Fire Reports | February 21-27, 2019
The dispatchers at the Newtown Emergency Communications Center at Town Hall South at 3 Main Street report the following fire calls and the responders:
Thursday, February 21: 3:22 pm, motor vehicle accident, near 53 Great Hill Road, Hawleyville responded.
Friday, February 22: No calls listed.
Saturday, February 23: 9:38 pm, alarm, 3 Nunnawauk Road, Hook & Ladder responded.
Sunday, February 24: 4:17 pm, medical assist, Cobblers Mill Road, Sandy Hook responded; 5:34 pm, medical assist, Merlins Lane, Dodgingtown responded; 6:17 pm, medical assist, Johnson Drive, Sandy Hook responded.
Monday, February 25: 9:28 am, alarm, near intersection of Head O’ Meadow Road and Sugar Lane, Hook & Ladder and Sandy Hook responded; 10:49 am, wires down, near 36 Scudder Road, Dodgingtown responded; 11:16 am, wires down, near 63 Butterfield Road, Hook & Ladder responded; 12:02 pm, wires down, near 25 Zoar Road, Sandy Hook responded (see photo above); 12:03 pm, wires down, near 10 Great Hill Road, Hawleyville responded; 12:40 pm, wires down, near 3 Commerce Road, Hook & Ladder responded; 12:49 pm, wires down, near 47 Riverside Road, Sandy Hook responded; 12:51 pm, alarm, 21 Commerce Road, Hook & Ladder and Sandy Hook responded; 1:02 pm, investigation, 166 Jennifer Lane, Sandy Hook responded; 1:22 pm, investigation, 166 Jennifer Lane, Sandy Hook responded; 2:48 pm, wires down, near 141 Poverty Hollow Road, Dodgingtown responded; 4:09 pm, wires down, near intersection of Head O’ Meadow Road and Sugar Lane, Hook & Ladder responded; 4:13 pm, wires down, near 22 Riverside Road, Sandy Hook responded; 4:22 pm, wires down, near 4 Shepaug Road, Sandy Hook responded; 5:37 pm, wires down, near 6 Old Green Road, Sandy Hook responded; 6:49 pm, motor vehicle accident, near 56 Farrell Road, Hawleyville responded; 6:51 pm, wires down, near the intersection of Berkshire Road and Old Mill Road, Sandy Hook responded; 8:03 pm, alarm, 5 Sugarloaf Road, Sandy Hook responded.
Tuesday, February 26: 10:49 am, alarm, 1 Jacklin Road, Dodgingtown, Hawleyville, and Hook & Ladder responded; 12:04 pm, alarm, 97 South Main Street, Hook & Ladder and Botsford responded; 4:22 pm, motor vehicle accident, Berkshire Road, Sandy Hook responded; 9 pm, investigation, near intersection of Church Hill Road and The Boulevard, Hook & Ladder responded.
Wednesday, February 27: 8:08 am, mutual aid call to Monroe, Botsford, Dodgingtown, Hawleyville, Sandy Hook, and Hook & Ladder responded as a Rapid Intervention Team for a structure fire at 80 Pepper Street; 5:05 pm, hazardous condition, intersection of Main Street, Church Hill Road, and West Street, Hook & Ladder responded.
Firefighter Steve Stohl walks toward Sandy Hook Volunteer Fire & Rescue’s brush truck on Monday, February 25, while on a call for wires down at 25 Zoar Road. During strong winds that morning, a tree limb had broken off, taking primary wires with it. A utility box on a garage at the property had its connection point pulled apart (inset), resulting in a small fire and then arcing. The roadway was closed until Eversource could respond to that location. Firefighters from all five of Newtown’s companies responded to similar calls for trees and/or wires down all day. A few roads were temporarily closed, but no injuries resulted from the incidents. Approximately 425 Eversource customers in Newtown were without power at 7 pm Monday, but the utility was able to knock that number down within a few hours. (Bee Photo, Hicks; and (inset) Sandy Hook Volunteer Fire & Rescue photo)