8:08pm–#Stratford Connecticut–A tractor trailer caught fire outside of Nichols School at 396 Nichols Avenue. The school’s ventilation system sucked in the the smoke filling the school with heavy smoke according to radio reports. So kiddies the firefighters did a great job ventilating the school and there will be school tomorrow!
8:38pm–#Bridgeport Connecticut–Officers on patrol at Trumbull Gardens reporting shots fired near the basketball court area according to radio reports. So far no one or anything hit.
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12:33pm–#Bridgerpot CT–Firefightters are on scene at 99 Princeton Street for a furnace malfunction, no fire. But now you know what all the commotion was about!
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#Fairfield Connecticut–On March 16, 2016 at 1:13 PM, the Fairfield 911 Communications Center received a report that a neighbor at 275/277 Jennings Road heard a smoke detector sounding in an upstairs apartment. The Fairfield Fire Department was dispatched to an automatic fire alarm and the first unit arrived on scene within 3 minutes to find smoke coming from the second floor windows. The first floor tenants had evacuated the building and met firefighters outside with their pets. Firefighters entered the 2nd floor of the structure to find heavy smoke conditions throughout. While performing a search for victims and the source of the fire, firefighters found an unconscious victim in a smoke filled bedroom. The victim was confused, difficult to awaken and unaware of what was happening. The victim was quickly assisted out of the building and medical care initiated by fire personnel on scene while awaiting an ambulance form AMR. Further search of the apartment located a small fire on the stove which was quickly extinguished and no additional victims or pets inside the building. Fire personnel ventilated the building and monitored the atmosphere to ensure no hazardous gases were present. AMR transported the victim, an approx. 30 year old male, to Bridgeport Hospital for smoke exposure and evaluation.
Assistant Chief Scott R. Bisson stated, “The presence of a working smoke detector and the quick actions of the downstairs tenant calling 911 truly saved a life today. Small fires can create a lot of smoke that can be more deadly than the fire itself to sleeping occupants.” Bisson further stated, “With daylight savings time this past weekend, this is a good reminder for all residents to make sure that they changed their batteries in their smoke and carbon monoxide detectors to ensure they will alert you to a problem.”
The fire damage was confined to the stove area. The two family house remained habitable and the down stairs tenants were allowed to reoccupy after ventilation of the whole house to remove residual smoke and fire gases. The last fire unit cleared the scene at 1:54 PM.
(Fairfield Fire Department Press Release)
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11:50am–#Bridgeport Connecticut–Firefighters are on scene at 261 Pacific Street for a stove fire.
Time for Plan B for lunch!
Larry Judge from Interstate Batteries at 125 Holland Avenue was one of the first sponsors on DoingItLocal back when we had about 5,000 followers on Facebook. Today we have over 35,000 followers and this week our combined audience was over 350,000 ! Larry has been so happy with the results of his advertising he has secured a three year lease with a street legal Kyle Bush NASCAR Interstate car for me to go to news calls in!
So if you see me parked, please feel free to stop me for a selfie, or if you don’t want see my mug in the picture feel free to pose with the car! Everyone including the first responders will know it is me.
Police officers please note, the car looks fast standing still so …
10:55am–#Shelton Connecticut–A report of a car into a utility pole with sparking wires at 204 Bridgeport Avenue. First responders on the way.
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#Bridgeport Connecticut–Please be aware that members of the Traffic Division are going to be taking part in a Booster Seat Giveaway on March 21, Monday. The event will take place at Barnum School, 495 Waterview Ave in the gym from 1:00pm–3:00pm. (Refer to the attachments for complete details).
Lt Thomas Minar and PO Michael Falbo are certified CPS techs and will be there to assist in the proper installation of the booster seats. PO John Perry will be there to give a short talk on traffic safety. K-9 Team PO Mark Martocchio and K-9 Trace will be doing a K-9 demo.
(City of Bridgeport Press Release)
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#Hartford Connecticut–Governor Malloy has ordered more than $65 million in state budget cuts, here is the list of those cuts:
Rescissions – Effective April 1, 2016
Agency and Appropriation
Agricultural Experiment Station 330,539
10010 – Personal Services 273,339
10020 – Other Expenses 56,700
10050 – Equipment 500
Attorney General 1,153,812
10010 – Personal Services 1,100,694
10020 – Other Expenses 53,118
Board of Regents for Higher Education 1,892,651
12531 – Charter Oak State College 27,333
12533 – Connecticut State University 1,637,281
12534 – Board of Regents 5,660
12578 – Transform CSCU 222,377
Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities 258,777
10010 – Personal Services 240,000
10020 – Other Expenses 18,462
12027 – Martin Luther King, Jr. Commission 315
Council on Environmental Quality 6,089
#Fairfield Connecticut–The birds were online tweeting when Fairfield Animal Control called in the fire department to Sycamore Lane to assist in shooting down three nests in the neighborhood with fire hoses. The hawks were reported to be swooping down on the neighbors. The firefighters were successful in bringing down the nest. It is unknown if they located to WeekHAWKen New Jersey or Kitty HAWK but I’m sure they thought it was FOWL play!
