April 22, 2006 - At around 20:42 hrs Norwich Fire received one 911 cell call reporting a structure fire at 11 Grove Pl. Norwich's Platoon 2 was dispatched and arrived to find a working fire in a vacant 2 1/2 stry wd. Squad Ax (Captain Kuraz) took command while Squad A, Eng-2,Eng-3 and Tower 1 worked the fire in a defensive manner. Norwich Chief Car-1 ( Chief Scand)arrived an assumed command from Squad A x and Norwich Car 10 (Dep. Chief Casey) had operations. Additional assignments from the Mohegan Tribal FAST Special Ops 1, Taftville ET-21,ET-22,and Tower-25 for a water supply and East Great Plains Eng-52 and Ladder 5 for city coverage. While enroute an evacuation order was announced due to the immediate collapse of the structure from the fire. The fire was contained to the building of origin with no firefighter or civilian injuries. Crews started to go into service around 23:30hrs. The Norwich FMO is investigating the cause. The total firefighters on scene, 29 (Norwich 14 Firefighters, Taftville 12 firefighters and Mohegan Tribal 3 firefighters)
Note: I arrived on ET-21 an laid a 5in line to Eng-2. I was unable to obtain earlier photos. To see some good earlier shots click the link to NLC Fire Photos on the right side.
Norwich Eng-2, Tower-1 and Squad A use master stream on the building
Norwich Eng-2 use their deck gun on the "A/B" corner
Norwich Eng-3 Lt Greg Despathy and FF Mike Dolan work a handline on Side "C"
Taftville Dep Chief Mark Gilot, Captain Tim Jencks, and FF Andrea Rizzuto ( Not seen) work a 1 3/4 handline on side "B"
Norwich Eng-2, Tower-1 and Squad A use master stream on the building
Norwich Eng-2 use their deck gun on the "A/B" corner
Norwich Eng-3 Lt Greg Despathy and FF Mike Dolan work a handline on Side "C"
Taftville Dep Chief Mark Gilot, Captain Tim Jencks, and FF Andrea Rizzuto ( Not seen) work a 1 3/4 handline on side "B"
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