| Taftville Kept Busy August 3, 2006 - Taftville was kept busy today as a little bit of everything happened in Taftville. In the morning, ET-21 responded to a lawnmower fire on Wayne St. The home owner was able to knock the fire down with a garden hose prior to 21's arrival. At 17:30hrs a severe thunderstorm rolled thru the area causing heavy downpours and dangerous lightning to touch down. Heavy winds caused trees limbs to fall on power lines. At 17:40hrs Taftville was dispatched to wires down on Harland Rd. The scene was secured until Norwich Public Utilities arrived to secure the power. At 18:18hrs, Taftvile was notified of smoke coming from a home on Prentice st. Et-21 responded from Harland Rd and a full assignment from Occum was requested. ET-21, Tower 25 and Occum ET-42 arrived 6 minutes later to find smoke coming from a 2 story wood home. A civilian was training a garden hose on the house. Yantic FAST was started then an response was upgrade to a full assignment from Yantic. The quick actions of the firefighters stopped the fire, that was located between the 1st and 2nd floor. 3 Firefighters were transported to the hospital for heat related injuries. The heat index was over 100 degrees. Another thunderstorm rolled thru just as crews were picking up from the fire. That storm was described as being 100 miles long stretching from Boston to New York City. Taftville was then dispatched to another wires down and a 2 car head-on on Taftville-Occum Rd. It was reported that there was entrapment and serious injuries. Upon arrival of Occum and Taftville units it was determined there was no entrapment but 2 victims were tranported ALS. Units returned to quarters around midnight. Photos by Frank Blanchard, Bob Ladd, Mark Gilot, & Shane Dupuis |
| Lawnmower Fire on Wayne St |
| Taftville & Occum firefighters acsend a ground ladder to access the fire |
Taftvile & Occum Crews open up the exterior walls to get to the fire
| Et-21 and Tower 25 on Prentice St |
| 2 Car Head-on on Tafville-Occum Rd |