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Tuesday, March 24, 2009 -
The RVFD responded to the Town of Weston on a mutual aid assignment involving multiple structures and a brush fire. What follows is excerpts from the incident report;
A single family dwelling of approximately 7500 sq ft under construction on a hill was accidentally set on fire by a worker burning rubbish at approx 1120 hrs. The first arriving engine from Weston was on scene at approximately 1122 hrs was hampered by a driveway under construction and a deep ditch at the foot of the driveway. They made their way with a second engine right behind laying a 500 ft 5" line. A water supply engine from Weston laid approx 4000 ft to water while a Weston tanker fed the driveway lay from the street--relay was done in approx 8 min with water flowing. A Mutual Aid Engine and Tanker from Wilton was diverted from the scene to a street south of this fire--These companies attempt to stop the fire which was being fanned by 40 MPH wind. They found a deck and back of a house well involved approx 800 feet from the fire building. Mutual aid was then requested from Georgetown, Redding, West Redding Westport, Easton and Ridgefield (Tanker 12, Rescue 7, and Car 3, assigned to Task Force 1). A Mutual aid call for brush trucks was done with 5 responding from as far away as Shelton. Additional equipment was requested and staged at Weston Fire Headquarters where 3 Task forces were established
Task force 1---2 Engine Tanks, 1-3000 gallon tanker, 1 heavy rescue and 2 brush units - This was dispatched to the head of the fire within 5 mins.
Task Force 2--1 Engine tank- 2 brush trucks--engine was dispatched as a single unit to a car roll over and operated for 1 hour
Task Force 3 --2 Brush units one with a 600 gallon tank---this was held in reserve
State police provided Air 5 (fixed wing aircraft ) to provide observation. Fire was brought under control at about 1420 hrs, 3 minor injuries
Approximately 12,000 ft of hose was laid with 6000 ft still at the fire ground and in the woods
Resources used 2 LDH Hose Wagons, 5 Engine Tanks, 3 Type 1 Engines, 1 Type 2 Engine, 6 Type 4 Brush trucks, 4 Tankers(2500-3000 galls), 1 Light Rescue, 1 Heavy Rescue
Burn area approx 16 acres in and extremely rough heavily wooded area--Note this fire made a 600 ft run in less than 3 mins.
The worker was arrested at the scene for reckless burning.
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