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Fire Reports | May 5-11, 2016

Published: May 17, 2016 12:00 am

The radio dispatchers at the Newtown Emergency Communications Center at Town Hall South, 3 Main Street, report the following fire calls and the responders:Thursday, May 5: 4:04 pm, alarm, 71 South Main Street, Hook & Ladder and Botsford responded.Friday, May 6: 4:32 am, alarm, 4 Philo Curtis Road, Sandy Hook responded; 11:03 am, investigation, 67 Birch Hill Road, Dodgingtown responded.Saturday, May 7: 10:42 pm, investigation, 47 Far View Drive, Sandy Hook responded.Sunday, May 8: 1:55 pm, alarm, 3 Owl Ridge Lane, Sandy Hook responded.Monday, May 9: 9:34 am, hazardous condition, near 14 West Street, Hook & Ladder responded.Tuesday, May 10: 12:47 am, alarm, 3 Trades Lane, Sandy Hook and Hook & Ladder responded; 8:23 am, hazardous condition, 4 Ethan Allen Road, Botsford responded; 10 am, public service, 45 Main Street, Hook & Ladder responded; 11:22 am, motor vehicle accident, intersection of Mt Pleasant Road and Susan Lane, Hawleyville responded; 11:44 am, vehicle fire, I-84, Hawleyville and Hook & Ladder responded; 3:34 pm, illegal burn/outdoor fire, near 6 Wills Road, Botsford responded; 5:55 pm, alarm, 7 Saw Mill Ridge Road, Hawleyville responded; 8:35 pm, alarm, 7 Saw Mill Ridge Road, Hawleyville responded.Wednesday, May 11: 8:57 am, investigation, 160 Jennifer Lane, Sandy Hook responded; 9:44 am, report of possible structure fire which was actually a stove fire, 49 Farrell Road, Hawleyville, Botsford, Sandy Hook, and Hook & Ladder responded; 8:40 pm, medical assist, Pastors Walk, Botsford responded; 11:14 pm, investigation, 55 Sugar Street, Hook & Ladder responded; 11:46 pm, investigation, 55 Sugar Street, Hook & Ladder responded.

Botsford Fire Rescue Company, Inc, has purchased a new fire command car for use by the company's command staff. The 2016 Ford Interceptor is a modified Ford Explorer, similar to the vehicles used for police patrol work. The Interceptor replaces a Ford Excursion SUV. The Interceptor has its emergency lights housed within the vehicle. The command car, which typically is driven by the fire chief, is a "fast response" vehicle that is immediately dispatched to an emergency. The car is equipped with emergency radios and basic firefighting gear. The new SUV is shown in front of Botsford's Engine 552, a vehicle that responds to many emergencies. (Bee Photo, Gorosko)

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I want to clarify something that was not clear in my letter. Newtown DOES have an affordable housing plan, put together with the aid of the Council of Governments (COG) in 2022 and approved by the LC that year. The strategies in that plan are to "encourage", "support", "explore", "promote" various aspects of state and local affordable housing programs. Those strategies are largely repeated in the Housing Chapter of the Plan of Conservation and Development being finalized now. Newtown needs to measure its performance against those strategies and refine them to reflect the current situation and evaluate whether we are eligible for a moratorium on 8-30(g) projects if we have met the criteria. It's a question of being more specific and more rigorous in what we as a community would like to see to address this real and serious need, rather than to be on our heels when a developer proposes a project on their terms. An independent look outside the application process would be best for that. Thank you. Peter.

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I on Glover Ave. walk my two Labs every morning and evening. Drivers are constantly cutting me off at the shopping center entrance and other driveways. There is no understanding of pedestrians rights. Drives make left turns onto Queen when its forbidden. Most cars cruse right thru the crosswalks without stopping for pedestrians. The Police have not issued one citation nor even a warming for crosswalk violations. The situation is out of control and now a loved resident, Pete, and a pet, Coby have been killed. Time for a plan. The problem is not Intersections, nor traffic, the problem 98s drivers and lack of enforcement. The plan need to create a culture that drivers obey speed limits and honor pedestrians right of ways. Isn't that the job of the Police Department and The Police Commission, to protect Newtowns citizens. This is a call to action.

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