf Marina which is off of Maple St.  So the box assignment was sent out.  E2 had a crew of six at the firehouse and responded within a minute.  E2 and Car 6 arrived first at the marina with nothing visible until they got to the backside of the marina where they found heavy fire showing from the D side of a 2 story woodframe boat storage building.  The E2 crew pulled a 2 1/2" and  1 3/4" handlines.  The crew got on the 2 1/2" and started hitting the fire off of tank water and made a great stop knocking most of the fire down before it spread to the rest of the building.  At this time E1 laid a feeder to E2, establishing a watersupply.  Upon Car 6 giving the 'working fire' E4 was added to the assignment and upon their arrival laid a second supply line down Harbor St. into a driveway on the D side of the building and pulling an 1 3/4" handline.  Crews then set up ladders opening everything up to check for extension and for extensive overhaul.  Units that operated on scene were E1, E2, E4, E7, E9, T1, R1.  Guilford Fire was on scene as the RIT team while East Haven Fire covered Branford.  All crews did an outstanding job at this fire.  Also two antique boats were saved.  E2 operated for approx. two hours.  Company 2 had a total of 12 members on scene.  More photos can be seen at Mary Johnson Photography.

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A view from inside the main building where the fire was stopped

A view from outside (the rightside of the picture is the part of the building that was heavily involved & the leftside is looking into the main part of the building in the picture above).

Sunday, April 27th, 2008-E2 On One Car Rollover With One Trapped

Today at 1501 hrs an MVA rollover was dispatched in the area of 21 Windmill Hill Rd.  E1 arrived with one vehicle on its side with one person still inside.  E2 was added to the assignment after this report at 1505 hrs.  E2 responeded within a minute with a crew of 4 with 2 more members showing up in pov's while Company 2's 1st Lt. took Rescue 1 with a crew of 4.  Crews did an outstanding job working quickly and extricating the victim in short time.  E2 and R1 stood by while the vehicle was uprighted and towed away.  E2 cleared the scene at 1651 hrs.

Saturday, April 26th, 2008-House Fire In Short Beach

At 0129 hours a working fire was dispatched for a house on Rockland Park Rd in the Short Beach section of town.  This is just a few houses up from where the Yale Boat House fire was around this time last year(check out April 2007 on the Archives Page).  Units arrived to find a fully involved deck with some extension into the first floor and basement and into the walls of a 2 1/2 story woodframe house.  Crews operated 3 1 3/4" handlines.  Units that responded were E1,E2,E4,E7,E9,T1,R1 and Car 6 had command with E5 covering town.  E4 was first in.  E2 responded witnin a few minutes and arrived as third due with 8 members on scene.  E2 personnel performed multiple tasks from pulling lines to extinguishing fire to extensive overhaul. All crews did a great job stopping the fire where they did.  E2 operated just over 2 hours.

April, 2008-Brush Fires Keep CT Firefighters Busy, Including Branford

Warm temps., low humidity, and no rain this month produced high fire danger for the State of CT.  There have been well over 200 brush fires in CT with most within a week between April 20th to April 26th.  Anywhere from small fires to 175 acre fires have burned in CT.  And Branford was not excluded, fighting mostly smaller brush fires around town.  The dry conditions also sparked the fire in the story below.  Click Here for video of WTNH doing the news story out of Branford with some pics of the incident stated below on Montowese St.

Here are a few pictures of Company 2 members hitting hot spots at a brush fire off Anchorage Farm Rd. on 4-25-08

 

Tuesday, April 15th, 2008-Company 2 Member Extinguishes Outside Fire

At 1217 hrs a sturucture fire was dispatched for Paul & Company Hair Salon on Montowese St.  It turned out to be a discarded cigerette that caught some shrubery on fire next to the building with some extension to the side of the building.  A Company 2 member was passing by in thier pov when the call was being dispatched and was first on scene.  The member then took a personal fire extinguisher and put the fire out before arrival of any units, minimizing extension and damage.  Crews from E1 and Truck 1 opened up the side of the biulding and checked inside for any further extension and cleared a light smoke condition in the basement.  E2 arrived on scene and was placed in service to cover town.  Company 2 also ran a water condition and an AFA for the day.

Friday, April 11th, 2008-Working Fire At A Mobile Gas Station

At 0518 hrs E2 responded with units from Stony Creek Co.5 and HQ units to Leetes Island Rd. for the working fire at the Mobile Gas Station.  While units were enroute the PD arrived and reported heavy fire showing.  First in units arrived and pulled an 1 3/4" handline and knocked the fire quickly.  E2 arrived shortly after and prepared to lay in from a secondary water source.  Soon after E2 cleared to cover the town while units picked up.  Click here for WTNH video news story.

Friday, April 4th, 2008-The Hose House Is Finished

The upstairs floor that is.  This week Company 2 members took everything off the floor so it could be refinished.   The Company will also be getting new furniture soon as well.