Shortly after returning from a call, Sandy Hook firefighters did some back-to-basics training on May 24.Three teams of firefighters went out within the district to practice drafting. Engine 441 and a crew went to the end of Riverside Road; Engine 442 and a crew went to Narragansett Road and Qua...

Nearly two dozen Sandy Hook firefighters assembled for training Sunday morning, going over basics of SCBA use.FTI Instructor Terry Mincy started the morning by doing an overview of the equipment in the meeting room of the main station.Firefighters and Mincy then headed outdoors, where they spent tim...

Sandy Hook firefighters spent the morning of April 11 working on pump operations and tanker shuttle set-up, use and breakdown. They were assisted by members of the town's four additional companies, who assisted at dump sites and with their tankers. Sandy Hook members first gathered in their...

Sandy Hook firefighters spent Sunday, February 14, honing their forcible entry skills with two instructors from FTI.Bret Newport and Pete Morotto discussed the tools and procedures they felt were most effective for firefighters when encountering doors. The FTI instructors covered inward- and outward...

Sandy Hook Volunteer Fire & Rescue finished 2020 with 654 calls recorded.2020's numbers represent an increase of 16.57% over the number of calls we responded to in 2019, when we responded to 561 calls. The busiest month was August, when Tropical Storm Isaias arrived on August ...

Sandy Hook VFR, Newtown Volunteer Ambulance Corps, a paramedic, and Connecticut State Police troopers were dispatched at 16:15 to a two-vehicle crash on I-84 East.First responders were told that the vehicles were in the high speed lane. Upon arrival, however, it was discovered that one vehicle, a 20...

Sandy Hook VFR, Newtown Volunteer Ambulance Corps and a paramedic were all dispatched to I-84 West between Exit 11 and Exit 10 at 15:43 Sunday, June 20, for a reported two-vehicle crash with injuries.While en route, first responders were told that CSP troopers had located the crash, which was betwee...

Less than 12 hours after responding to a rollover on I-84 East, Sandy Hook VFR was dispatched to the highway for a similar incident.Sandy Hook VFR, Newtown Volunteer Ambulance Corps and a paramedic were dispatched at 04:02 Sunday, May 30, this time to just west of the Rochambeau Bridge/Southbury-San...

Sandy Hook VFR, Newtown Volunteer Ambulance and a paramedic were dispatched to I-84 East at 17:44 for a reported motor vehicle rollover around Exit 11.While en route to the scene, first responders were told that CSP had located the vehicle between the off and onramps of Exit 11. CSP was reporting mi...

Sandy Hook VFR, Newtown Ambulance and a paramedic were dispatched to I-84 West at 16:49 for a reported multi-vehicle crash with injuries suspected. As first responders were en route it was determined that the crash was further west than reported. The crash was found between Exits 10 and 9, at which ...