Tuesday, August 21, 2012

plane MCI drill

#/videos: MCI drill

can you tell me

can you tell me the firefighters in the pic and were it was taken
A UPS truck is one of the trucks you may never get to train on but need to be about to do it when it comes time to do it

Wednesday, October 26, 2011

windham center ceremony

wreath placing at the Windham Center Fire Dept
in honor of James rowan in a line of duty death
Rescue 103 going to a call during the ceremony

Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Firefighters to be lauded for heroics


One of north Windham Fire Dept's home grown firefighters getting honor for a rescue he did working on the job at Willimantic fire dept last fall on Clark st
he will be honored by the Connecticut state firefighters association inc with the lifesaving award
we at the North Windham Fire Dept are proud to have had you as a firefighter in the dept and keep up the good work in you job at Willimantic
your brothers at the NWFD

Saturday, September 10, 2011

NEW RESCUE TECHNIQUES

Fire/rescue working at a training at northeast recyclers
working on new techniques needed for newer cars
making the cut in the front fender of the car

WILLIMANTIC WASTE PAPER FIRE

Fire started inside a receiving area that bulky waste is stored

STORM HITS FIRE DEPTS GO TO WORK

Willimantic fire dept had wires down on engine 201
there was a tree down with a pole and wires with smoke in 88 chestnut st
The pole that came down had a transformer on it
The transformer was one of the old black one and had PCB in it hazmat had to dig up the front yard of the house this was 4 days after the pole came down not good

HOUSE FIRE WORMWOOD RD MANSFIELD

Mansfield firefighter working a 2 1/2 line with a ground gun
needed to move big water
The call was about 3:54 pm
Firefighter working to contain the blaze but the house is a loss
water was from a pond that was about 1200 feet down hill from the house
water and trees down do to the storm slow the fire dept from getting to the call

Saturday, August 27, 2011

car fire


One car in to a tree with fire on Warrenville road near the Ashford line.
There were no serious injuries.




Tuesday, August 23, 2011

DOG RESCUE


Dog rescue in Lebanon
clean dog

Saturday, August 6, 2011

WORKING HARD


WALKING THE STRAIGHT LINE

Saturday, July 30, 2011

WORKING SAFE


DO YOU THINK THERE NEEDS TO BE A TRENCH BOX IN THIS WORK SPACE

Friday, July 29, 2011

A bad day

a bad day for this dept and the house that was on fire
this was the first engine to the fire but didn't take engine 101
the engine had a hydrant and put water to the bed hose needs to go to the pump
back to the basie

north coventry new chief


new chief

hampton roll over


Tracker trailer roll over rt 6 and old rt 97

Thursday, July 28, 2011

Sunday, July 10, 2011

TREE INTO HOUSE IN NORTH WINDHAM

TREE HITS HOUSE AFTER GETTING HIT BY LIGHTNING
AT 24 LONG DRIVE AROUND 4:30 FRIDAY AFTERNOON
NO ONE WAS INJURED FROM THE TREE JUST PUT OUT FOR A DAY OR TWO
THE FIRE DEPT HAD TO TURN OFF THE POWER TO THE HOUSE AND TARP UP THE HOLE IN THE ROOF SO TO KEEP OUT SOME OF THE RAIN
(NICK NICE HELMENT)

CAR FIRE IN SOUTH WINDHAM PLAINS ROAD

FIREFIGHTER WORKING ON PUTING OUT A CAR FIRE ON PLAINS ROAD NEAR THE TRAIN TRESTLE THE CAR STRUCK A TREE AND STARTED ON FIRE

ONE OF THE OCCUPANT IN THE CAR GOT TRANSPORTED TO WCMH BY WILLIMANTIC

MAN UP ON FROG IN WILLI


A 25 YEAR OLD MAN MANAGED TO GET UP ON ONE OF THE FROGS ON THE THREAD CITY CROSSING BRIDGE
WILLIMANTIC HAD TO SET THE LADDER TRUCK UP TO GET HIM DOWN SHUTTING DOWN THE BRIDGE FOR 30 MINUTES
THE MAN WAS INTOXICATED AND IF THE MAN WAS TO FALL IT IS ABOUT 35 FEET TO THE ROAD AND 55 FEET TO THE RIVER