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July 2014 Issue 7 Volume 1
Minutes 2
Working Fires-Members Pictures 3-11
Smartphone, Photography and Technology Section 14
Upcoming Events 12-13
What’s New 14
The Organization 12-13
Members Websites 16
Inside this issue:
An International Fire Buff Associates Region 1 Club
New London, CT - Aerial view of New London after the 1938 Hurricane. Many warehouses in the wharf area burned
because the fire department could not get through the area due to blocked streets.
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Happy Fourth of July From the Happy Fourth of July From the
CT Fire Photographers Assoc.CT Fire Photographers Assoc.CT Fire Photographers Assoc.
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Jim Peruta
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Recent incidents Photographed by our members…
07/01/14 SHELTON, CT – At approximately 3:30pm
on July 1, 2014, Shelton Fire Companies 1 and 4 were dis-
patched to River Road near Hawthorne for a truck fire. First
units on scene found a garbage truck with the cab heavily
involved. The road was blocked and members went to
work extinguishing the blaze. Luckily, the driver was not
injured in this incident.
Keith Muratori
07/02/14 Glastonbury, CT -408 Thompson St.
Linda Ackerman
07/02/14 Glastonbury, CT - Glastonbury, fire responded
for well involved house at 408 Thompson St. at 2235 hours.
Crews dealt with Heavy fire conditions.
Pat Dooley
Recent Incidents Cont’d Page 4
07/03/14 Sub Base FD - Sub-base Fire Department members
had two days of training with their new set of extrication tools,
The set up contained 2 Battery powered pumps and one Gas
powered pump. The new tools will be in service by the end of
the month.
Robb Ladd
07/07/14 Manchester, CT - 183 High St. - At 1815 hours on
7/7/14 Manchester Fire Rescue EMS responded to 183 High St
for calls reporting a possible structure fire. Car 22 arrived and
struck the working fire which brought mutual aid to the scene
and coverage for the stations. Members made a quick knock-
down of this kitchen fire.
Pat Dooley
07/03/14 Middlebury, CT -725 Breakneck Hill
Rd
A late afternoon fire consumes a large home at 725 Breakneck Hill Rd
in Middlebury. The almost 11000 sq foot structure was almost a mile of
the main road was completely destroyed by a massive fire which
would have fire fighters wetting down hotspots until mid day the fol-
lowing day. Fire fighters from Middlebury were assisted by Water-
town, Waterbury, Woodbury, and Southbury, as well as the Tanker
Task Force for Litchfield and New Haven Counties. The fire which ap-
peared to have started in the rear right corner of the sprawling home
would prove difficult to get at with huge attic spaces and slate tile roof
and would end up moving through the attic space and consuming the
whole home. Operations also had to be halted do to the danger posed
by severe thunderstorms which moved through the area several hours
into the incident. All the occupants of the home at the time the fire
broke out escaped without injury.
Kevin Czarzasty
Page 5 Recent Incidents Cont’d
07/08/14Terryville, CT 3 No. Main Street -Terryville Vol-
unteers were dispatched for a possible structure fire at 3
North Main St. Callers reported smoke showing from the
second floor of the large 3 story occupied multiple dwell-
ing. Upon arrival the of the first fire officer a working fire
was declared and an engine and crew from Thomaston was
requested to the scene as well. Companies would bring the
heavy fire under control quickly but the 2nd and 3rd floors
as well as the attic space sustained heavy fire damage.
Crews would spend an extended period of time overhaul-
ing. Wolcott and Harwinton Volunteers would provide sta-
tion coverage while the Thomaston crew assisted at the
scene.
Kevin Czarzasty
07/08/14 Bethlehem, CT - 28 Aucient Oak Rd. -
Bethlehem Volunteers were called for a fully involved
house fire on 29 Aucient Oak Rd just before 5am. A jogger
running on the street spotted the well involved structure
and reported the fire. Upon arrival crews found a well in-
volved 2 and a half story wood frame on the verge of col-
lapse. A water source was established from the pond on the
property and mutual aid for manpower and tankers was
requested from Watertown, Morris, Washington, and
Woodbury. Crews used a defensive attack since the struc-
ture was so far gone on arrival and were able to keep it out
of the two car attached garage as well as the adjacent barn
and storage buildings on the property.
Kevin Czarzasty
07/09/14 HARTFORD, CT - 2nd Alarm @ 889 Park
St. - Fire heavily damaged the top floor of this large residen-
tial-over-commercial structure at 889 Park St. in the city's
Frog Hollow section.
Sean Freiman
Page 6 Recent Incidents Cont’d
07/12/14 Thomaston, CT - 350 Hill Rd. - Call came in
for a possible basement fire. The police officer who ar-
rived on scene reported a working fire. By the time the
first fire apparatus arrived the 2.5 story house built in the
1800's was fully involved. There were reports of ammuni-
tion going off in the building initially as well as a release
of a propane tank in the basement and a breech in the
heating oil tank which probably fueled the fire as well. A
water source was set up quickly and attack line stretched
as well as opening the monitor on Engine 10 and the Har-
winton mutual aid Engine. A tanker shuttle was estab-
lished using Terryville, Northfield, and Harwinton mutual
aid tankers along with Thomaston's Tanker. With build-
ing so well involved prior to arrival it was a total loss with
the structure eventually collapsing. An excavator was
brought in to pull the debris part for the final wet down.
The DEEP and State Fire Marshal were on the scene to
investigate the scene and help contain the fuel oil spill
from the breached tank.
Kevin Czarzasty
07/09/14 Hartford, CT - 2nd Alarm 889 Park St.
Jim Peruta
07/09/14 Hartford, CT - 889 Park St - HFD fought
this 2nd alarm on 7/9/14 at about 04:00 am. last of smoke,
they had a cave in and had fire running the cockloft.
Nick Peruta
07/13/14 Vernon, CT 3rd Alarm- Vernon fire worked
this 3 alarm at 8 Cedar St at 2350 hrs. Members arrived
to find fire showing from floors 1 & 2 on the B side. Nu-
merous mutual aid apparatus and ambulances assisted
at the scene.
Pat Dooley
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07/15/14 Bozrah, CT - Bozrah Fire and American
Ambulance were Dispatched to Fitchville RD and
Elaine ST for a two car MVA w/serious injuries, FD
found two vehicles with heavy side damage. One PT
was transported BLS.
Robb Ladd
Recent Incidents Cont’d
07/19/14 Bridgeport, CT - 2nd alarm plus 1081 Strat-
ford Avenue.
Dorrance Johnson
07/19/14 Bridgeport, CT - 2nd Alarm plus - East
side companies responded to 1081 Stratford Avenue
to find a large four story, residential over commercial
with heavy fire on the number four side second
through fourth floors. Companies attempted an inte-
rior attack but were driven out buy the intense and
fast spreading flames. BC Thode transmitted a second
alarm and order and exterior attack. An additional
engine over the second alarm was special called.
Three ladders, multiple master streams and hand lines
were used to knock down the heavy fire. Seven En-
gines, three truck and the rescue battled the blaze for
an hour to bring it under control. Companies re-
mained on scene for several hours dousing hot spots.
The upper floors were vacant at the time of the fire
making the fire suspicious in nature. No firefighters
were hurt battling the blaze.
Glenn Duda
Recent Incidents Cont’d Page 8
07/31/14 Waterbury, CT - 52 Laurel St - Waterbury
battles a late morning fire in a vacant and boarded
up three story wood frame. There was heavy fire on
arrival on the second and third with the fire spread-
ing into the attic space.
Kevin Czarzasty
07/19/14 South Windsor, CT - South Windsor fire trans-
mitted an 2nd alarm in a condo complex at 06:00. First ar-
riving unit reported, 1 condo fully involved and spreading.
Mutual aid from the 8th District FD (Manchester) assisted at
the scene. Once SWFD Tower 1 went into operation the fire
was knocked down in 15 minutes with extensive overhaul.
Pat Dooley
Out of State Incidents attended by our members...
Rockport, MA - The annual Rockport (Mass.) Fire De-
partment's Fourth of July Parade, the firefighters ig-
nited hundreds of pallets for a massive bon fire. Rock-
port firefighters constantly sprayed the fire's perime-
ter to keep the fire under control.
Olivia Drake
Detroit, MI - July 3rd -6th
I recently spent several days in Detroit during the week
of July 4th. The following pictures represent my adven-
tures.
Glenn Duda
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So. Windsor, CT - Car Fire 2400 Tamarack Blvd.
Car was unoccupied in the parking lot of a medical
building.
Rodger Hildebrand
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Detroit, MI - 6396 Hazlet vacant dwelling.
Glenn Duda
Detroit, MI - 2525 No. LaSalle Gardens vacant
dwelling.
Glenn Duda
Detroit, MI - 4737 Braden occupied dwelling.
Glenn Duda
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Out of State Incidents attended by our members...cont’d
Detroit, MI - 2740 Fullerton
Glenn Duda
Detroit, MI - 6223 Lafayette Blvd.
Glenn Duda
Detroit, MI - 2nd alarm Family Dollar Store
Glenn Duda
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Date Parade Time Rain Date
AUGUST
Aug 2 Thomaston Saturday 6:00 PM
Aug 15 Bridgewater Friday 5:30 PM
Aug 16 Winsted Saturday 6:00 PM
Aug 22 Kent Friday 6:45 PM
SEPTEMBER
Sept 6 Ellington Saturday 5:15 PM
Sept 21 Convention (Litchfield) Sunday 12:00 PM
2014 Fire Department Parades
The Silver City Fire FestThe Silver City Fire FestThe Silver City Fire Fest
Thank you to VP Mike Quinn, all the members that attended and those that helped out as well.
● Mahopac, NY 100th Anniversary parade 08/23/14
Firefighters Association parade 09/21/14 1200hrs Litchfield
CT
● October 4th and 5th Meriden, CT Parker Hose Co. 3 is cele-
brating its 145th anniversary and the 125th anniversary of
their firehouse.
● Dallas, TX IFBA Convention Sept. 3rd-6th 2014
● 2014 Meriden Markham Airport Fly-In & Public Safety Festival
on Saturday, October 18, 2014 at the Meriden Markham Airport,
213 Evansville Avenue, Meriden, CT. Emergency vehicles will be
included.
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Buff Calendar 2014
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The CFPA T-shirts are in if you ordered on and have not made arrangements to get yours.
Please show up to a meeting we will have them there.
If you need more CFPA sticker, see Cheryl, we have regular stickers and windshield stickers
as well. The cost is $5.
Lens set for the I-phone includes fisheye, 2-macro, and wide angle.
http://www.olloclip.com/4-in-1-iphone-lens/
Congratulations
To the following for pictures published:
Rodger Hildebrand - !st Rsponder Newspaper
Glenn Duda - Fire Trucks in Action calendar
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Contact us by mail or email :
Connecticut Fire Photographer's Association
PO Box 1181
Hartford, CT 06143
Glenn Duda, President CFPA [email protected]
Mike Quinn, Vice President
Club email [email protected]
Glenn Duda www.allhandsworking.net
www.allhandsworking.com
Dorrance Johnson www.beyondthefireline.com
Jim Peruta www.res23cue.net
Patrick Dooley www.squadfirephotos.com
Rob Ladd http://laddsphotos.smugmug.com/
www.nlcfirephotos.blogspot.com
Sean Freiman www.flashoverimages.com
Ed Harvey http://fireservicephotography.com/home
Steve Hess www.stevehessphotography.smugmug.com/
Tom Raiola http://fireservicephotos.com/
Kevin Czarzasty www.OnSceneFirePhoto.com
Keith Muratori www.firegroundimages.com
Nick Peruta www.flickr.com/photos/104734198@NO6/
Kevin McKeon http://www.ctfireapparatus.com/
Ed Pospisil http://www.reddevilphotography.net/
Members Website Profiles
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