Sandy Hook VFR was dispatched at 06:53 to the area of 89 Riverside Road for a reported car vs utility pole, no injuries.Rescue 444 and Engine 441 responded with crews.While en route, firefighters were informed that a vehicle had hit and snapped a pole with a transformer on it. Wires were reportedly sparking at the time. A police officer on the scene reported that the 40-year-old male driver was reporting chest pain. Newtown Volunteer Ambulance Corps and a paramedic were then added to the ca...

Sandy Hook VFR was dispatched, along with all four additional Newtown companies, at 12:57 to a structure fire in Newtown Hook & Ladder’s district following multiple calls for a garage fire.Hook & Ladder Chief Chris Ward had command of the scene, at 9 King Street. Ward reported the fire had extended to the interior upon arrival.Sandy Hook’s Quint 440, Engine 441, and crews responded.Engine 442 went to the company’s main stationThe fire was knocked down quickly. Firefight...

Sandy Hook VFR was toned for a call in Botsford's district at 16:07 Monday, when a neighbor contacted dispatch to report a possible structure fire.The caller reported a corner of a single-story ranch home on Botsford Hill Road was on fire. Another neighbor reportedly went toward the house with a garden hose while help was being summoned.Hook & Ladder and Hawleyville were then added to the call, as was at least one fire marshal. Botsford Fire Rescue Chief Andrew White was first to th...

Sandy Hook VFR was part of a multi-agency effort to put out a brush fire in the southwest section of Southbury on Friday. Reportedly more than 100 firefighters responded to the scene.  Sandy Hook was dispatched at 13:16 to 620 River Road in Southbury, where Southbury firefighters were already fighting the growing fire. Sandy Hook's brush truck and a tanker were initially requested. A second tone for manpower had additional Sandy Hook firefighters assemble at their main station...

Sandy Hook VFR, Newtown Volunteer Ambulance Corps and Newtown Police were all dispatched to Berkshire Road near Old Mill Road at 10:03 wadnesday for a reported 2-car MVA with airbag deployment.As those first responders were en route, a Hook & Ladder firefighter who had been in the immediate vicinity was able to offer a size-up of the scene. Lieutenant David White confirmed a two-vehicle crash, with one elderly female reporting head and neck pain and a hand laceration and a younger female rep...

Sandy Hook VFR was dispatched at 13:45, with Newtown Volunteer Ambulance Corps, to a one-vehicle accident at the intersection of Berkshire Road at Toddy Hill Road. Newtown Police were seeking an evaluation following a rollover.Second Assistant Chief Andy Ryan was first on the scene for SHVFR, and reported a vehicle was on its roof, on the embankment south of Berkshire Road. A 22-year-old male driver had been traveling east on Berkshire, during snowy precipitation, when the 2016 Jeep Compass...

Sandy Hook VFR and Newtown Hook & Ladder were dispatched at 15:05 Friday to a home with Pootatuck Park. A female in a home on Totem Trail called dispatch when she thought she had a chimney fire after using a creosote removing log. While she was on the phone with dispatch, the caller reported a brief episode of visible file and the tell-tale sound of a jet engine in the chimney.SHVFR Chief Halstead was first on the scene. He reported a light smoke condition showing from the chimney,...

Sandy Hook VFR and Newtown Volunteer Ambulance were dispatched at 11:32 Thursday morning for a two-vehicle crash on Toddy Hill Road near Turnberry Lane.  Second Assistant Chief Andy Ryan, who arrived first and took command of the scene. Engine 441 and a crew also responded, along with two SHVFR members who went direct.A GMC Sierra and a Chevrolet Silverado had crashed head-on, with both vehicles on the eastern shoulder just south of Toddy Hill’s intersection with Turnberry. The driver...

Sandy Hook VFR and Newtown Hook & Ladder were dispatched to a home on Crown View Drive at 08:19 Sunday morning for a possible chimney fire. Firefighters were alerted that the home was evacuated, and the homeowner was reporting smoke inside the home.Firefighter Tom Ryer was first on the scene, and confirmed light smoke.Chief Halstead arrived and assumed command of the scene. He was able to quickly report that the fire had been contained to the chimney. Quint 440, Engine 441 and Engine 44...

For the second time in as many weeks, Sandy Hook VFR provided mutual aid to a Newtown company for a structure fire.Firefighters were dispatched to 151 Hanover Road, within Hook & Ladder’s district, at 07:21 for the fire. Dispatched reported fire in the walls of the house, and that at least one person was refusing to leave. All residents had evacuated from the circa 1940 contemporary style home once police and firefighters began arriving on the scene, however.Multiple dogs and cats were...

All five of Newtown's fire companies were dispatched to 4 Aspen Lane for a reported structure fire at 10:54. Dispatch has received a few calls for that location, including one reporting a fire inside the residence. The first firefighters on the scene confirmed the reports, with fire showing through the roof. Newtown Volunteer Ambulance Corps was added to the call at that time, per structure fire protocols.Sandy Hook sent Quint 440, Engine 441, Engine 442, Rescue 44, Tanker 9 and Tanker ...

Sandy Hook VFR, Botsford Fire Rescue and Newtown Hook & Ladder were all dispatched at 19:10 to a Sandy Hook home Monday night for a chimney fire. The caller told dispatch flames were showing from the chimney of the home at 10 Johnny Appleseed Drive. First Assistant Chief Ryan Clark had command of the scene. No flames were showing upon arrival, he reported. Quint 440, Engine 441, Rescue 444, Tanker 449 and the OIC truck all responded with crews. Approximately 15 Sandy Hook fire...

Sandy Hook VFR was dispatched to the area of Walnut Tree Hill Road at Schoolhouse Hill Road at 14:42 Thursday, for a reported two-car MVA.Captain Rob Sibley had command of the scene. A 2011 Chevrolet Malibu being operated by a 47-year-old female had been on Schoolhouse Hill Road, at its intersection with Walnut Tree Hill. The Malibu pulled onto Walnut Tree Hill, in front of the path of a 2017 Ford Fusion traveling south.The Fusion, which was being driven by a 16-year-old male, collided with...

Sandy Hook VFR, Newtown Ambulance, a paramedic, and Newtown Police officers all responded to the area of 100 Berkshire Road at 13:57 Saturday afternoon following a report of a motorcycle accident with injuries.First responders were told that a motorcycle that had been traveling east on Berkshire (Route 34) had collided with a guardrail. The male operator of the bike had gone over the guardrail and down an embankment; the bike traveled a few additional yards east before stopping. The driver was c...

Sandy Hook VFR was among the multiple companies dispatched to a property in Dodgingtown Friday, November 6, after a homeowner contacted dispatch to report a garage fire.A Dodgingtown firefighter was first on the scene, at 13:38, after Dodgingtown and Hawleyville were initially dispatched on the call. Upon arrival, that Dodgingtown firefighter reported heavy fire showing from the garage. All five of Newtown's companies were toned out at that time.Sandy Hook sent Tanker 9, Tanker 449, Engine 4...

While returning from one call, Sandy Hook VFR firefighters found themselves not only first on the scene of another but also taking care of reporting it to dispatch mid-Sunday afternoon. Just a few hours after finishing their first training in months, and having already responded to three calls after that, Sandy Hook alerted dispatch at 14:49 to a one-vehicle accident in the area of 186 Berkshire Road. The driver of a Ford Explorer traveling west on the state road appeared to swerve in ...

Two fire companies, Newtown Ambulance and Newtown Police officers were all dispatched to Wasserman Road Saturday afternoon after a paramedic reported a serious accident while en route to a different call.Newtown Hook & Ladder was initially dispatched at 16:58 to Wasserman Way near Nunnawauk Road after the medic found a male on the road who was unresponsive after the motorcycle he was operating crashed.Sandy Hook was dispatched at 16:59 once it was determined that the call was within the comp...

Multiple Brush Fires During Very Dry Conditions (Tuesday-Saturday, June 23-27, 2020)Sandy Hook VFR responded to multiple brush fires between June 23 and June 26, including a large one in Southbury.The first calls came on Tuesday, June 23, at 12:59, when Sandy Hook and Newtown Hook & Ladder were dispatched to the area of I-84 East near the Exit 11 ramps for a reported fire. Within minutes dispatch updated firefighters that callers were reporting three separate areas with small fires.Air ...

Sandy Hook VFR, Newtown Volunteer Ambulance Corps, an on-call paramedic, and CT State Police were dispatched on Sunday at 20:20 for a vehicle that had gone off the road following a reported deer strike. The accident was reported on I-84 West near Exit 11. It was initially unclear which side of the highway the collision had occurred, but dispatch reported multiple calls from the area. Second Assistant Chief Andy Ryan was first on the scene. He reported a vehicle down an embankment,...

A quick-moving fire destroyed a shed but not a nearby home. Four of Newtown's fire companies were dispatched at 09:45 Friday on a report of a house that was fully engulfed in flames in Sandy Hook's district. Calls to dispatch said no one was expected in the home, located on Pootatuck Trail.As firefighters were responding, the report was updated that the burning structure was a fully involved shed.Sandy Hook Quint 440, Tanker 9, Tanker 449 and Engine 441 responded with crew...