Ridgefield (Fairfield), CT- General Alarm Fire 5-26-05

[WAS967 97]

Date: 5/26/2005

Time: 0235

Location: 380 Main Street

City/County: Ridgefield (Fairfield County), CT

Agencies: Ridgefield FD, Wilton, Mills Plain, South Salem, Golden's Bridge, Vista, Pound Ridge, Croton Falls, Brewster, Bedford Hills.

Frequency: 46.26, FG7, SSFD Channel 4

Writer: WAS967 w/ Contributions from LTBubsE9, MKVAC101, and EJS1810

Description: 60 Control dispatching South Salem for one engine, one rescue and manpower to the scene of working structure fire in Ridgefield, CT.

[Operating from CT - Danbury Truck 1, Engines 5, 12, 13. Tankers 10, 11, 12, and squad 6

West Redding 1 Engine

Georgtown 1 Engine, Tower Ladder

Wilton Engine 4]

0240 - 2452 10-17

0242 - 2451 10-19 w/ Unreadable message to responding units. Possibly a request to stage at Ridgefield Bank?

0244 - E167 10-17

0246 - 2452 Request all SSFD units switch operations to Channel 4.

0248 - Rescue 21 10-17

0251 - E167 10-19

0252 - 2451 Requesting Engine from GBFD to standy in SSFD HQ

0253 - GBFD dispatched for standby.

0259 - GBFD responding as requested.

0300 - Vista FD requested for 1 Engine and Manpower to standby at Ridgefield FD HQ.

0310 - Vista FD on location at Ridgefield FD HQ

0312 - GBFD responding as requested.

0325 - Vista FD Engine now requested to the scene to be put to work.

0326 - Bedford Hills TL-57 FAST to requested to scene.

0332 - TL57 FAST responding.

0335 - Battalion 13 and 16 already on scene, assisting TL57 with directions. TL57 to meet Bat16 on FG7 on arrival at scene.

0337 - Croton Falls E149 to relocate to Ridgefield FD HQ

0339 - 2031 10-17 Ridgefield.

0342 - E149 relocating to Ridgefield.

0347 - 60 Control notifying 2031 and TL-57 that they will be going to work on arrival. Ridgefield needs the Ladder setup and operational.

0350 - 2031 10-19 Ridgefield.

0353 - TL57 10-19.

0357 - Tanker 2 requested to scene.

0401 - Tanker 3, Tanker 8 dispatched to scene. Tanker 2 redispatched.

0407 - Somers dispatching 1 engine to relocate to cover CFFD.

0407 - FC1 assembling for a response to scene.

0410 - 2441 relocating to CFFD Station on Front St.

0430ish - E180 crew assembling to relocate to CFFD Front St.

0453 - Mahopac to relocate 1 Tanker to CFFD. At the same time Brewster was sent with a Tanker to the scene in Ridgefield. Directions given to 11-1-2 was 684 South to Route 35 East and "you can't miss it".

0458 - FC1 on location.

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