Second Two Car Head On on Route 6 in December

Members of North Windham Fire Dept working on one of the victims from one of the cars.

One of the cars in the accident, off the road, all front air bags were deployed. One person was ejected from the van.

Four sent to the hospital, with one of them sent by Life Star to Hartford Hospital in critical condition.

Response time was roughly one minute. The road was shut down, Car 2 was first on scene to report and call for Life Star.

Life Star at the firehouse.

Back to Back Fires

Back to back fires Sunday morning was a rough start to the day.
The day after the annual dept dinner, it started in North Windham, and half way through the call the south side had a chimney fire we responded to. Car 404 on scene reported smoke coming from the house. The fire started from a wood stove. Lines were put to work off the first engine on scene. The fire did a good amount of damage to the kitchen but the guys had a good knock down.

Cemetery Fire

Engine Tank 102 working 2 lines at a fire in the cemetery garage.

Engine 102 dropped a line in to the ET to give it water.

Smoke showing as the doors get cut open.

Members from the three Windhams working the fire.

The fire was from a truck in the garage.

Two Car Head On

Two car head on accident.

Head on accident on Route 6 in front of Aldi's. Four people were transported to Windham Hospital. It was raining at the time of the accident, the rain may have contributed to the accident.

Car vs Road Side Sign

Car in to a sign may not seems like a bad accident, but look at the next picture to see how bad it could have been.

That would have made for a bad day if there was a passenger.

ENGINE TANK OR TANKER 103

ENGINE TANKER 103 IS BACK AND IT HAS A NEW LOOK

THE NEW LOOK AT THE BACK OF THE TRUCK WITH A BIG DUMP VALVE. A NEW 2500 GALLON TANK AND A 3000 DROP TANK ON THE SIDE OF IT. A GOOD TRUCK TO HAVE IN TOWN.

TANKER DRILL PIC BOTTOM OF THE HILL

TANKER DRILL PIC TOP OF THE HILL

FIVE INJURED IN CAR CRASH

1997 HONDA ACCORD HEAD ON INTO A TREE.

THE CAR VEERED OFF THE ROAD AND STRUCK A TREE AT ABOUT 9:00 PM.

THE DRIVER FLED FROM THE CRASH WITH FIVE IN THE CAR FROM OUT OF TOWN.

TWO OF THE PASSENGER HAD TO BE CUT FROM THE CAR DUE TO THE IMPACT WITH THE TREE.

ONE PATIENT IN FRONT AND ONE IN BACK, WE HAD TO CUT THE ROOF OFF, THE

TWO DOORS, AND A DASH ROLL, AND CUT OUT THE TWO FRONT SEATS TO GET THE

PASSENGERS OUT. THE EXTRICATION WAS ABOUT 25 MINUTES.

ONE WAS FLOWN TO HARTFORD HOSPITAL FROM THE SCENE AND ONE FROM WINDHAM HOSPITAL.

DEPARTMENTS ON SCENE: WILLIMANTIC , HAMPTON/CHAPLIN, SCOTLAND, LIFE STAR AND CHAPLIN FIRE FOR LIFE STAR LANDING ZONE.

THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HELP. NWFD- GOOD JOB TO THE MEMBERS OF NWFD AT THE CALL, WAY TO COME TOGETHER.

NEW HOUSE WINDHAM CENTER

HOUSE FIRE ON JERUSALEM ROAD IN WINDHAM CENTER

NEW HOUSE GOING UP LOOKS GOOD

NEW HOUSE HIGH STREET

HOUSE FIRE ON HIGH STREET IN WILLIMANTIC IN NOV 2008



THE NEW HOUSE GOING UP

Windham Tech Rescue Call for a Women Over the Bank

The site of where a 27 year old female went over
the bank by the K of C.

The bank goes down to the river at over a 40 degree angle.
The river is about 60 feet down and the female
was at the bottom.

A look from the other side across the river.

Where the boat went in up the river.

The call went out as a mva, then the driver ran from the car and went over the bank and down the hill. Car 3 started the Windham Tech Rescue team and South Windham's boat. Car 3 started Willimantic's boat and Rescue also. North Windham's Rescue was started and on scene in minutes and went to work in the rain. We started to get to work on getting down the hill

to help one of the Windham Center fire fighter's that was doing patient care. Willimantic's boat came down the river and we got the female in the boat and across the river to Willimantic's ambulance.

JOLT Competition

Teams of 4-5 firefighters trying to get the best time of taking off two doors and a dash push.
Some of the best times were less than 5 minutes.


A team of four working to take two doors off at the 2009 JOLT competition on Long Island .


Starting off in the window to pop the door.

An old FDNY ambulance that was there for

the Terry Farrell firefighters scholarship fund.

PRE PLAN FATAL FIRE

Over under apartments, four building in one when fire breaks out.

Thing to look for: gas line on the side and a basement access.

Back of the apartment on the top floor has a deck that has no stairs off of it.

There was a fatal fire in this apartment complex last year on Long Island that made me think of taking pictures of the buildings.

PRE PLAN WHAT TO LOOK FOR

Can you find the building at night for a call?

The building is a 16 apartment house that has four doors per unit over under.


This is a look from the end unit to the road.

From the road to the end unit, the unit is more than 200 feet to the end. That is a 2 1/2 to the door with a Wye.

2009 NY State Motorized Drill - The Delmar Boosters

WHAT FIRE MEN DO IN NEW YORK FOR FUN
BOOSTER TEAMS
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDvg4dAbSHM

Rescue Core Class

The rescue core class is a stepping stone for the rescue tech
cert class. The class was 6 days that ran weekends in Coventry.



Some of the things that we needed to do are build
mechanical advantages, low angle rescue and more.

Water Drill

Three Windhams Drill

Two patients in the water about 2-3 feet out.

Two man rescue team in water suits going out to get them.

Working the boat from South Windham's station.

Jason, one of North Windham's newer members, got

into one of the cold water suits saying, "I can't

swim" and I told him to just float then.

"I made the save. I'm the man. Now get me out of this, it's hot in here."