House Fire on Summit St

Willimantic Fire Department started North Windham Fire Dept to the scene of a 2 1/2 story Victorian House fire in the Hill section of Willimantic. Engine 102 hit a hydrant one block over and laid a 5'' line to ET 102 at the house. The ET fed a 1 3/4" line and a 2 1/2" that we stretched to the rear of the house. North Windham Fire Dept worked to get the back under control. The residents have just started to rebuild their home in May.

Looking fine!

How about these fine looking officers. This was after the Memorial Day Parade back at the Fire House. This was our first time wearing our new Class A Uniforms. I guess you can clean us up!

jackson st fire with dog inside

A single family house fire on Jackson Street in Willimantic with a dog inside the house. The Fire Dept got the dog out and used the new dog masks for the first time and brought the dog back to life. The kids from the Windham Schools got the dog masks for all the Windham Fire Depts.

RESCUE GRANT

THIS IS A OLD PIC BUT IT SHOWS SOME OF THE RESCUE TOOLS THAT WE HAVE. SOME OF THE EQUIPMENT IS OLD. I THINK THE SPREADERS (NICK HAS) ARE THE FIRST ONES HURST MADE .

HERE IS A LIST OF NEW EQUIPMENT WE ORDERED.

1 NEW DEFENDER SPREADER, 1 MOC 2 CUTTER, 2 TELESCOPING RAMS, A NEW TRIPLE PUMP TO POWER THE TOOLS, A HONDA POWER UNIT, THE OLD CUTTERS ARE BEING MADE INTO A COMBO TOOL, 2 NEW 16 FOOT HOSES, RESQJACK 4-POINT COMBO PACK AND TWO SETS OF CRIBBING. I THINK WE NEED A BIGGER TRUCK!!!

50 CALLS AND THE YEAR JUST STARTED

A TWO CAR MVA IN FRONT OF HOME DEPOT, JUST ONE OF THE CALLS WE HAD TODAY. WE HAD 4 OR 5 CALLS ALL TODAY, A MVA, A BASEMENT FIRE AND A 2 YEAR OLD WITH SOMETHING IN HER NOSE... JUST ANOTHER DAY IN NORTH WINDHAM, AND WE HAD HAZMAT OPERATIONS CLASS AT DRILL.

EMS CALLS 28

FIRE CALLS 15

MVA CALLS 7

LAH Grass Fire

A small grass fire near the North Windham / Mansfield line on RT 6 West LAH. Engine 102's booster line went over the side of the bridge and members of the North Windham Fire Dept put it out in no time at all.

Route 6 Plane Crash

On April 22, 2007, at about 1530 or 3:30pm, we had a plane crash on the side of RT 6, about 2 miles from the fire house. The plane was a Piper PA-23, with twin engines. The plane took off from Long Island, New York. The plane nose-dived into the trees and burst into flames about 50 feet from RT 6 which was busy traffic.

The plane burst into flames and started a brush fire. 4 to 5 foot flames were racing to a near by building, with tractors and other equipment with a high fuel load. ET 102 stopped at the hydrant and fed water to the fire line. Engine 103 foamed the plane with North Windham members on the line.

The preliminary report is that wind was the cause of the crash.

I'm a member at the North Windham Fire Department, a volunteer department in North Windham, Connecticut. We run over 500 calls a year, from medical calls, to car wrecks and structure fires. We have had some pretty amazing experiences, and have made a lot of good friends over the years. Hope you enjoy seeing what we are all about as I post on this blog.