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Fire Reports | November 22-30, 2016

Published: Dec 01, 2016 12:00 am

The two-way radio dispatchers working at the Newtown Emergency Communications Center located in Town Hall South at 3 Main Street report the following fire calls and the responders:

Wednesday, November 23: 4:57 pm, alarm, 16 Paugussett Road, Sandy Hook responded; 5 pm, motor vehicle accident, intersection of Sugar Street and Key Rock Road, Dodgingtown responded; 6:16 pm, odor of gas indoors, 67 High Rock Road, Botsford responded.

Thursday, November 24: 7:28 am, alarm, 34 Taunton Hill Road, Hawleyville responded; 3:21 pm, alarm, 115 Church Hill Road, Sandy Hook and Hook & Ladder responded.

Friday, November 25: 9:42 am, medical assist, Sunny View Terrace, Sandy Hook responded; 10:50 am, alarm, 2 Shut Road, Dodgingtown responded; 6 pm, investigation, 8 Silver Brook Lane, Botsford responded.

Saturday, November 26: 8:36 am, motor vehicle accident, near 151 South Main Street, Botsford responded; 10:12 am, alarm, 16 Quarry Ridge Road, Sandy Hook responded; 12:31 pm, motor vehicle accident, near 57 Berkshire Road, Sandy Hook responded; 7:06 pm, motor vehicle accident, Bennetts Bridge Road near Jeremiah Road, Sandy Hook responded.

Sunday, November 27: 1 am, initial report of a structure fire which was actually a furnace problem, 14 Serene Way, Sandy Hook, Botsford, Dodgingtown, and Hook & Ladder responded; 9:37 am, medical assist, Botsford Hill Road, Botsford responded; 12:09 pm, public service, 15 Rowledge Pond Road, Botsford responded; 1:03 pm, illegal burn/outdoor fire, near 39 Swamp Road, Botsford responded; 1:41 pm, medical assist, Mt Pleasant Road, Hawleyville responded; 2:01 pm, vehicle fire, near 13 Lazybrook Road, Botsford responded (see photo with this post).

Monday, November 28: 1:26 am, medical assist, Elana Lane, Sandy Hook responded; 9:09 am, medical assist, Echo Valley Road, Hook & Ladder responded; 9:58 am, public service, 92 Church Hill Road, Sandy Hook responded; 12:02 pm, alarm, 59 Scudder Road, Dodgingtown responded; 4:08 pm, alarm, 11 Brandywine Lane, Sandy Hook responded; 8:37 pm, medical assist, Winter Ridge Road, Sandy Hook responded.

Tuesday, November 29: 12:40 pm, initial report of a structure fire which was actually a malfunctioning light switch, 35 Buttonball Drive, Sandy Hook, Botsford, Hawleyville, and Hook & Ladder responded; 1 pm, wires down, near 9 Grays Plain Road, Sandy Hook responded; 1:49 pm, vehicle fire, I-84, Hawleyville and Hook & Ladder responded; 2:02 pm, odor of gas indoors, 23 Barnabas Road, Hawleyville and Hook & Ladder responded; 2:49 pm, motor vehicle accident, near 17 Oakview Road, Sandy Hook responded; 3:22 pm, alarm, 5 Queen Street, Hook & Ladder responded; 5:11 pm, hazardous condition, near intersection of Mt Pleasant Road and The Old Road, Hook & Ladder responded; 6:03 pm, medical assist, Bresson Farm Road, Sandy Hook responded.

Wednesday, November 30: 8:24 am, motor vehicle accident, I-84, Hawleyville, Sandy Hook, and Hook & Ladder responded; 9:57 am, medical assist, Huntingtown Road, Botsford responded; 2:33 pm, motor vehicle accident, I-84, Sandy Hook responded; 6:18 pm, medical assist, Elizabeth Circle, Sandy Hook responded; 10 pm, wires down, near 5 Pebble Road, Botsford responded.

A Botsford Fire Rescue firefighter sprays water on the engine of a classic 1969 Ford Mustang Cobra that was destroyed by an accidental fire at a residential property on Lazybrook Road at about 2 pm on Sunday, November 27. There were no injuries in the incident. An equipment malfunction caused the engine to ignite, according to Acting Fire Marshal Rich Frampton. (Botsford Fire Rescue photo)

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Hey, there you go! Richard solved it. Thanks, that seems so easy- we'll just get rid of the 2nd amendment and the Supreme Court. Seriously, the 2nd amendment doesn't create violent criminals or mental illness. The Supreme Court doesn't create violent criminals or mental illness. The problem is not the tools, but the criminals & the mental illness. The state of Connecticut seems to be focused on the tools, like Richard, while ignoring the users of those tools.

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Ned, please familarize yourself with 8-30G, and then please share the unique flaws that may be helpful in formulating a denial An 8-30g project can be denied only on very narrow grounds – i.e., if it presents health, safety or other concerns that exceed a town’s need for affordable housing. According to the TOG website, “projects cannot be rejected for incompatibility with a Town’s Plan of Conservation and Development (POCD); density; traffic congestion; height; aesthetics; concerns of neighbors or the community; and failure to comply with local zoning regulations.” 8-30g proposals are rarely denied by planning and zoning officials because the burden of proof on appeal is on the town. Appeals are costly, but a municipality can be successful in a court case if it has sufficiently established that the concerns leading to denial are factual and substantive.

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The town should certainly measure its performance against the statewide strategies. Unless I missed it I only know of one small cluster of homes that would meet the affordable housing program. Given the 500 or so new units being added in the last 10 years I think that 4/500 would not meet the metric to allow for a moratorium. I mean, fingers crossed for a Christmas miracle but I suspect we will see a few 8-30's sent our way in a method to avoid the Nimby mob. Thanks, Nimby mob.

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