The dispatchers at the emergency communications center at Town Hall South report the following fire calls:

By ANDY GOROSKO

Published: Jan 29, 2010 12:00 AM

Thursday, January 21: 5:20 pm, investigation, Meadowbrook Road, Botsford responded.

Friday, January 22: 3:14 pm, alarm, 10 Loveland Drive, Sandy Hook responded; 3:55 pm, junk fire, 265 South Main Street, Botsford responded.Â Â Â

Saturday, January 23: 9:43 am, motor vehicle accident, 47 Church Hill Road, Hook & Ladder responded; 1:58 pm, alarm, 14 Old Purdy Station Road, Dodgingtown responded.

Sunday, January 24: 5:18 am, alarm, 91 Haley Lane, Sandy Hook responded.

Monday, January 25: 9:20 am, low-hanging wire, Wasserman Way, Hook & Ladder responded; 10:49 am, wire on the roadway, Castle Hill Road, Hook & Ladder responded; 10:54 am, wires down, near 150 Head Oâ Meadow Road, Hook & Ladder responded; 10:57 am, medical assist, 44 Berkshire Road, Sandy Hook responded; 11:10 am, tree on wires, Currituck Road, Hook & Ladder responded; 12:03 pm, wires down, near 24 Honey Lane, Sandy Hook responded; 12:12 pm, medical assist, 32 Botsford Hill Road, Botsford responded; 12:27 pm, tree on wires, Butterfield Road, Hawleyville responded; 12:35 pm, alarm, 11 Commerce Road, Hook & Ladder, Sandy Hook, and Hawleyville responded; 1:09 pm, tree and wires down, near 13 Longview Heights Road, Dodgingtown responded; 1:28 pm, limb and wires down, Bear Hills Road, Botsford responded; 1:32 pm, tree on wires, near 17 Bradley Lane, Sandy Hook responded; 1:34 pm, wires down, Currituck Road, Hook & Ladder responded; 1:35 pm, tree and wires down, near 5 Scenic View Drive, Hook & Ladder responded; 1:39 pm, pumping detail, 148 Hattertown Road, Dodgingtown responded; 1:47 pm, electric transformer leakage, near 13 Bradley Lane, Sandy Hook responded; 2:14 pm, low-hanging wire, Berkshire Road, Sandy Hook responded; 2:36 pm, pumping detail, 26 Charter Ridge Drive, Sandy Hook responded; 2:46 pm, pumping detail, 35 Platts Hill Road, Botsford responded; 3:36 pm, pumping detail, 63 Hanover Road, Hook & Ladder responded; 5:59 pm, oven fire, 77 St George Place, Sandy Hook, Hook & Ladder, and Hawleyville responded; 6:56 pm, tree on wires sparking, near 14 Jeremiah Road, Sandy Hook responded;Â 7:02 pm, investigation, 47 Toddy Hill Road, Sandy Hook responded.Â Â Â Â Â Â

Tuesday, January 26: 12:40 am, alarm, 14 Prospect Drive, Hook & Ladder responded; 7:30 am, alarm, 14 Prospect Drive, Hook & Ladder and Botsford responded; 12:37 pm, alarm, 12 Misty Vale Road, Sandy Hook, Hook & Ladder, and Botsford responded; 7:05 pm, alarm, 14 Prospect Drive, Hook & Ladder responded.Â Â

Wednesday, January 27: 8:27 am, automotive fluid spill, near 292 Berkshire Road, Sandy Hook responded; 3:38 pm, medical assist, 27 Swamp Road, Botsford responded.

Thursday, January 28: 4:30 am, medical assist, Capitol Drive, Sandy Hook responded.

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