Fire Reports | August 16-August 23, 2023

Published: Aug 28, 2023 7:00 am

Wednesday, August 16: 5:31 am, tree/wires down, Botsford Hill/Toddy Hill Road, Botsford responded; 7:35 am, medical assistance, Alpine Drive, Sandy Hook responded; 8:01 am, smoke/odor investigation, Mt Pleasant/Reservoir Road, Hook & Ladder responded; 9:47 am, fire alarm, 27 Chestnut Hill Road, Sandy Hook and Botsford responded; 9:59 am, fire alarm, 23 Clearview Drive, Botsford and Sandy Hook responded; 4:22 pm, motor vehicle accident, Main Street/Church Hill Road, Hook & Ladder and Sandy Hook responded.

Thursday, August 17: 8:27 pm, smoke/odor investigation, 19 Longview Terrace, Sandy Hook responded; 8:58 pm, motor vehicle accident, 7 Mt Pleasant Road, Hook & Ladder responded.

Friday, August 18: 5:55 am, fire alarm, 83 Berkshire Road, Sandy Hook responded; 6:01 am, cover assignment, 67 Birchwood Road, Botsford and Sandy Hook responded; 6:43 am, service call, 21 Indian Hill Lane, Sandy Hook responded; 8:24 am, medical assist, Riverside Road/Center Street, Sandy Hook responded; 12:55 pm, medical assistance, Clearview Drive, Botsford responded; 1:36 pm, motor vehicle accident, 17 Currituck Road, Hook & Ladder responded; 2:36 pm, motor vehicle accident, South Main Street/Sugar Street, Hook & Ladder responded; 7:47 pm, fire alarm, 95 Boggs Hill Road, Dodgingtown and Hook & Ladder responded; 11:32 pm, CO alarm, 43 Hoseye Coach Road, Botsford responded; 11:34 pm, fire alarm, 214 Sugar Street, Dodgingtown responded.

Saturday, August 19: 1:05 am, motor vehicle accident, Glen Road/Riverside Road, Sandy Hook responded; 7:48 am, vehicle fire, Interstate 84 West Exits 13 & 11, Sandy Hook responded; 10:19 pm, medical assistance, Cedar Hill, Hook & Ladder responded; 12:44 pm, vehicle fire, 55 Sugar Street, Hook & Ladder responded; 3:48 pm, fire alarm, 105 Church Hill Road, Sandy Hook responded; 8:53 pm, appliance malfunction, 16 Johnny Appleseed Drive, Sandy Hook and Botsford responded.

Sunday, August 20: 2:33 am, fire alarm, 16 Taunton Lake Drive, Hook & Ladder and Hawleyville responded; 4:15 pm, vehicle fire, Interstate 84 West Exits 10 & 9, Hook & Ladder responded; 4:22 pm, cover assignment, 243 Krueger Drive, Hook & Ladder responded; 9:51 pm, medical assistance, Interstate 84 West Exits 10 & 9, Hook & Ladder responded.

Monday, August 21: 8:40 am, medical assistance, South Main Street, Botsford responded; 12:51 pm, motor vehicle accident, Interstate 84 East Exit 11 on-ramp, Sandy Hook and Hook & Ladder responded; 8:20 pm, medical assistance, Toddy Hill Road, Sandy Hook responded.

Tuesday, August 22: 9:22 am, fire alarm, 139 Toddy Hill Road, Botsford, Hook & Ladder, and Sandy Hook responded; 4:31 pm, smoke/odor investigation, 37 Mt Pleasant Road, Hook & Ladder responded.

Sandy Hook Fire Lieutenant Archie Paloian carries a bucket of Speedi-Dri toward a line of the absorbent already on the road. Firefighters put down soaker pads and booms in addition to Speedi-Dri to soak up leaking fuel after a tandem FedEx truck went off I-84 West around 8 am Friday, August 18. The cab and front trailer went off the highway and crashed onto Center Street in Sandy Hook, while the rear trailer disconnected and remained on the highway overpass. Sandy Hook firefighters, Newtown Volunteer Ambulance Corps, Newtown Police, CT State Police and DEEP representatives all responded to the crash. The truck driver, Agron Jahja, 51, of North Grafton, Mass., was apparently uninjured. He was issued an infraction for traveling too fast for conditions and failure to maintain a lane. —Bee Photo, Hicks

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You are correct, Bruce. I know how hard these plans are to put together, but I still believe that we can have more definitive and measurable goals. I know there are a number of units coming online, and the community truly needs them. If only we can move the development of affordable housing to more of a partnership between the community and the developers than the adversarial tug-of-war it seems to be now, that would be good progress.

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Here is the plan Newtown signed on to. https://westcog.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Final-Newtown-Affordable-Housing-Annex_2022.pdf

I agree, but we need to make sure they are pedestrian activated. The ones on Glover were supposed to be by order of the Police Commission, but the ones installed by Public Works were the cheaper flashing light. A couple of extra dollars are worth the lives it can save.

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We have been doing the planning work. The State of Connecticut mandates every municipality to develop an affordable housing plan under C.G.S. §8-30j by June 1, 2022, to specify how they “intend to increase the number of affordable housing developments in the municipality.” In lieu of all eighteen municipalities in the Western Connecticut Region duplicating efforts to research, document and analyze affordable housing, the Council of Governments decided to work collectively by splitting the work into two parts: Regional Toolbox Specific, Policy Driven Municipal Annexes.

Great Idea. We used a similar process when Pat Llodra wanted input on Fairfield Hills. very useful.

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