RT 85 MVA w/ Injury 2/25/07

Another busy overnight shift for CHFD units. Crews riding Rescue-1, ET-1 and Rescue-6 handled this MVA in the early hours Sunday. The ambulabce crew were out the door an hour into their shift and backed the bus into the station in time to catch breakfast.

Sgt. Richard L. Ford, 40, of East Hartford, Conn., died Feb. 20 in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered during combat operations. Ford was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 325th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C.
Sgt Ford is a Bacon Academy graduate, and his family is affiliated with the Colchester Fire Department. Our thoughts and Prayers go out to the Ford Family.

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Good day of work

The day shift worked a fire in our first due section of Hebron today. The paid staff started things off with a home owner calling the station to report a possible basement fire in a private dwelling. Units arrived finding a heavy smoke condition and went to work locating a severly malfunctioning furnace, vented and cleared the scene taking in a few medicals and alarms. After lunch, the guys were headed back out to Hebron for a reported working fire. Units arrived finding a working fire involving the rear of a private dwelling. Lines were pulled and the fire was extinguished. A note for all Station 28 members, a certain paid guy leaves for vacation tomorrow.... you know what that means!

Electrical Fire 3/11/07

Station 28 handled an electrical vault fire this morning. Fire was extinguished one hour post explosion due to delay in CL&P response. Hebron covered 28's while colchester units operated on scene.

Couple of small fires

The day guys handled a small but smokey fire at Johnston Middle school yesterday that drove students out into the frigid temperatures. Courant story is here: http://www.courant.com/news/local/ec/hc-4brf0206_2.artfeb06,0,1260147.story
There was also a car fire out on Route 2 later in the day that was extinguished by ET-1's evening crew. Easy work, but these are good breaks from all the medical runs we do every day.

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Area Firefighter Injured

An area firefighter was injured last night while operating at Willimantic's fatal fire and is being treated for burns at Bridgeport. Best wishes for a quick recovery from your brothers in Colchester.