City of Groton 3rd Alarm Fire 1/09/08

On 1/9/08 the City of Groton fire department was dispatched to a basement fire at Ken's Bait and Tackle shop. Upon arrival of the first due units they found a working basement fire and started the first alarm. Upon arrival of the chief, the second alarm was struck. After the second alarm assignment was on scene for about a hour the third alarm was then struck. The fire was contained to the fire building. All of the fire departments in Groton were there as well as Gales Ferry with a rescue and a engine, New London had the tiller and a engine, Waterford was covering stations in Groton as well as W-94 was at staging and Mohegan Tribal Fast team was on scene. Fire was finally under control about 5 hours later.



Sorry for so little pics I was a little busy.

Gales Ferry MVA with injuries Late Post

On 12/6/07 the Gales Ferry department along with Ledyard were dispatched to a two car mva with injuries on Rt.12. Upon arrival of unit found a Jeep that had been rear ended by a Honda. The Jeep was hit so hard that it was sent across the road into a parking lot. One ALS transport and one BLS transport were the injuries.

New London W/F 12/6/07

On 12/5/07 2350 the City of New London was dispatched to 2 Mountain Ave for a structure fire. A-11 first on scene reported heavy smoke showing from the structure. A-25 was the first due ladder to the scene and set up for roof operations. Two 1 3/4 lines were stretched from A-11 for interior attacks. Crews found fire on the second and third floor. Crews made a quick knock down with all fire out within 10 mins of being on scene.

Sorry photos are grainy my son played with my camera.

Here are a few videos I took with the Helmet Camera and my camera. I'm still working on make one large video.

A-25 setting up

A-25 crew venting the roof

A-25 at 2 Mountain Ave

MVA WITH INJURIES GALES FERRY 11/26/07

At 1300 the Gales Ferry department along with Ledyard Center were dispatched to a car vs. telephone pole with injuries. Upon arrival of the Gales Ferry assignment they found the telephone pole was broken at the base with wires hanging across the road. The Ledyard assignment was split with the engine to block the road and the rescue to the scene for pt care. The road was closed for about 2 hours until CL&P and AT&T could remove the wires. One adult and one child were transported for evaluation. CT D.O.T was on scene to sand the road due to the spread of the fluid spill.


The pole was snapped below the ground level

YORK, MAINE FIRE STATIONS

I stayed in York, Maine during my vacation so I had to find the fire house. Both stations are covered by one paid man per day and supplemented by the volunteers. If you get a chance to visit I suggest it. They have several older rigs including a 1970's open cab snorkel.

www.yorkvillagefire.com

A few items I found on my trip

On my trip to Maine this past week I did a little site seeing of some fire houses. I also found this old Ladder truck that was sitting in the front lawn of some house in the back wood of Kittery. I will be posting more pics soon.



Portsmouth Central fire station


Yes the command vehicle was blocked by a car for the shop next door

This is the old Ladder 1 from Revere, Mass.