Sandy Hook VFR was dispatched at 04:51 to 34 Meadowbrook Road, within Botsford Fire Rescue's district, for a reported barn fire. Botsford Chief Andrew White arrived on the scene at 04:59 and reported a fully involved fire. All Newtown companies were added to the call at that time.Sandy Hook's Engine 440 and Tankers 9 and 449 responded with crews. A tanker from Stevenson and an engine from Stepney were also added to the incident.Firefighters were initially told that horses were in th...

 SHVFR and Newtown Ambulance were dispatched at 18:14 to Berkshire Road in the area of Paugussett Road for a reported 2-car MVA with injuries. Rescue 444 and Engines 441 and 442 responded with crews. Second Assistant Chief Andrew Ryan had command of the scene.First responders found one vehicle with heavy damage. All occupants were able to self-extricate before firefighters arrived on scene. Firefighters put down Speedi-Dri for fluids, and assisted NVAC with patient care. One femal...

SHVFR, Hook & Ladder and Newtown Volunteer Ambulance were dispatched to a home on Cherry Street for a motor vehicle accident with extrication. While responding, firefighters were updated that a vehicle had crossed a lawn and crashed into the lower level of a split-ranch house at 9 Cherry Street. The 17-year-old male of a Toyota Camry was still in the vehicle, and was unresponsive.A police officer on the scene notified dispatch that the vehicle was leaking fluids into the home. Depu...

Sandy Hook was dispatched to Hawleyville, with Hawleyville, Newtown Hook & Ladder, Newtown Volunteer Ambulance and a paramedic at 07:48 on a report of a 2-vehicle accident with extrication on Mt Pleasant Road near its western intersection with Saw Mill Road.Newtown Police were on the scene first, and reported a female driver was in and out of consciousness, and reporting chest pains, after the vehicle she was operating collided with a full-size dump truck.SHVFR Chief Bill Halstead responded ...

Sandy Hook VFR and Newtown Volunteer Ambulance were dispatched at 19:13 to I-84 West in the area of the Exit 11 for a reported 2-vehicle MVA with one vehicle down an embankment.Engine 441, Rescue 444 and Sandy Hook's OIC truck responded with crews. Second Assistant Chief Andy Ryan, who took command upon arrival, reported the driver and patient in a vehicle that had gone off the road in rainy conditions were both going to need extrication. Firefighters performed rope rescues, with Stokes bask...

Sandy Hook VFR and Newtown Volunteer Ambulance were dispatched at 18:48 to I-84 East in the area of Exit 10 for a reported 6-vehicle accident with injuries. Second Assistant Chief Andy Ryan responded with a crew on Engine 441; 2AC Ryan assumed command of the scene. Rescue 444 and a crew also responded to the scene.Firefighters found that a 45-year-old male operating a 2013 Mazda CX-9 east reportedly made an abrupt lane change, and collided with a 2015 Subaru Forester and then a 2013 Lincoln...

Sandy Hook and Botsford were dispatched to a home on Lakeview Terrace at 14:26 after a caller reported a vehicle had crashed into a home and then a large propane tank at a residence. No injuries were reported.The Town building department and Office of the Fire Marshal were also notified of the incident.Chief Halstead was first on the scene and reported that a personal vehicle had crashed the garage of a residence, before then hitting a 100-pound propane tank, which was leaking.Quint 440, Tanker ...

Sandy Hook VFR and Newtown Ambulance were dispatched at 17:57 to the area of Berkshire Road at Pole Bridge Road for a reported 2-vehicle accident with injuries.Lieutenant Scott Allen was first on the scene, and assumed command. The male driver of one of the vehicles reported dizziness. A medic was also added to the call after NVAC requested additional help for the evaluation.Engines 441 and 442 responded with crews. There were no fluids in the roadway. Firefighters assisted with traffic con...

Sandy Hook VFR, Newtown Ambulance and the on-call paramedic were dispatched at 16:44 for a reported two-car MVA with injuries on I-84 West in the area of Exit 11. Chief Halstead, who had been traveling in the area at the time, was able to update responding units that the accident was in the high speed lane at the Exit 11 offramp. Engine 441 and Rescue 444 responded with crews. Engine 442 was also dispatched, but stood by with a crew at the substation.Deputy Chief Anthony Capozziello to...

Sandy Hook VFR was dispatched, along with Hawleyville, Botsford and Newtown Hook & Ladder, to 5 Farrell Road at 0100 Tuesday morning for a reported structure fire in Hawleyville Fire & Rescue's district. Hawleyville Chief John Basso arrived on the scene within a minute of a Newtown police officer, and both reported a fully involved structure at that time. Dodgingtown was added to the call at 0105, as was Newtown Volunteer Ambulance Corps.Chief Basso reported one occupant of the ...

Sandy Hook VFR and Newtown Volunteer Ambulance Corps were dispatched at 22:54 to the area of I-84 West in the area of the Exit 11 ramps for a reported motor vehicle accident with injuries. The accident was located just prior to the Exit 11 offramp. SHVFR Second Assistant Chief Andy Ryan reported a passenger vehicle had gone off the roadway, approximately 75 feet down an embankment. The driver of the vehicle, a 20-year-old female, reportedly lost control of the 1999 Toyota Camry, w...

Sandy Hook, Botsford, Hawleyville and Hook & Ladder were dispatched to 13 Berkshire Road at 19:28 for a possible structure fire after a call to dispatch reported a light fixture smoking and the smell of smoke within the commercial building.SHVFR Second Assistant Chief Andy Ryan was first on the scene, and reported nothing showing.A few minutes later, 2AC Ryan reported an electrical issue was creating the issue. All other companies were returned at that time. A malfunctioning HVAC system was ...

Sandy Hook VFR and Newtown Volunteer Ambulance were dispatched at 16:52 to Berkshire Road in the area of Zoar Road for a reported vehicle in the woods. First responders were told that the vehicle was smoking from the front end.Upon arrival, Second Assistant Chief Andrew Ryan command. A vehicle that had been traveling west on Berkshire crossed into oncoming traffic, and then over the opposite embankment, east of Sherman Road. The 2011 Toyota RAV-4 did not come into contact any other vehicles, and...

First responders had to search for a 2-car MVA Tuesday afternoon, after its location was misreported to dispatch. Injuries to those involved were minor, fortunately. SHVFR was dispatched at 16:23 to the area of Berkshire Road and Washington Avenue for a report of fluids in the roadway following a minor 2-car MVA.Once reaching that area, however, Chief Halstead sought an update from dispatch, while firefighters continued seeking the MVA. It was eventually found nearly one mile southeast...

During a period when Newtown was under National Weather Service High Wind Warning, SHVFR responded to six calls for wires down on Monday, February 25.The first was to Zoar Road, at 12:14, after a resident contacted dispatch to report a branch had fallen and taken the primary lines with it, blocking the road in front of his home. In addition, the power line was pulled from the side of an outbuilding and there was arcing from the utility box on the side of the building.Brush 445 and Engine 44...

SHVFR and Newtown Volunteer Ambulance were dispatched at 10:15 to Great Quarter Road, in the area of Andras Road, for a reported one-vehicle accident. First responders were alerted that a vehicle was on its side, and the driver was reporting minor injuries.SHVFR Captain Pete Barresi was first on the scene, and reported the vehicle was against a tree, on its passenger side. The driver was still inside, and required extrication in order to leave the vehicle. The 41-male driver had reportedly ...

Hook & Ladder was dispatched at 0627 for a car fire being reported by CSP on I-84 West between Exits 10 and 9.A few minutes later the location was updated to between Exits 11 and 10, so Sandy Hook was added to the call; the company was dispatched at 06:28.A Hook & Ladder officer located the incident, which was between the westbound Exit 10 off and onramps, so responding apparatus was redirected at that time.Firefighters found a fully-involved Ford pick-up truck. Its driver had been able ...

Sandy Hook VFR and Botsford Fire Rescue were dispatched at 08:38 to the area of 9 Grays Plain Road after a call to dispatch reported a 1-car MVA and "some type of small fire in the area."The driver of the vehicle involved in the accident, a 25-year-old male, then contacted dispatch and reported he had hit ice, and went down an embankment. His vehicle had hit wires during the accident, and those wires had sparked a nearby fire. The male initially told dispatch he was uninjured.Newtown P...

Sandy Hook VFR was dispatched at 19:07 Monday, January 21, for a reported 3-vehicle MVA near the Exit 11 offramps and Wasserman Way. No injuries were being reported, but dispatch was reporting fluids in the roadway. A member of Newtown Volunteer Ambulance Corp who was in the area at the time of the incident reported that a vehicle that was being towed managed to become disengaged from its tow truck, and then crashed into two vehicles. Engine 441 and a crew responded to the scene. Upon arriv...

Between 06:39 and 20:47 on Sunday, January 20, Sandy Hook VFR responded to 27 calls, all related to a winter storm that brought a small amount of snow but a lot of ice to the region.All five of Newtown's companies were called on to respond to multiple calls for trees on wires. Primaries and full sets of wires were pulled down in a number of locations, leading to full or partial road closures.Berkshire Road was closed in a few places, including at its intersections with Jordan Hill, Benn...