Fire Reports | May 10-17, 2018
The dispatchers at the Newtown Emergency Communications Center at Town Hall South, 3 Main Street, report the following fire calls and the responders:
Thursday, May 10: No calls listed.
Friday, May 11: No calls listed.
Saturday, May 12: 3:29 pm, medical assist, I-84, Sandy Hook responded; 8:23 pm, alarm. 23 Hanover Road, Hook andamp; Ladder responded; 8:50 pm, alarm, 4 Crosswind Court, Hawleyville responded.
Sunday, May 13: 7:42 am, alarm, 4 Dylan Drive, Hawleyville responded; 5:29 pm, medical assist, Pecks Lane, Botsford responded; 7:56 pm, motor vehicle accident, Berkshire Road/Old Mill Road, Sandy Hook responded.
Monday, May 14: 11:11 am, motor vehicle accident, reported as intersection of Riverside Road and Philo Curtis Road (found at Riverside and Narragansett Trail), Sandy Hook responded; 2:24 pm, mutual aid call to Monroe, rapid intervention team responded; 7:02 pm, public service, 3 Appleblossom Lane, Hook andamp; Ladder responded; 10:27 pm, alarm, 55 Bears Hill Road, Botsford responded.
Tuesday, May 15: 9:16 am, public service, Main Street flagpole, Hook andamp; Ladder covered; 9:28 am, medical assist, I-84, Hook andamp; Ladder responded; 10:19 am, motor vehicle accident, near 151 South Main Street, Botsford responded; 11:30 am, alarm, 103 Poverty Hollow Road, Dodgingtown responded; 1:10 pm, initial report of a structure fire which was actually an electrical problem, 124 South Main Street, Hook andamp; Ladder, Sandy Hook, Botsford and Hawleyville responded, 1:39 pm, alarm, 1000 Brookside Court, Hawleyville and Hook andamp; Ladder responded. NOTE: Between 4:50 pm and 11:58 pm, dispatchers received 155 calls for help from the public, about 145 of which involved reports of wires down due to a severe storm. All five volunteer fire companies responded to calls in their respective fire districts.
Wednesday, May 16: Dispatchers received an additional 45 calls for help on May 16, the large majority of which involved additional wires down due to the severe storm. The fire companies responded to the calls in their respective fire districts.
Thursday, May 17: 5:05 am, alarm, 35 Horseshoe Ridge Road, Sandy Hook responded.