10/27/09 East Lyme (Niantic)

Engine 3 and Truck 1 investigate this possible structure fire at 8 Elizabeth St. in the Saunders Point section of town Tuesday afternoon. Shortly after 12:00 the Niantic and Flanders Fire Departments arrived and found a smoke condition in the home that was related to a downdraft that had occurred in the chimney. Companies took up a short time later.

Photos courtesy of Alissa Johnson

10/27/09 Norwich (Taftville)

Taftville firefighters assist with disconnecting a boat trailer from this overturned F-150 on Merchants Ave. Tuesday morning.

Photos courtesy of Brian Tuttle

10/16/09 Norwich (Yantic)

Yantic and Taftville firefighters were able to contain a small fire in the Stop and Shop Supermarket on Town St. Monday night. Companies arrived to find a smoke condition in the building and quickly went to work locating and containing the fire in a display case located inside the store.

Photos courtesy of Brian Tuttle

10/4/09 Salem Burn House

Firefighters from Salem, Gardner Lake, Colchester and other area departments met at the Salem Burn House on Route 82 for the last time Sunday morning. Companies conducted some last live fire trainings before letting the A-Frame home burn to the ground.

Over the last three years, with help from the Salem Fire Department, this house assisted departments from all over Connecticut and then some with many useful trainings such as, live fire, Search and Rescue, Rapid Intervention Team and Truck and Engine company operations to name a few.

It's not to often that area fire departments are able to obtain a home like this to use for this purpose. A special thanks to the House of Doors and all of the Instructors that helped make this possible.

Photos courtesy of Joyce Miller

10/14/09 Pfizer

With the help of the Old Mystic Fire Department, members of the Pfizer Fire Department, Pfizer Fire Brigade and Security Response Officers attended there annual live fire training today at the Old Mystic Training grounds off of Oral School Road. Members completed evolutions on Interior fire suppression, Vehicle fires, Interior Search and Rescue and extinguishment of an LPG fire. This was one of two classes Pfizer held at the training grounds within the past two weeks.

Pfizer Engine 1 (G-91)

10/12/09 Norwich (Taftville)

On Monday evening around 17:25, Firefighters from Taftville Fire Department were requested to South B St. for a truck fire. First arriving units found this Ford Ranger with an active fire in the bed of the truck. Engines 21 and 22 arrived a short time later and crews went to work making a quick knockdown. The Norwich FMO is investigating.

Photos courtesy of Kimmie St Jean

Assistant Chief Tom Jencks (Car 28) conducts a scene size up

10/06/09 East Lyme (Niantic)

Niantic Fire and Rescue responded to this vehicle into a tree on West Main St. (Route 156) in the area of Roxbury Rd. Tuesday night. Shortly after 22:30, units arrived to find the soul occupant already out of the vehicle with no injuries. Engine 1 and the Ambulance held the scene securing the vehicle and obtaining a patient refusal.